Are we fans witnessing SIX of the top 15 NBA players of alltime this season?

[TheBynumProject]

when its all said and done duncan, james, wade, paul, bryant, and o'neal will all go down as top 15 alltime players. who says the talent in the NBA today is dominished? fans, remember this era is a treat for us all to be witnessing.

[highwhey]

top 15 of all time?

[Al Thornton]

Has there ever not been a time with lots of future hall of famers? And no CP3, maybe Lebron, and Wade won't be remembered as top 15 all time at least from what I say right now.

[D-Rose]

I heard some analyst or someone saying exactly this on tv...who was it again?

Wade, Paul, LeBron are not Top 15 yet, if any of them had a severe injury like Penny did, their promising careers would be diminshed.

As of now Shaq, Duncan, Kobe are Top 15 w/o a doubt.

[pete's montreux]

Garnett, anyone?

[TheBynumProject]

duncan and shaq are already top 15 all-time

james and kobe are virtual locks to finish as top 15 players

wade and cp are the biggest question marks, but it isn't out of the question by any means

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

nice post by the OP.
he said, "when its all said and done..."
thus, he is projecting (obviously)

from what I've seen, he may be correct. the only two IFs are Wade and CP3.
if they both keep up their current level of play and remain healthy, then yes, the OP is correct.

[H2whoa]

It's a joke to put CP3 and Wade on that list and not Allen Iverson

[Biddy77]

top 15 is VERY elite company, and i think people are really showing a lack of big picture perspective assuming that wade and cp3 even have a chance of sniffing that level of prestige.

think about all the guys who currently are accepted as the top 10 or 15 in league history...

do people already have such huge hard-ons for those guys that they're going to throw it right out there that we should expect these guys to be better than the guys whose names currently get mentioned in that talk?

shaq and duncan, top 15, no question. kobe is probably top 15-20. lebron stands a good chance of being one of the two best SFs of all time when all is said and done. i'll give you 4 of 6. cp3 and wade, though? seriously?

pull your junk out of the rubber ******. stop this fantasy now. if you let it carry on, all you're going to be left with is a mess to clean up, and a handful of shame.

[Micku]

*coughs*

Well, we are seeing great preformances. Wade, LBJ, CP3, Kobe, Howard, Shaq (old), and Duncan. We have some potiential players too. OJ Mayo and maybe Kevin Durant.

Wade, LBJ and CP3 are pulling out a great stat sesson this year. Those three may end up being really great and could be seen as the NBA top tier players. But it depends on their team. Wade has already won a NBA title, but I feel that he needs to win couple more times again to be remember. LBJ is young, he may go on a dynasty if he is lucky. CP3 is doing good so far, by establishing himself as a great PG. If he is lucky, he'll get a title too. Same goes with Howard.

Great players all around. Enjoy them while you can.

[gotbacon23]

whats the difference between this season and, say 1987-88 for example, with michael jordan, magic johnson, larry bird, kareem abdul-jabbar, karl malone, hakeem olajuwon, charles barkley, moses malone all playing. all aren't guaranteed top 15 all-time but all have a case. by the end of their careers, thats a combined 24 MVP awards for 8 players:

abdul-jabbar: 6
michael jordan: 5
moses malone: 3
larry bird: 3
magic johnson: 3
karl malone: 2
hakeem olajuwon: 1
charles barkley: 1

after that season (87-88) they had 14 MVP awards combined

[loot]

It's a joke to put CP3 and Wade on that list and not Allen Iverson

Why? show me Iverson's rings.

[highwhey]

Why? show me Iverson's rings.

so is wade also better than barkley because wade has a ring? please. cp3=no rings, and there's no certainty that he will win one...

[BankShot]

so is wade also better than barkley because wade has a ring? please. cp3=no rings, and there's no certainty that he will win one...

No, but in comparing Paul and Iverson, CP3's style of play is definitely more conducive to making his teammates better, thus his team and his chances of a title better, than Iverson.

[joshwake]

It's a joke to put CP3 and Wade on that list and not Allen Iverson

Iverson dosn't even make my top 100 of all time. Wade is creeping but Paul has been in the NBA what, 4 years? You guys always jump way ahead of yourselves. Duncan, Shaq, and Kobe are the only ones that can be considered top 15. They have the numbers, the hardware, and the empirical proof when you watch them on the court.

LBJ should easily crack top 15 if not top 5 if he has a long injury free career. But as of now I wouldn't even consider putting him in the top 15.