[real_patriotic_american]

When you name all-time greats, it’s hard to actually pick the greatest because you really should also consider NBA Championship rings won.

Also with Magic, Jordan and Kobe, the greats include Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, “Big Game” James Worthy, Shaquille O’Neil, Byron Scott, “Dr. J” Julius Irving, and Sasha Vujacic.

I could just keep going here naming the legends.

[csmusaret]

I think Jordan owes much of his greatness to the man who showed everyone the impossible was actually possible; the basketball player who lit the way for everyone who followed; Julious Erving. He was MJ before MJ was MJ.

[Alberta's Child]

I never saw him play, but I’ve always felt that Oscar Robertson was the best all-around player in NBA history. It’s pretty rare to find that combination of scoring, passing and rebounding ability in one player.

[the invisib1e hand]

Basketball's not my thing. I was just trying to call attention to the fact that associating blacks with playing basketball used to be considered a social faux-pas, insofar as (when committed by whitey) it implied racial stereotyping.

You just can't win with double-standards.