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Who is #10 on the NBA all time ranking (alien.top)
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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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[–] Minimum-Luck2430@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (13 children)
  1. LeBron
  2. MJ
  3. Kareem
  4. Shaq
  5. Wilt
  6. Steph
  7. Magic
  8. Larry Bird
  9. Tim Duncan
  10. Hakeem
  11. Kobe
  12. KD
  13. Oscar Robertson
  14. Bill Russell
  15. Karl Malone
  16. Kevin Garnett
  17. Dirk Nowitszki
  18. Charles Barkley
  19. David Robinson
  20. Kawhi Leonard

Honorable Mentions: Dwayne Wade, John Stockton, Steve Nash, Reggie Miller, Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson, Giannis

Some of these players are interchangeable but I believe this is an accurate top 20.

[–] 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.

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