Your Top 10 Favorite Players of All-Time

[Jmiles]

1. Kobe Bryant
2. Shaquille O'Neal
3. Glen Rice
4. Reggie Miller
5. Penny Hardaway
6. Larry Johnson
7. Nick Anderson
8. Allen Iverson
9. Horace grant
10. Rasheed Wallace/Chris Webber

 

[Tailback U]

I had a soft spot for guys like Larry Johnson, Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley, and Vernon "Mad Man" Maxwell.

Don't understand how anybody could like Antoine Walker. That fat piece of shit just stood at the 3 pt line waiting for the ball to come to him.

 

[Len B]

I had a soft spot for guys like Larry Johnson, Antoine Mason, Charles Oakley, and Vernon "Mad Man" Maxwell.

Don't understand how anybody could like Antoine Walker. That fat piece of shit just stood at the 3 pt line waiting for the ball to come to him.

Even retarded Boston fans didn't like him, because they don't know basketball. He was a part of THE WORST teams in the NBA when he was a rookie up until Paul Pierce started developing. He was the leader of Boston, and the most versatile player in the league at the time. He gets a bad rep because he 'sat at the three point line', when in reality it was because he had dumbass Rick Pitino as the coach to start his career. Then Jim O'Brien left the system the same. O'Brien's gameplan was let everyone sit at the 3 point line and chuck it. At the time, it worked because they were an effective shooting team. Hell, I even remember one fantasy season where Antoine Walker was #1 and Paul Pierce was #2.

His rookie year, the second best player on the team was David Wesley, with Rick Fox being third. Then he had seasons where it was Walker/Pierce/no one else.

Pitino made Walker his point guard, his small forward and his power forward every game early in his career because his teams were absolute dog shit. When he had legitimate teams, he posted 22/9/5 consistently while shooting a pretty decent clip from the three point line. He was the leader of the team during those ECF seasons vs. the Nets. You'd see a disengaged immature Paul Pierce in the huddle while Antoine Walker amped up the team night after night, including that game where they came back from 20+ down in the 4th quarter vs. New Jersey. If you can ever find the video, go watch it. You'll see Walker screaming at his team while everyone else looked defeated.

Yeah he was a knucklehead outside of his NBA career, and tailed off tremendously at the end, but it's not like that's not a common theme with the best players in the NBA of the late 90's/early 2000's (Shawn Kemp, Marbury, Steve Francis, McGrady, etc.)

Find me a 6 foot 8 power forward with the post moves, passing, dribbles and rebounding that Walker had. Eat it.

 

[seaplus]

Don't understand how anybody could like Antoine Walker. That fat piece of shit just stood at the 3 pt line waiting for the ball to come to him.

:walker:

 

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[DSGB101MM]

1. LBJ
2. WADE
3. MJ
4. KOBE
5. SHAQ
6. Dominque
7. Kemp
8. Sprewell
9. AI
10. Isaiah Thomas/Tim Hardaway/Payton

Lakers (MJ,Worthy,Kareem), Lakers (Shaq,Kobe,Jones, Van Axel) some many I can name

The 10 I hate....

1. Karl Malone
2. Ewing
3. Danning Manning
4. C. Ehlo
5. Pippen
6. Mark Price
7. Boston (Bird/Mchale/Parrish)
8. Trailblazers (Drexler,Porter,Grant)
9. Christain Latnier
10. Manuke Bol/Shawn Bradley

 

[Tailback U]

Even retarded Boston fans didn't like him, because they don't know basketball. He was a part of THE WORST teams in the NBA when he was a rookie up until Paul Pierce started developing. He was the leader of Boston, and the most versatile player in the league at the time. He gets a bad rep because he 'sat at the three point line', when in reality it was because he had dumbass Rick Pitino as the coach to start his career. Then Jim O'Brien left the system the same. O'Brien's gameplan was let everyone sit at the 3 point line and chuck it. At the time, it worked because they were an effective shooting team. Hell, I even remember one fantasy season where Antoine Walker was #1 and Paul Pierce was #2.

His rookie year, the second best player on the team was David Wesley, with Rick Fox being third. Then he had seasons where it was Walker/Pierce/no one else.

