Top 10 GOAT basketball minds?

[Milbuck]

A list is not valid unless Jeremy Lin is in the top 5.

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[nycelt84]

1. Red Auerbach
2. Bill Sharman
3. Bill Russell
4. Larry Bird
5. Jerry West
6. Pat Riley
7. Gregg Popovich
8. Larry Brown
9. Phil Jackson
10. Eddie Gottlieb

[Odinn]

It is probably Larry Bird.

- His career as a player isn't even up to debate.
- 3 seasons as head coach. In his 1st season he lost to the Bulls and you can say the Pacers lost that series coz of the refs. He was in the Finals in 2000. After he retired, the Pacers were 1st round exit.
- And he is the reason why the Pacers are one of the contenders right now.

He is a success in every single most considerable positions.

[fpliii]

John Wooden and Pete Newell?

[IncarceratedBob]

its crazy most of the people mentioned here are white guys

[selrahc]

People not mentioned so far:
Kobe
Jerry Sloan

[bballnoob1192]

kobe has crazy bball iq and knowledge and history of the game despite his shady shot selection at times

[SHAQisGOAT]

It is probably Larry Bird.

- His career as a player isn't even up to debate.
- 3 seasons as head coach. In his 1st season he lost to the Bulls and you can say the Pacers lost that series coz of the refs. He was in the Finals in 2000. After he retired, the Pacers were 1st round exit.
- And he is the reason why the Pacers are one of the contenders right now.

He is a success in every single most considerable positions.

Well said. Considering everything, it has to be Bird.

If only coaches, you have Red, Pop, Daly, Wooden, Riley, Ramsay, Holzman, so on... You can say a dude like Don Nelson was pretty revolutionary with some of his ideas.
West has to there as usual for his work as a player and GM, also.

[AboutBuckets]

Went through the first page and didn't see Coach Wooden, good to see some guys give him his props on page 2 though

[oarabbus]

I was thinking more in terms of coaches, GMs, and shit. Players work too though.

In that case, still Bird

[FKAri]

John Wooden and Gabe Newell?

Fixed

its crazy most of the people mentioned here are white guys

Just genetics.

[TheMan]

Some guys not mentioned yet...

John Wooden
Coach K
Dr Jack Ramsey
Hubie Brown
Don Nelson
Rick Adelman
Coach Thibbs
Lenny Wilkens
KC Jones

[Purch]

GOAT BBIQ players: Bird, Russell, MJ, Magic.
GOAT BBIQ coaches: Red, Phil, Pop, Larry Brown.

No Riley?

[kamil]

Jerry Krause needs to be mentioned. Dude was able to form a three time championship calibre team, dismantle it keeping only MJ and Pippen and give the bulls ANOTHER three championships.

That's pretty fvcking impressive.

[jzek]

Larry Bird has won:

MVP
FMVP
Coach of the Year
Executive of the Year


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