NBA Mount Rushmore Of the 2000s

[aboss4real24]

[moe94]

Someone needs to bounce for Shaq.

Iverson is a lock due to influence and popularity

Kobe and Duncan are locks due to accomplishments

Sorry, Bron, you'll get the next one.

[NewYorkNoPicks]

I'd go: Shaq / LeBron / Kobe / Duncan

if you were actually old enough to watch and understand basketball in the 00's you'd realize how important Allen Iverson was to not only the game, but culture in general.

[LeBron 06]

I'd go: Shaq / LeBron / Kobe / Duncan

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[LeGOAT]

Lebron, Shaq, Kobe, Duncan

[Uncle Drew]

[coolhandsteve]

As good as AI was I'd switch him out for either Shaq or Garnett.

[Uncle Drew]

if you were actually old enough to watch and understand basketball in the 00's you'd realize how important Allen Iverson was to not only the game, but culture in general.

So what? He doesn't have a case on any of those 4 guys. Maybe 5, if we include KG.

[fpliii]

Honestly, I'd go Duncan-Kobe-KG-Dirk. Problem with LeBron (as well as Wade) is he miss the first four years of the 00s (99-00, 00-01, 01-02, 02-03). Similarly, Shaq wasn't as big a facor in the second half of the decade.

Nobody other than those six has a case, though.

[Trentknicks]

Shaq/Iverson/Kobe/Duncan

T-Mac comes close.

[LeGOAT]

if you were actually old enough to watch and understand basketball in the 00's you'd realize how important Allen Iverson was to not only the game, but culture in general.

Iverson is what was wrong with the early 2000s. Iso ball chucker and thug. The league is better without him

[sd3035]

Shaq Kobe Wade Duncan

[fpliii]

if you were actually old enough to watch and understand basketball in the 00's you'd realize how important Allen Iverson was to not only the game, but culture in general.

Who said he has to take into account impact on culture (in which case Yao would be a lock)? If Swish is just talking on-the-court, nothing wrong with his list (and I'm pretty sure that Swish, like myself, watched the entirety of AI's pro career).

[moe94]

T-Mac comes close.

T-Mac wouldn't rank even if there were 10 spots.

[SamuraiSWISH]

if you were actually old enough to watch and understand basketball in the 00's you'd realize how important Allen Iverson was to not only the game, but culture in general.

So I didn't watch, or understand basketball in the 2000s, but been watching since the early 90s. Um, ok?



Iverson's cultural impact was absolutely important, but these four guys are the best players of the decade:

2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq / Kobe
2002: Shaq / Kobe
2003: Duncan
2004:
2005: Duncan
2006: Shaq
2007:
2008:
2009: Kobe
2010: Kobe
2011:
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron