What Players Do you Consider "Truly Great"?

[RRR3]

Everyone probably has their own definition of this, just curious what you guys think. List current and/or past players.

[jzek]

Jordan

6 out of 6 in the Finals
6 FMVPs out of 6 Finals appearances
5 MVPs

No one else can say they were undefeated in the Finals ***and*** FMVP everytime.

[STATUTORY]

for me the criteria starts with the inner make up of a player. you cannot be great without a true competitive fire and mentality no matter what your statistical output is.

Therefore certain players are missing from my great list

[Dagouch]

Short list for now.

Jordan
Russell
Wilt
Kareem
Magic
Bird

[Psycho]

To me, it's how much you value life and camaraderie on the court, no matter how stressful a game may be. Because love always prevails, and friends are always winners in the end.

1 Lebron
2 Wade
3 Bosh
4 Yi Jianlian

[HeatFanSince88]

60s: Wilt/Russell
70s: Kareem/Moses
80s: Larry/Magic
90s: Jordan/Hakeem
00s: Shaq/Duncan/Dirk
10s: LeBron and its too early to say anyone else. Durant has the potential, but hes too early in his career.

[BuffaloBill]

Joakim Noah

[Nash]

I don't know anything from old times but from the ones I've seen, the truly greats are Lebron, Kobe, Shaq and Duncan.

[BankShot]

Too many truly great players in the past so I'll stick to those currently playing:

Duncan
Kobe
Lebron

.... also honorable mention to CP3 but probably only because i'm a big fan

[dh144498]

players that define an era.
basically this (what HeatFanSince88(lol*)) said:

60s: Wilt/Russell
70s: Kareem/Moses
80s: Larry/Magic
90s: Jordan/Hakeem
00s: Kobe/Shaq/Duncan/
10s: LeBron for now.

[K Xerxes]

I'd split it up into eras.

1960: Russell, Wilt, West, Oscar, Baylor

1970: Kareem, Erving (+ Bill Walton peak)

1980: Magic, Bird, M Malone, Isiah

1990: Jordan, Hakeem, Barkley, K Malone, Stockton, Pippen

2000: Duncan, Kobe, Shaq, Garnett

2010: LeBron... (Durant pending + any others in the future)

Obivously some eras overlap, but I listed who I thought was *truly great*. Might have missed out some names

[FiveRings]

I don't know anything from old times but from the ones I've seen, the truly greats are Lebron, Kobe, Shaq and Duncan.

That's pretty much my list of current players as well, though I'd add Garnett, Dirk, Wade, and at some point likely Durant to that list.

[TheMarkMadsen]

From 2000 on I'd say Kobe, Lebron, Shaq & Duncan

[ProfessorMurder]

Short list for now.

Jordan
Russell
Wilt
Kareem
Magic
Bird

+ Duncan.

[Element]

Great = Good relative to other stars on a consistent basis.

The greatest players are those that represent their genration. It's the consistently elite play that seperates them. From the players I've watched:

- AI
- Kobe
- Shaq
- Duncan
- LeBron
- Wade
- KG
- Dirk
- Nash
- Kidd

Great players of today:

- Bron
- Durant
- Kobe
- Paul
- Melo
- Duncan