Is it safe to say that Leonard is a Top 2 player now?

[sd3035]

[3ball]

[COLOR="blue"]The wings from MJ's era match today's era man-for-man:[/COLOR]


[COLOR="White"]...[/COLOR]2000-2014[COLOR="White"].................[/COLOR]1984-1998

Kobe Bryant.............. Michael Jordan
LeBron James............ Magic Johnson
Kevin Durant............. Larry Bird
Dwayne Wade........... Clyde Drexler
Russell Westbrook..... Gary Payton
Tracey McGrady........ Dominique Wilkins
James Harden........... Grant Hill
Kawhi Leonard.......... Scottie Pippen
Paul Pierce............... Adrian Dantley
Carmelo Anthony....... Alex English
Vince Carter............. James Worthy
Allen Iverson............ Penny Hardaway
Jason Kidd................ Jason Kidd


Honorable Mention 1984-1998: Doctor J, Dennis Rodman, Reggie Lewis, Reggie Miller, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Dumars, Eddie Jones, Mitch Richmond, Alvin Robertson, Detlef Schrempf, Dennis Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Ronaldo Blackman, Fat Lever, Glen Rice, Chris Mullin, Kiki Vandeweghe, Jamaal Mashburn, Glenn Robinson

Honorable Mention 2000-2014: Ron Artest, Shawn Marion, Andre Igouodala, Ray Allen, Paul George, Manu Ginobili, Brandon Roy, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Joe Johnson, Rip Hamilton, Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Draymond Green, Peja Stojakovic, Antawn Jamison, Luol Deng, Rashard Lewis



[COLOR="navy"]^^^^^ Remember, this is just the wing players - if we add the bigs, previous eras blow today's era to Mars[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Red"]LMAO at no Steve Nash and Chris Paul. Dat agenda
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That list showed WING players.

So point guards weren't included unless they were big PG's like Kidd/Hardaway/Payton/Westbrook.

Or Iverson, since he was considered a "wing" player

[JebronLames]

This GIF would be a lot better if LeBron didnt destroy them in game 6 and 7

[3ball]

This GIF would be a lot better [COLOR="Red"]if LeBron didnt destroy them in game 6[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]But he didn't - Lebron needed Ray Allen to save him in Game 6 against Popovich/Duncan[/COLOR]






[COLOR="DarkRed"]Naturally, Jordan MADE his walk-off attempt in his first meeting against Duncan/Popovich (from the exact same spot as Lebron's miss) to send the game into overtime:[/COLOR]






[COLOR="DarkRed"]After hitting the walk-off, MJ dominated overtime, including 2 dunks over Duncan:[/COLOR]






[COLOR="Navy"]In his 2nd meeting against Duncan, MJ dominated Duncan even more thoroughly:[/COLOR]










It's obvious that Jordan only ever DOMINATED Duncan and guys like Duncan - they weren't "rivals" like they are for Kobe and Lebron..

[Spurs5Rings2014]

It's obvious that Jordan only ever DOMINATED Duncan and guys like Duncan - they weren't "rivals" like they are for Kobe and Lebron..

That was a young Duncan and then he won the chip after MJ saw the writing on the wall. At the end of the day, Ray Ray's fluke shot is the only thing keeping GOATcan from 6/6. He will still get #6 soon and be forever enshrined in the top 5 of all time.

[3ball]

That was a young Duncan and then he won the chip after Jordan RETIRED

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Ray Ray's fluke shot saved Lebron from being a laughing stock 1-6, and nowhere NEAR Bird/Hakeem level

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[Spurs5Rings2014]

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Both of those are also true, but doesn't change the fact that Jordan knew Duncan was coming and that he'd be unanimous top 5 right now if not for the GOAT bailout.

[k0kakw0rld]

LeBron
Kawhi
Curry

[pauk]

Ofcourse, he has been top 2 there for Spurs for a while, just not a clear #1 yet, just when he had his chance as Duncan/Parker decreased this Aldridge dude came along and messed that up, as you saw last night.

[Human Error]

Kawhi needs to be the best player on his team first.

LaMarcus Aldridge

[sportjames23]

Curry/Kawhi Family about to assemble?

[IGOTGAME]

[B][I][COLOR="DarkRed"]It's funny how Kawhi is a top 3-4 player for SURE in today's game.

Meanwhile, Pippen was better in every way except 3-point shooting, but was only considered a top 5 player for 1 or 2 seasons of his career, and that's looking at his career under the very best light.

where do you get that Pippen was a better in every way besides 3 point shooting?

[Optimus Prime]

1. Curry
2. Leonard
3. Durant
4. Westbrook
5. Davis

[feyki]

No , best right now .

[dannysc305]

Honestly he's not even top 3. Borderline top5-10 guy.