GOAT All-Around Players

[sd3035]

Durant
MJ
Pippen
Oscar
Magic
Bird
Wade
Bosh
Hakeem
Chalmers

[fpliii]

Depends. You need to be a good ball-handler, passer, shooter, scorer (as in the ability to create a shot for yourself), rebounder, and at the very least you need to be a net positive on defense.

Not sure how many players fit the bill.

[T_L_P]

Sorry, but Tim Duncan can't shoot 3's, D up on the perimeter or run the point.

Wade's a good point, I'll add him to the OP.

In his prime he could do them all but shoot the 3.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Nikkas mentioning Magic and Bird
For offense yeah but defense counts

Larry was underrated on D but not good enough to be in this discussion and Magic lotta steals =/= defense or Iverson would be a good defender

[Demitri98]

Depends. You need to be a good ball-handler, passer, shooter, scorer (as in the ability to create a shot for yourself), rebounder, and at the very least you need to be a net positive on defense.

Not sure how many players fit the bill.

Precisely. All around doesn't mean versatile, it means being able to do everything.

[ImKobe]

I did.

Sorry, but Tim Duncan can't shoot 3's, D up on the perimeter or run the point.

Wade's a good point, I'll add him to the OP.

Can Wade really shoot threes? he had maybe one average 3-point shooting season, where he shot above 30% from 3 and attempted more than 3 threes a game. He certainly isn't close to being a consistent 3-point shooter.

Kobe certainly fits your criteria if guys like Grant Hill are on that list. He can score in any way imaginable, defend anyone at the 1-3 position (talking 01-09 Kobe here), run the point, shoot 3s. He's on that list.

[kshutts1]

Aaron McKie, Odom, Bob Sura, Doug Christie are the ones that come to mind that have not yet been mentioned.

Edit: Wouldn't consider any of them "GOAT" material for this category, but they were all known as all-around players, and were very good at it.

[Demitri98]

Bob Sura

Never heard of him before..

[SexSymbol]

Bird
MJ
Kobe
LeBron
Wade's pretty good all around
Magic
Fat Lever
Jason Kidd
Hakeem Olajuwon
Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett
Even Wilt is pretty good all-around.

[dubeta]

Anyone mentioning Durant and Kobe need to find the nearest building, climb to the top and jump. When Durant and Kobe aren't chucking shots they are useless

[inclinerator]

chris paul

[riseagainst]

Anyone mentioning Durant and Kobe need to find the nearest building, climb to the top and jump. When Durant and Kobe aren't chucking shots they are useless

[Dro]

Never heard of him before..

Not sure if you're serious....

[ImKobe]

Anyone mentioning Durant and Kobe need to find the nearest building, climb to the top and jump. When Durant and Kobe aren't chucking shots they are useless

March 2014

[thefatmiral]

david robinson, i wanted to add.