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Who is #10 on the NBA all time ranking (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by nonstopenguins@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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The usual suspects forming the top 9 of the greatest basketball players list in some order are

MJ
LeBron
Kareem
Wilt
Bill Russell
Magic
Tim Duncan
Larry Bird
Shaq

Who rounds out the top 10 list at #10? Some names that come to mind are

Kobe
Hakeem
Oscar
Steph

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[–] Saul_Goodman_97@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad im not the only one who thinks Bill Russell is a tad overrated. Incredible defender, but underwhelming scorer even for back then, and won his rings with easily the best team in the league when there were what, 12 teams that existed?

[–] Charlie_Wax@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

There were actually only 8 teams for some of his rings IIRC.

It feels dirty disrespecting Russell because he's such a great and important figure for the league. It feels like attacking your own grandpa, but realistically he's not a top 5-10 player.

He's the Jesse Owens of basketball. Important for his historic value, but has been eclipsed by modern greats.