Bill Simmons' 96 Greatest NBA Players

[RRR3]

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.
Hell, he didn't even have Alonzo Mourning on the list. But seriously...Robert Horry? Robert "7 points per game" Horry? Robert "Role Player" Horry? Robert "Zero All-Star games, Zero All-NBA selections, Zero All-Defensive selections, Zero Finals MVPS" Horry? He isn't even a top 300 player of all time.

[G-Funk]

[RRR3]

We should make a list of players better than Horry. Wonder how many we could come up with?

[Inception28]

[Jimmy2k8]

20. LeBron James

19. Charles Barkley

18. Karl Malone

17. Bob Pettit

16. Julius Erving

15. Kobe Bryant

14. Elgin Baylor

13. John Havlicek

The Pantheon

12. Moses Malone

11. Shaquille O’Neal

10. Hakeem Olajuwon

9. Oscar Robertson

8. Jerry West

7. Tim Duncan

6. Wilt Chamberlain

5. Larry Bird

4. Magic Johnson

3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2. Bill Russell

1. Michael Jordan

Not sure how I feel about the Top 20...there's just something wrong that I don't like about that list. lol@Shaq not in the top 10

[Miller for 3]

idk how you can even have Horry above other role players like Gasol, Ben Wallace, Bobby Jones, Gus Johnson, or dozens of others. List is pretty solid overall imo, but Horry is one that sticks out

[Collie]

His list is largely based on his theory known as "The Secret", so you'll see guys like Wilt out of the top five and Horry making the list (along with Rodman).

[RRR3]

Not sure how I feel about the Top 15...there's just something wrong that I don't like about that list.

Oh there's a lot of wrong stuff on the list, but Horry just stood out. Kobe Malone and Barkley are too low IMO.

[RRR3]

His list is largely based on his theory known as "The Secret", so you'll see guys like Wilt out of the top five and Horry making the list (along with Rodman).

Yeah but Rodman actually won awards and led the league in categories. And I assume he's using "Rings" So why isn't Derek Fisher there?

[pauk]

20. LeBron James

19. Charles Barkley

18. Karl Malone

17. Bob Pettit

16. Julius Erving

15. Kobe Bryant <---- WORD!

14. Elgin Baylor

13. John Havlicek

The Pantheon

12. Moses Malone

11. Shaquille O

[Collie]

Yeah but Rodman actually won awards and led the league in categories.

Yeah, I'm giving the reason why Simmons put Horry there, since he apparently had a bigger grasp of "The Secret" than 99% of NBA players in history.

[Collie]

[QUOTE=pauk]20. LeBron James

19. Charles Barkley

18. Karl Malone

17. Bob Pettit

16. Julius Erving

15. Kobe Bryant <---- WORD!

14. Elgin Baylor

13. John Havlicek

The Pantheon

12. Moses Malone

11. Shaquille O

[ShaqAttack3234]

Yeah but Rodman actually won awards and led the league in categories. And I assume he's using "Rings" So why isn't Derek Fisher there?

Horry in the top 100 is a joke, but Horry was significantly better than Fisher ever was(especially with Houston) and more important to his championship teams than Fisher. Plus, he has 2 more rings than Fisher. So Horry should be ranked higher than Fisher, though neither should be anywhere near the top 100.

Some of his other rankings are extremely puzzling as well.

[RRR3]

Yeah, I'm giving the reason why Simmons put Horry there, since he apparently had a bigger grasp of "The Secret" than 99% of NBA players in history.

Yeah. Was Horry even top 96 in the NBA at any point in his career? I mean come on now that is a ranking that can simply NOT be justified by any rational person.

[knickswin]

Lebron top 20 by 2009? For what? beating the wizards, pistons, and nets a bunch of times . . .