#45 NBA Player Of All-Time According to InsideHoops
 

Elvin Hayes was voted the #44 NBA Player Of All-Time According to InsideHoops.

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12× NBA All-Star
3× All-NBA First Team
3× All-NBA Second Team
2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team
1968-69 NBA scoring champion
2x NBA rebounding champion
Eighth all-time on the NBA career scoring list





1. Michael Jordan
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Bill Russell
4. Magic Johnson
5. Larry Bird
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Shaquille O'Neal
8. Kobe Bryant
9. Tim Duncan
10. Hakeem Olajuwon
11. Lebron James
12. Moses Malone
13. Oscar Robertson
14. Jerry West
15. Julius Erving
16. Kevin Garnett
17. Karl Malone
18. Charles Barkley
19. Elgin Baylor
20. Bob Pettit
21. John Havlicek
22. Dirk Nowitzki
23. George Mikan
24. David Robinson
25. Isiah Thomas
26. Bob Cousy
27. Scottie Pippen
28. Rick Barry
29. Dwyane Wade
30. Willis Reed
31. Patrick Ewing
32. John Stockton
33. Walt Frazier
34. Clyde Drexler
35. Steve Nash
36. Allen Iverson
37. Dave Cowens
38. Dolph Schayes
39. Bill Walton
40. Kevin McHale
41. Jason Kidd
42. Wes Unseld
43. Gary Payton
44. Elvin Hayes

Re: #45 NBA Player Of All-Time According to InsideHoops
 

Mcadoo, Arizin, and Dwight are probably the only ones left who were arguably the best in the NBA at any point. Well durant too since people did make that case.

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Arizin

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Micheal Ray Richardson

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:biggums:

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Chris Paul.

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Rodman

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Paul Arizin

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Damn, almost went with Norm Nixon but Ray was slightly better.

But really.

My vote is Paul Arizin.

When he retied, he was still droppin 22 a game and was an all-star. He was an All-Star with George Mikan and Joe Folks. Was an All-Star with Neil Johnston and Ed Macauley and was an All-Star with Jerry West and Hal Greer.

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Nate Thurmond

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my vote is for Nate

at 46 I'll pick Hayes, followed by maybe Rodman (again, no clue where to place him...he's a role player so he'll go in first in that regard, but it's tough to place guys who weren't first options or defensive anchors, even if they were super-duper role players); any chance Artis Gilmore gets some mentions soon?

it'll be interesting to see if any other current players make it into the top 50...Pierce/Allen seem to be the most likely, but I think CP3, Dwight, KD really should get more consideration, since all three guys have had some sort of argument as the best player in the league at some point recently (not so much as the guys voted in already, but their names HAVE been thrown around over the past five seasons)

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Worm..

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The last guys I'd say deserve to get a top spot are Greer, Pierce, Allen and Arizin. All of these guys were 10 time all stars, good players and had great longevity. Greer was probably the worst of these guys and Arizin was probably the best

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I love Dennis Rodman as much as ... he loves himself, but when did he become a top 50 player?

Do you realize voting him in at #45 basically means he was a top 35 player around the time the NBA 50 Greatest Players list was coming out.'

Yet, he wasn't even talked about as one of the snubs a la Bo McAdoo or Dominique Wilkins.

Rodman is outside the top 50.

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Yeah I didn't watch Rodman play, but I have never heard of him talked about this highly before...