Charles Barkley: The best power forward of all time?

[RocketGreatness]

Barkley is not even top 5.

Overkill, He's at least the 4th best power forward of all-time at the very least that is. I have him ranked as the 3rd greatest power forward of all-time, tied with 2nd at best with Karl Malone.

1. Tim Duncan

(big drop off)

2. Karl Malone
3. Sir Charles
4. Kevin Garnett
5. Kevin McHale.

[Abraham Lincoln]

The 93' Suns were far more talented than any of Duncan's title winning teams.

Alas, whilst playing against a far superior team than Malone or Duncan have ever faced.

[DLeagueWannabe]

He be a center-forward in the eyes of the wise man.

exactly. Duncan is a Center.

[Duncan21formvp]

Duncan way much better than Barkley.

[snipes12]

[Toizumi]

Here be, for you have NEVER seen such dribbling and passing ability and power from the likes of Tim Duncan or Karl Malone. Duncan be a center, and Malone just is inferior. Charles Barkley at his peak with the Philadelphia 76ers be a hybrid of LeBron James and Dennis Rodman, with the defense of Larry Bird and the strength of Shaquille O'Neal. Here be the proof Barkley took down O'Neal in the infamous fight.

Yeah Tim Duncan is a post player. But this has been the only season in which he played C primarily. Although it can be argued that the Spurs use 2 C's... Duncan has played (and won) alongside Robinson, Oberto, Nazr Mohammed, Rasho Nesterovic and Fransisco Elson, al of whom were starting for the Spurs at some point. If you look at the spurs starting line ups from the past few years you'll see Duncan started almost every game at PF with one of these guys alongside him.

Here be some thoughts from such wise peers on the wise man Sir Charles Barkley.

"Barkley is like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in that they don't really play a position," "He plays everything; he plays basketball. There is nobody who does what Barkley does. He's a dominant rebounder, a dominant defensive player, a three-point shooter, a dribbler, a playmaker."

* Bill Walton

lol, you quoted Bill Walton (with all due respect to an all time great)..COME ON!!..

He showed the ability to run the floor and finish like a powerful guard and yet in half court sets I still haven't seen a player that could dip under an opposing player and draw a foul call and often get the bucket too! His sense of throwing the ball up to show that he was in the act of shooting was uncanny and probably got him an extra 5000 points!

There are only four players with at least 20,000 points 10,000 rebounds and 4000 assists and Barkley is there with players like Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Karl Malone. Thats some impressive company to be held in.

But Charles was more than stats because I never felt he was trying to get stats more than he was trying to win. He defended players like Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson because he wanted to guard the best. Wasn't all league defense but it was the challenge and that's missing in alot of today's players.

Some people will argue that Karl Malone was better and they could try and validate it with numbers and hardware but Barkley rarely came up short in the
clutch (Remember his game winning shot against David Robinson in the 1993 Western Conference Semifinals?) and he certainly had no John Stockton or consistent head coach like Jerry Sloan alongside him for a
career. He left Philly because cheap owner Harold Katz wouldn't build a winner around him and by the time he reached Houston Hakeem and Drexler were set to retire.

TRUE. But Duncan came in, killed the league, won 4 chips and is still running. Barkley was more versatile but Duncan is just bigger and better. He has proven this over the years. Barkley is fcking great. but he's not the best PF of all time. Duncan is. and after Duncan there are a lot of guys fighting for second place. I dont like ranking players so I'll put them all at nr 2. But Duncan is the clear nr 1 PF of all time.

[redhonda76]

Jesus Christ....

Don't post this type of topic again. I dont want Sir Charles posting all the stats in bold and colors that fill up the whole page.

[Heelcrazy2]

1. Duncan
2. Malone
3. Chuck
4. KG
5. McHale

[ShaqAttack3234]

Duncan is the 6th best center of all time.

[Melissa]

Duncan is the 6th best center of all time.

i agree

1-kareem
2-olajuwon
3-wilt
4-russell
5-Drob
6-Duncan
7-Mikan
8-shaq

[nnn123]

i agree

1-kareem
2-olajuwon
3-wilt
4-russell
5-Drob
6-Duncan
7-Mikan
8-shaq

no Moses on ur list?

[Heelcrazy2]

i agree

1-kareem
2-olajuwon
3-wilt
4-russell
5-Drob
6-Duncan
7-Mikan
8-shaq

1. TD is not a center
2. No way that Shaq is below Mikan
3. No way you can put Hakeem at number two. He is at best number 4.
5. I like DRob, but TD has had a better career.

[ShaqAttack3234]

i agree

1-kareem
2-olajuwon
3-wilt
4-russell
5-Drob
6-Duncan
7-Mikan
8-shaq

You are an idiot.

1.Kareem
2.Shaq
3.Wilt
4.Olajuwon
5.Russell
6.Duncan

[Abraham Lincoln]

exactly. Duncan is a Center.

This be correct, alas one must consider out of the likes of Malone, Garnett, and Barkley, it is only Sir Charles that be capable of commanding double teams 20 feet away from the rim. For this thread be not about the greatest power forward, due to the wise man's creedence obviously being Duncan or Malone, but rather the most talented power forward. The top player.

[T-bomb 25]

You are an idiot.

1.Kareem
2.Shaq
3.Wilt
4.Olajuwon
5.Russell
6.Duncan

So are you

1.Kereem
2.Hakeem
3.Russell
4.Wilt
5.Shaq/and if you want to put him at center/Duncan