ISH's #7 Player of Alltime

[Deuce Bigalow]

Vote for the #7 Player of Alltime
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#1: Michael Jordan (9/15 votes)
#2: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (17/32 votes)
#3: Bill Russell (15/35 votes)
#4: Magic Johnson (20/32 votes)
#5: Wilt Chamberlain (17/44 votes)
#6: Larry Bird (21/28 votes)

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ISH's #6 Player of Alltime - Larry Bird


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Candidates:
Shaquille O'Neal
Tim Duncan
Kobe Bryant
Oscar Robertson
Hakeem Olajuwon
Jerry West
Moses Malone
Julius Erving
Karl Malone

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[Inception28]

As much as I love Shaq my vote goes to Tim Duncan.

[RRR3]

Shaquille O'Neal

[Deuce Bigalow]

I started this thread earlier than the other ones because the #6 voting wasn't even close, so I decided to move on.

[chazzy]

Shaq again

[DMV2]

Shaq gets this!

[rmt]

Tim Duncan - consistent excellence, made the most of what he had.

[Inception28]

If I could re-arrange the top 7 it would probably be this

1. MJ
2. Kareem
3. Russell
4. Magic
5. Bird
6. Duncan
7. Shaq

Wilt shouldn't be on here yet, but I assume a lot of people are naive about him and just look at his numbers.

[colts19]

Big O

[Odinn]

Kobe is a top 10 player ever IMO. Also I think 7-12 range acceptable.

My list;
1. Kareem
1. Jordan
3. Magic
4. Russell
5. Bird
6. Wilt
6. Duncan
6. Shaq
9. Kobe
10. Hakeem
10. Moses
12. Dr. J
12. J. West

This was my list and top 6 pretty similar.

Duncan-Shaq-Hakeem-Kobe
Duncan has the best resume/accomplishments.
The highest peak debate goes between Shaq-Hakeem.

I think debate should be between Duncan-Shaq. But in ISH, Kobe will get the 7th place I guess.

I vote for Tim Duncan.

[millwad]

Hakeem Olajuwon.

[1Time4YourMind]

Shaq

[Deuce Bigalow]

If I could re-arrange the top 7 it would probably be this

1. MJ
2. Kareem
3. Russell
4. Magic
5. Bird
6. Duncan
7. Shaq

Wilt shouldn't be on here yet, but I assume a lot of people are naive about him and just look at his numbers.

Interesting, the case against Wilt is that he has not delivered in the playoffs like the others

1969 Finals, Game 7: 4-13 free-throws
1970 Finals, Game 7: 1-11 free-throws

[alenleomessi]

Shaq

[Inception28]

This was my list and top 6 pretty similar.

Duncan-Shaq-Hakeem-Kobe
Duncan has the best resume/accomplishments.
The highest peak debate goes between Shaq-Hakeem.

I think debate should be between Duncan-Shaq. But in ISH, Kobe will get the 7th place I guess.

I vote for Tim Duncan.

One thing that usually goes unnoticed is the length of one's prime. Hakeem's prime was clearly the shortest of the three and the argument is now simply between Duncan and Shaq.

Another reason why I give Duncan the edge is the intangibles. Those are just things you don't notice and cannot see on the stat-sheet. I have no problem if one wanted to take Shaq because he is one of my favorite players ever and he is one of the most dominant players to play the game. But Duncan is just the more logically choice here to me, at least as far as how I determine rankings. Both of them should be above Wilt though.