Bill Simmons' 96 Greatest NBA Players

[Thorn]

These rankings were done by October 2009. He mentioned that some rankings were changed for his paperback edition (for example he moved Kobe to #8 after the 2010 Finals) and would probably be altered some now with the '11 season over, especially for guys like Lebron, Wade and Dirk.

That said, the Horry ranking is a bit odd. I do see where he's coming from. One of the consummate role players - very good help defender, tons of clutch moments, a solid all around player especially during his Rockets tenure, and did tons of little things (Phil Jackson mentioned that it was him and Ron Harper who talked to the refs and tried to sway them onto their side, stuff like that) There's no way the numbers on the stat sheet could embody his total impact. the However, I'm not sure I agree that those are enough to push him over players that he was ranked over. Guys like Laimbeer and Sikma were completely omitted from the top 100. Kevin Johnson was 8 spots below Horry and so on.

Then again, rankings are completely subjective anyway and he did at least support his arguments for why he ranked them the way he did. Huge Celtics homer, sure, but it's not like it's any worse than other people's lists.

[ZenMaster]

I know Horry was better, but my point was that it makes no sense unless he's using rings as his argument, which also would be strange because his list doesn't completely support that consistently.

Bill Simmons is on a whole other level.

Like mentioned his list is made from "The Secret" theory.

[Inception28]

Yeah Lebron should go from #20 to out of the top 50. Lebron might not even be a top 100 player to play the game.

[millwad]

Haha, Simmons is the man.
He also went out in media saying that he thought Wilt was gay...

http://youbeenblinded.com/bill-simmo...n-was-gay/4426

[christian1923]

Yeah Lebron should go from #20 to out of the top 50. Lebron might not even be a top 100 player to play the game.

[Lakerlove420]

61. Bob McAdoo

60. Nate Archibald

59. Robert Parish

58. Bernard King

57. Tommy Heinsohn

56. Paul Arizin

55. Dominique Wilkins

54. Paul Pierce

53. Dwayne Wade

52. Dennis Johnson

51. Bill Sharman

50. Dolph Schayes

49. Elvin Hayes

48. James Worthy

47. Billy Cunningham

46. Hal Greer

45. Dave DeBusschere

44. Nate Thurmond

43. Clyde Drexler

42. Jason Kidd

41. Wes Unseld

40. Gary Payton

39. Patrick Ewing

38. Steve Nash

37. Dirk Nowitzki

^^^^^^^^^I told you f*ckin haters.. suck my nuts
and OP check yourself ..

.....talking about Gail Goodrich like that..before my time as well..
but I do know he is one of seven or so that has had the little honor
of having his number retired by the Los Angels Lakers.
Do you understand what that means?

http://media.photobucket.com/image/L...rs/rafters.jpg[

[RRR3]

^^^^^^^^^I told you f*ckin haters.. suck my nuts
and OP check yourself ..

.....talking about Gail Goodrich like that..before my time as well..
but I do know he is one of seven or so that has had the little honor
of having his number retired by the Los Angels Lakers.
Do you understand what that means?

http://media.photobucket.com/image/L...rs/rafters.jpg[

WTF? When did I "talk about Goodrich like that"?

[Dwyane Rose]

Pippen - probably not, but you could argue defensively
Hondo - debatable
Baylor - nope
Pierce - :
Dominique - not the passer lebron is
Worthy - nope
Melo -
Durant - nope
Hill -
King

I have come to the conclusion that you're a troll by the way. I'm not even a LeBron James fan but you're just being delusional. LeBron's probably not in the top 5, but he's at least 10th, come on.

[Court Vision]

Pippen
Hondo
Baylor
Pierce
Dominique
Worthy
Melo
Durant
Hill
King


and I am sure there are more. Probably not even top 10.

Some of you people are so f*cking stupid, I swear....

[DirtySanchez]

This is his old list....

[Inception28]

I have come to the conclusion that you're a troll by the way. I'm not even a LeBron James fan but you're just being delusional. LeBron's probably not in the top 5, but he's at least 10th, come on.

Nah.

[Lakerlove420]

http://www.bareknucks.com/bill-simmo...a-players-ever

Robert. Horry. Ranked. At. 85. Holy. Shit. BTW here are the players he ranked below Horry: Tom Chambers, Jo Jo White, Jack Twyman, Kevin Johnson, Bob Lanier, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Shawn Kemp
Gail Goodrich, Connie Hawkins, Arvydas Sabonis.

WTF? When did I "talk about Goodrich like that"?

My bad bro... at first I was thinking that you were saying he shouldn't be on the list or Horry was supposed to be lower than him or some shit. I was just killing 10 minutes and skimming threads..

[D-Wade316]

Pippen
Hondo
Baylor
Pierce
Dominique
Worthy
Melo
Durant
Hill
King


and I am sure there are more. Probably not even top 10.

WOW

[Legends66NBA7]

Some of you guys love being trolled, huh...

[Inception28]

WOW

U mad? Lebron is never going to win a championship ring and he was never even the best player in the league.