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Devin Thomas

Moses was a center his whole career. Koncak was his backup, but we digress.

Aguirre was a 3. Rodman would probably be on the list
 
1. Duncan
2. Garnett
3. Nowitzki
4. Malone
5. Barkley
6. McHale (All five ahead would cook him, plus stats aren't that gaudy. Know he's a winner, but was pretty fortunate to play on arguably the best team ever).

Unrelated, yeah Devin is only 18 and doesn't turn 19 until May so he could definitely keep growing.
 
dalbertthekid said:
1. Duncan
2. Garnett
3. Nowitzki
4. Malone
5. Barkley
6. McHale (All five ahead would cook him, plus stats aren't that gaudy. Know he's a winner, but was pretty fortunate to play on arguably the best team ever).

Unrelated, yeah Devin is only 18 and doesn't turn 19 until May so he could definitely keep growing.
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Dirk? Garnett?
 
It's tough to rank the top 5 or 6 in any kind of order and comparing eras is always dubious. I'd prolly give Duncan the nod, but he's played on better teams than both Karl Malone and KG. But considering his overall impact on the game, defensive prowess, passing and championships, he gets the nod:

1) Timmah
2) Mailman
3) Barkley (used to school McHale but that was towards the end of his career)
4) Garnett
5) McHale
6) Dirk
7) Petit
8) Otis freakin' Thorpe!!! ;)
 
Absolutely. Championships. Stats. It's all there. In Dirk's case, one of the most impressive playoff runs of all-time. NBA Finals MVP, and without another all-star on his team.
 
I also remember all the silly arguments I used to get into with Carolina stans,circa 98-02 who would try to sell me the notion that Rasheed was a better PF.

It was obvious to most non-UNC fans then and everyone now, of course.
 
dalbertthekid said:
Absolutely. Championships. Stats. It's all there. In Dirk's case, one of the most impressive playoff runs of all-time. NBA Finals MVP, and without another all-star on his team.
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Would Parker or Ginobili be All-Stars without Tim? Not even making an argument, just posing the question. In basketball, it seems to me that elite players (ie top 5 of their position) make their teammates better. Being on an island is part front office, but part indictment of that player is it not?
 
Interesting to see Cliff Robinson so high on the scoring list. And Terry Cummings was always solid for Fantasy teams. And how could I forget about Tom Chambers!!

Glen Rice played the 3 right? Never thought he was this high on the list. Man he played for some shitty teams until he ended up on the 2000 LA Lakers.

21. Kevin Garnett 24872
24. Dirk Nowitzki 24342
25. Charles Barkley* 23757
29. Tim Duncan 23292
38. Bob Pettit* 20880
41. Tom Chambers 20049
45. Clifford Robinson 19591
47. Antawn Jamison 19507
48. Terry Cummings 19460
57. Bob McAdoo* 18787

61. Glen Rice 18336
 
jaybone said:
Karl Malone. Not Moses Malone. Moses was a center his whole career.

And get out with Otis Thorpe and Thurl Bailey. For one, Bailey didn't start, he was a 6th man. And neither made all-star teams. Thorpe may have made a few, but to be considered one of the best power forwards to ever play the game, you probably need to start and make all-star games.

The other two we left out are KGarnett and of course Nowitski, who has probably moved ahead of Barkley. I'd go:

Duncan
McHale
Malone
Nowitski
Barkley
Garnett
Elvin Hayes
Bob Petit
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Duncan
McHale
Big E
Pettit
KG
Baylor
Sir Charles
Dirk
Malone
Dave DeBusschere
 
Devin Thomas - ridiculous on that low left block. If he can start rolling into the paint from the right block and making the baby hook - completely unstoppable without a double team.

Also, off subject, but that running shot in the lane where CMM dribbles hard down the right side, jumps into the paint, and shoots a baby left handed runner, while leaning away from the rim - very HIGH degree of difficulty on that shot. Whoa.
 
Complacent Deac said:
Devin Thomas - ridiculous on that low left block. If he can start rolling into the paint from the right block and making the baby hook - completely unstoppable without a double team.

Also, off subject, but that running shot in the lane where CMM dribbles hard down the right side, jumps into the paint, and shoots a baby left handed runner, while leaning away from the rim - very HIGH degree of difficulty on that shot. Whoa.
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For sure. The only thing that worries me about the freshman is that they either show really advanced stuff or play like 3* freshmen. There's not really a whole lot in between the good and the bad at this point. Bridging that gap isn't easy for any caliber player and I hope that they're willing to work hard enough to do it...
 
This is a lot closer to the truth. I always loved Wayman Tisdale at the 4. Also, Elgin and Bias were always 4 men in my mind (even though a lot of folks put them at the 3). You gotta move Charles and Mailman up, and KG down a little imo.

RJKarl said:
Duncan
McHale
Big E
Pettit
KG
Baylor
Sir Charles
Dirk
Malone
Dave DeBusschere
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Agree. I just watched a replay of that shot and it is ridiculous. Not a runner, not a layup/finger roll, but he shot it lefty while floating away from the rim. Sick.

Strickland33 said:
For sure. The only thing that worries me about the freshman is that they either show really advanced stuff or play like 3* freshmen. There's not really a whole lot in between the good and the bad at this point. Bridging that gap isn't easy for any caliber player and I hope that they're willing to work hard enough to do it...
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Complacent Deac said:
This is a lot closer to the truth. I always loved Wayman Tisdale at the 4. Also, Elgin and Bias were always 4 men in my mind (even though a lot of folks put them at the 3). You gotta move Charles and Mailman up, and KG down a little imo.
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Baylor was a much better version of Charles than Charles. There was nothing that Charles did better than Baylor. I almost put Baylor 4th... and probably should have.

KG could have stopped Malone. Malone would get eaten up trying to cover KG.

Had McHale been on a lesser team, he would have been a Top 5 scorer and rebounder year in and out.
 
RJKarl said:
Baylor was a much better version of Charles than Charles. There was nothing that Charles did better than Baylor. I almost put Baylor 4th... and probably should have.

KG could have stopped Malone. Malone would get eaten up trying to cover KG.

Had McHale been on a lesser team, he would have been a Top 5 scorer and rebounder year in and out.
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Hey old man, keep this meanlingless discussion off Devin's thread.
 
MACdeac said:
Hey old man, keep this meanlingless discussion off Devin's thread.
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Hey putz...tell the person who started this diversion and the others who posted before I did the same thing...do it to each of them...
 
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