It's Crazy how Dr. J isn't a Top 10 GOAT

[sammichoffate]

He paved the way for so many greats, but he's not in the top 10 list himself. It's insane if you think about it, dude was just a monster back in the day

[navy]

ABA ****ed him over.

[moe94]

He spent a good chunk of his best years in the ABA and that ABA never existed

[sammichoffate]

It's a damn shame too, he's one of those players who you have to talk about when looking at NBA history as a whole.

[JtotheIzzo]

WEAK era for bandwagons

[Nowitness]

He isn't really top 25, he had no shot, no defense, played in the worst league during the worst era and could do nothing but dunk.

Third option on a contender isn't top 10 to me.

[Dbrog]

He isn't really top 25, he had no shot, no defense, played in the worst league during the worst era and could do nothing but dunk.

Third option on a contender isn't top 10 to me.

Hey man I think you accidently posted in the wrong thread. We discussing Julius Erving not Anthony Bennett or James White.

On topic = He didn't win enough championships and was a very unselfish player. Those are really the only reasons.

[jstern]

He isn't really top 25, he had no shot, no defense, played in the worst league during the worst era and could do nothing but dunk.

Third option on a contender isn't top 10 to me.

Did you watch him play in that era?

[Nowitness]

Did you watch him play in that era?

Yes I did. I'd take David Thompson over The Saltwater.

[unbreakable]

average shooter
average passer
average defender
average rebounder

top 10? LOL

[jstern]

Yes I did. I'd take David Thompson over The Saltwater.

I just looked at your profile, it says that you were born in 1995. So why not let people who actually saw him play make their case, instead of thinking you know anything about anything. Life is not that simplistic where you can go, "I believe this, so I'm right even though I know very little about a subject."

[lilteapot]

I just looked at your profile, it says that you were born in 1995. So why not let people who actually saw him play make their case, instead of thinking you know anything about anything. Life is not that simplistic where you can go, "I believe this, so I'm right even though I know very little about a subject."

When were you born?

[jstern]

When were you born?

I was born1982, and I'm not making any comments about Dr. J or his era since I wasn't alive/was extremely young back then, nor have I watched hundreds of hours of games of his and his competition to have a deep understanding of him and his game.

[lilteapot]

How is it crazy when it makes sense that there are 10 greater basketball players ever?

[JellyBean]

Dr. J has the perfect attitude about this "all-time greats" list. It was around the time when that dude who wore #23 won his back to back titles. And reporters were going through the list of all-time greats. The reporters were dropping names left and right, Kareem, Larry, Magic, Wilt, Russell, Jordan.....anyway the reporter gets to Doc's name, they were around 15-18 range by then, Doc was "Dude. I really don't care where they place me. I know I am among the greats!" Doc goes on to say some other really cool stuff. But the part that remains with me to this day was when he said "Pretty soon, you are going to have drop somebody from that top ten. Then what?" This was all before the NBA 50 greatest players were announced, by 2-3 years roughly. To me, Doc gets it. As long as his name is among the greats, he his cool with that position. Because you can't deny his greatness. I don't care ABA or NBA, the Doc was awesome.