Players who were close to being Top 10 all-time but couldn't quite make the cut...

[Dray n Klay]

Jerry West

Dirk

Oscar Robertson

Julius Erving

Karl Malone

Scottie Pippen

Kobe Bryant

Kevin Garnett




Who else?

[SouBeachTalents]

Moses deserves mention, definitely over Pippen

[Bosnian Sajo]

Different comparision


Pippen has co-1st option rings




Kobe's rings were won on 15 ppg on 37% FG performances

Wait, what?

[LostCause]

Pippen shouldn't be near a Top 10. That's not the sort of player he was nor the sort of impact he had. He could be in the Top 25-30 though, and be a more natural fit

Kobe is arguably Top 10

Anyway, I don't know what the true consensus Top 10 is here but a couple people who hover around that mark in my opinion are:

(Who weren't mentioned in the OP)
John Havlicek
Moses Malone
David Robinson
Bob Pettit
Walt Frazier
Elgin Baylor

It makes no sense to put Pippen ahead of those guys.

EDIT: Actually, including current players, Wade should also hover around this area

[NBAGOAT]

I wonder why OP didn't mention Barkley. Talk about taking it personal.

[sammichoffate]

Ok fine,


So you're saying Kobe's 2000-2002 should be compared to LeBrons 2007, 2011??




Ouch, you're saying Kobe's 'achievements' of winning 3 rings is no better than LeBrons 2 worst Finals





Haha!

You wanna add 2015 too? Cuz that comes out to
25 Points 9 rebounds 4.3 TOVs on 40.9% FG

[Dray n Klay]

This guy is basically saying that Kobe's 2000-2002 'championship runs' is worth no more than LeBrons worst finals runs in 2007 and 2011



So now that we confirm Kobe in 2000-2002 = LeBron in 2007 and 2011, we can move on







Time to compare Kobe's 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, to LeBrons 2012-2016, care to post the stats?

[LAZERUSS]

Hakeem, Dr. J, and Moses.

If you include Erving's ABA years, he was right there with Bird, too.

[Lebronxrings]

This guy is basically saying that Kobe's 2000-2002 'championship runs' is worth no more than LeBrons worst finals runs in 2007 and 2011



So now that we confirm Kobe in 2000-2002 = LeBron in 2007 and 2011, we can move on







Time to compare Kobe's 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, to LeBrons 2012-2016, care to post the stats?

dam

[Smoke117]

The legit worst poster on the board making posts like he actually knows basketball...typical ish retards...holy Shit.

[LostCause]

OP gets banned for trolling. Comes back and continues trolling right where he left off.

Why not just IP ban idiots like him? They do nothing for the betterment of this site. It's people like that which is why the site has a bad name.

I agree

[Mr Feeny]

Kobe and Shaqs Finals averages 2000-2002



Shaq - 35.9 points 15.2 rebounds 59.5% FG

Kobe - 22.0 points 6.1 rebounds 42.5% FG

Lol those count less than Pippen rings

[SwayDizzle]

The legit worst poster on the board making posts like he actually knows basketball...typical ish retards...holy Shit.

I concur

[GrapeApe]

Different comparision


Pippen has co-1st option rings




Kobe's rings were won on 15 ppg on 37% FG performances

Care to post Jordan and Pippen's scoring averages for those championship runs? As co-1st options I'd expect them to be pretty similar.

[iamgine]

Care to post Jordan and Pippen's scoring averages for those championship runs? As co-1st options I'd expect them to be pretty similar.

90-91 playoff run

Jordan 24.5 PPG
Pippen 23.7 PPG