best player ever at specific skills/strenghts

falcolombardi · Post #1 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:52 am

Trying to be more specific and less broad than stuff like "best scorer" or "best defendet"

instead what are guys who were goat level ar specific thinghs, stuff like

fastest player ever in a straight line drive
best teardrop/floater ever
best ever at avoiding screens in the pick and roll defense
best ever at reading the defense in the fast break
best ever at avoiding a box out to get offensive rebounds

Any specific skill or athletic ability you can think of, feel free to mention

SNPA · Post #2 » by **SNPA** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:56 am

Best in the clutch - Bird.

SerialChiller · Post #3 » by **SerialChiller** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:36 am

Best slasher ever (prob only matched by Jordan in that but at 6'4)? Specifically at attacking a defense off a ball screen. As Kobe said "he just disappears!" And he literally asked him for tips on how to do this during a playoff run. If you doubt this or just want to see a master at work watch this vid and it leaves no doubt imo.

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LukaTheGOAT · Post #4 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:16 am

Best floater ever-Maybe Jokic

SkyHookFTW · Post #5 » by **SkyHookFTW** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:24 am

Best flopper--Vlade Divac.

dygaction · Post #6 » by **dygaction** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:40 am

Luka's change of direction and deceleration at his size and weight.

AussieBuck · Post #7 » by **AussieBuck** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:50 am

Giannis - dunking on your head in either direction, off either foot, off any dribble move, straight, wrong foot, Euro, spin etc.

GSP · Post #8 » by **GSP** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:07 am

Kareem - best hook shot
Bird - best touch passer
Mchale - best up and under
Hakeem - best spin moves
Iceman - best finger roll
Tony Allen - best navigating screens
Wade - best splitting pick and roll
Ilyasova - best charge taker

70sFan · Post #9 » by **70sFan** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:47 am

GSP wrote:Kareem - best hook shot
Bird - best touch passer
Mchale - best up and under
Hakeem - best spin moves
Iceman - best finger roll
Tony Allen - best navigating screens
Wade - best splitting pick and roll
Ilyasova - best charge taker

I would take Dantley over Hakeem for spin move.

I would also take Jerry Sloan over Ilyasova for taking charges.

70sFan · Post #10 » by **70sFan** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:49 am

Who do you think has the best hands in history? Juliud Erving, Michael Jordan, Connie Hawkins, Nikola Jokic, Arvydas Sabonis, Wilt Chamberlain... so many to choose from.

frica · Post #11 » by **frica** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:37 pm

Unseld - outlet passer.

Post #12 » by **penbeast0** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 2:34 pm

A few that are less known:

Nene -- boxing out, not a great rebounder for somehow his team's rebounding was always better with him out there
Scott Skiles -- loose balls, Mr. Floor Burn
Muggsy Bogues -- least strippable dribble (advantages to being 5'3)
Shaq -- No And-1s, saw a metric for this and it wasn't even close between Shaq and #2. When Shaq fouled you, you didn't finish through the contact.

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SeattleJazzFan · Post #13 » by **SeattleJazzFan** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:53 pm

best lay up maker - Zion. he makes lay ups from all angles, using the glass, not using the glass, etc.

his ability to make quick/decisive moves in the post is probably the best i've ever seen as well.

The Explorer · Post #14 » by **The Explorer** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:12 pm

Best outlet passer - bill russell
Best to avoid getting boxed out - Dennis rodman

parsnips33 · Post #15 » by **parsnips33** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:21 pm

Iguodala has to be up there for best hands defensively

SeattleJazzFan · Post #16 » by **SeattleJazzFan** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:25 pm

The Explorer wrote:Best outlet passer - bill russell
Best to avoid getting boxed out - Dennis rodman

love > russell in terms of outlet passing

wojoaderge · Post #17 » by **wojoaderge** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:25 pm

Best long-distance alley-oop passer - Andre Miller

Peregrine01 · Post #18 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:26 pm

70sFan wrote:Who do you think has the best hands in history? Juliud Erving, Michael Jordan, Connie Hawkins, Nikola Jokic, Arvydas Sabonis, Wilt Chamberlain... so many to choose from.

Jokic has the best hands I've ever seen and I don't think it's all that close.

falcolombardi · Post #19 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:29 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:
70sFan wrote:Who do you think has the best hands in history? Juliud Erving, Michael Jordan, Connie Hawkins, Nikola Jokic, Arvydas Sabonis, Wilt Chamberlain... so many to choose from.

Jokic has the best hands I've ever seen and I don't think it's all that close.

when you guys say best hands what do you mean exactly?

70sFan · Post #20 » by **70sFan** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:31 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:
70sFan wrote:Who do you think has the best hands in history? Juliud Erving, Michael Jordan, Connie Hawkins, Nikola Jokic, Arvydas Sabonis, Wilt Chamberlain... so many to choose from.

Jokic has the best hands I've ever seen and I don't think it's all that close.

Better than Julius, Hawkins or Jordan? Why are you so confident about that one? I'm not sure about him vs Sabonis or Wilt either.