To: pepsionice; CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
Hard to pick who's better at some of these positions. I'll pick the three best centers, the six best forwards, and the six best guards:
Centers: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain
Power forwards: Karl Malone, Bob Pettit, Elvin Hayes
Small forwards: Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Elgin Baylor
Shooting guards: Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West
Point guards: Ervin Johnson, John Stockton, Bob Cousy
Jordan, Robertson, and Johnson could have a good contest for best all-around player ever.
69 posted on
03/21/2004 10:42:18 AM PST by
Charles Henrickson
(Besides Malone, the other active player who could crack this group might be Gary Payton at guard.)
To: pepsionice; CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
Jordan, Robertson, and Johnson could have a good contest for best all-around player ever. Scratch that. Johnson was a little weak on the jumper. So best all-around player ever would be between Jordan and Robertson.
To: Charles Henrickson
Centers: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain
Power forwards: Karl Malone, Bob Pettit, Elvin Hayes
Small forwards: Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Elgin Baylor
Shooting guards: Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West
Point guards: Ervin Johnson, John Stockton, Bob Cousy
I'm with you!
103 posted on
03/21/2004 11:23:36 AM PST by
auboy
(Beware the Pee Solution… aka the four corners offense.)
To: Charles Henrickson
Three great centers, to be sure, but it is hard to leave out the man who invented the modern center position - George Mikan. Shoulda picked four ;)
204 posted on
03/30/2004 10:54:50 AM PST by
Colonel_Flagg
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