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Giannis is top a 10 athlete to ever play basketball
What’s the list and how do you qualify it?
LeBron and Wilt obviously, Shaq, MJ, dr J, Wilkins, Barkley etc
There’s plenty of amazing athletes who weren’t good at putting the ball in the hoop that could compete for that title.
Is it strength? Speed? Skill? Size?
Criteria - The athletes who could best use their physical abilities to win basketball games.
Here first names that come to mind for GOAT race:
Wilt Chamberlain
LeBron James
Michael Jordan
Shaquille O’Neil
Bill Russell
Zion Williamson
Vince Carter
Allen Iverson
Russell Westbrook
Julius Irving
I’ll make an example of Jericho Sims to show what I don’t want. He can touch the top of the back board but can’t get playing time. Why? Because he has no ability to apply that insane athleticism.
Some amount of skill is also indexed in this. If you are a hyper athletic guard, you need to be able to dribble the ball. It ranges from balance (lots of overlap) to hand-eye coordination (medium overlap) to a set jumper (no overlap).
Blake Griffin (even though I loved to hate him) would be up there on that list if not for injuries etc.