The best clutch player, ever

[OldSchoolBBall]

Jordan and Bird are in a tier of their own imo. Both proved they could make any type of clutch play, be it a shot, assist, rebound, or steal. I'd give the nod to Jordan though because he was more clutch defensively than Bird (largely due to ability) and could handle more defensive pressure and still get a good look or make a good play.

After those 2, you have West/Kobe/Miller/Magic in some order. I'm inclined to go West/Kobe/Miller/Magic, with the caveat that Magic's clutchness is more difficult to quantify than the others' due to his role.

[jlip]

In the years that I played with the Celtics, in terms of total basketball skills, Sam Jones was the most skillful player that I ever played with. At one point, we won a total of eight consecutive NBA championships, [B]and six times during that run we asked Sam to take the shot that meant the season. If he didn

[Zan Tabak]

Robert Horry

The answer is Jordan. But RH is a good answer aswell.

[Big#50]

Duncan
Shaq
Bird
Jordan
Hakeem
Russell
These guys will play good in any clutch situation. These are the only players I know that will always produce when you need them to.

[jlauber]

We should make an "all clutch team".


PG: (thoughts here people? Isiah?)
SG: Jordan
SF: Bird
PF: Duncan
C: Hakeem (Maybe Russel or Kareem?)

If we are talking about "clutch" for ENTIRE game seven's, while Chamberlain's TEAM's went 4-5 in them, he averaged 24.4 ppg, 26.3 rpg, and he shot an eye-popping .626 in them (which is, I believe, the highest game seven percentage ever posted cumulitively by "great" players.) And, in game five of a best-of-five series in the '62 playoffs, he put up a 56-35 game. He also had several outstanding "elimination game" games, as well, including a 50-35 game five against Russell in the '60 ECF's. Perhaps his greatest game seven was in the '65 ECF's, when he guided his 40-40 Sixers to a 110-109 loss against the 62-18 Celtics. He scored six of the last eight points scored in that game (including 2-2 from the FT line, and a thunderous dunk over Russell with five secs left)...and his stat line was 30 points on 12-15 shooting, with 32 rebounds (Russell played well in that game, as well, with 15 points, on 7-16 shooting, with 29 rebounds.)

Jerry West was also sensational in game seven's. In fact, he won the Finals MVP on a losing team (the ONLY player to have ever done so), with a game seven stat line of 42 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists.

[Yung D-Will]

[Yung D-Will]

I gotta go with Bird/Jordan

[Calabis]

I'll take the guy who did it numerous times from 18-35






I'll take this guy right after him

[jstern]

Him, then Bird. After that I don't know. Kobe has made a lot, but he has miss a lot more, horrible percentage. The air balls too.

[raptorfan_dr07]

Class [COLOR="DarkRed"]A[/COLOR]: These guys clutch it with the ball in their hands.
[COLOR="White"]....yes....[/COLOR]Just Amazing!

Jordan-Kobe

Class [COLOR="Blue"]B[/COLOR]: Catch & Shoot, It's in!!!!

Miller-Horry-Fisher

Class [COLOR="Green"]C[/COLOR]: Defensively

Russell


Honorary Mentions:

Bird-West-Magic-Kareem-Duncan

The bolded names need to switch places because the top one doesn't belong, thank you.

Anyways, it's a toss up between Bird and Jordan if I needed a game winning shot. If I needed a game winning play?(ex: Steal, rebound, blocked shot, etc) Give me Russell.

[OrlandoAnderson]

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[pegasus]

1- Jordan/Bird
2- Kobe
3- Reggie

4- Ray
5- Duncan/Ginobili

[InspiredLebowski]

I don't care about rankings (mostly because Reggie's not #1), but when you think about HOW Reggie got his shots it's pretty incredible that he was still so successful at it. Basically a completely one dimensional player whose reputation preceded him and he'd STILL run off the opposite wing down the baseline through some bonecrushing screens and hit the shot. A MUCH larger percentage of the credit from Reggie's clutch shots should go to guys like Dale and Antonio Davis for just destroying his defenders...usually legally. And you can't forget the often perfect inbounds pass from Derrick McKey. The inbounds pass in last second situations is a skill that people never even seem to consider but McKey was friggin perfect at it.

[d.bball.guy]

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Paul Pierce gets ignored.

[blondie]

1. Manu Ginobili
2. Derek Fisher
3. Robert Horry