Pitino made Walker his point guard, his small forward and his power forward every game early in his career because his teams were absolute dog shit. When he had legitimate teams, he posted 22/9/5 consistently while shooting a pretty decent clip from the three point line. He was the leader of the team during those ECF seasons vs. the Nets. You'd see a disengaged immature Paul Pierce in the huddle while Antoine Walker amped up the team night after night, including that game where they came back from 20+ down in the 4th quarter vs. New Jersey. If you can ever find the video, go watch it. You'll see Walker screaming at his team while everyone else looked defeated.

Yeah he was a knucklehead outside of his NBA career, and tailed off tremendously at the end, but it's not like that's a common theme with the best players in the NBA of the late 90's/early 2000's (Shawn Kemp, Marbury, Steve Francis, McGrady, etc.)

Find me a 6 foot 8 power forward with the post moves, passing, dribbles and rebounding that Walker had. Eat it.

To be fair, I wasn't watching the Celtics circa 2000 so I didn't get to see Walker during his prime. I probably saw highlights and stats but didn't pay much attention to them.

Even then, I knew he had a couple of good seasons and was considered pretty good for a time, but I didn't like him. Probably because of his face. Sorry I'm not sorry.

 

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[MattD56]

Boris Diaw
Andre Kirilinko
Clyde Drexler
Omer Asik
Joakim Noah
Luol Deng
John Lucas III
Joe Johnson's undeniable offensive game
Richard Dumas

good list....but what about omer asik and lindsay hunter?

 

[MattD56]

1.Tim Duncan
2.Kyrie Irving
3.David Robinson
4.D Wade(more pre 2010...but i still like his game now)
5.Michael Jordan
6.Cleveland Lebron
7.Grant Hill
8.Shane Battier
9.Hakeem Olajuwon
10.Tony Parker

Honorable mention:shawn kemp,oscar robertson,Manu Ginobili

 

[Senser81]

I had a soft spot for guys like Larry Johnson, Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley, and Vernon "Mad Man" Maxwell.

Those two guys were incredibly overrated. NBA network recently replayed Game 4 of the Bulls-Knicks 1993 series, and I was surprised at how little talent were on those Knick teams, and how much John Starks had to do. Not only was Starks the only guy on the team who could hit an outside shot, he also was the only guy who could remotely guard Jordan. The PG position for the Knicks was a black hole. Doc Rivers was good for 5 fouls and no points, and Greg Anthony was TERRIBLE. He was a total hacker who would frequently throw up long range airballs. Anthony Mason travelled just as much as Ewing, and his contribution on defense was to run over people, especially if it was a few seconds after the ball had been shot. Pippen completely schooled Mason, and Mason probably should have fouled out of every game by the 2nd period. Another huge mismatch was Horace Grant on Oakley. Grant could block Oakley's shot anytime he wanted to, and was way more athletic.

 

[Realist]

1. Penny Hardaway
2. Vince Carter
3. Michael Jordan
4. Allen Iverson
5. Shaq
6. Derrick Rose
7. Scottie Pippen
8. Gary Payton
9. Kobe
10. Magic

First 4 are in order. Last 6 can be switched anyway

 

[jeffx]

1. Dr. J
2. Walt Frazier
3. Bernard King
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Magic Johnson
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Earl Monroe
8. David Thompson
9. George Gervin
10. Patrick Ewing
11. Jerry West
12. Oscar Robertson
13. Hakeem Olajuwon
14. Nate Archibald
15. Moses Malone

 

[SHOGUN]

Carmelo Anthony
Kobe Bryant
Vince Carter
Penny Hardaway
Allen Iverson
Michael Jordan
Darius Miles
Paul Pierce
Antoine Walker
Jason Williams

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Those two guys were incredibly overrated. NBA network recently replayed Game 4 of the Bulls-Knicks 1993 series, and I was surprised at how little talent were on those Knick teams, and how much John Starks had to do. Not only was Starks the only guy on the team who could hit an outside shot, he also was the only guy who could remotely guard Jordan. The PG position for the Knicks was a black hole. Doc Rivers was good for 5 fouls and no points, and Greg Anthony was TERRIBLE. He was a total hacker who would frequently throw up long range airballs. Anthony Mason travelled just as much as Ewing, and his contribution on defense was to run over people, especially if it was a few seconds after the ball had been shot. Pippen completely schooled Mason, and Mason probably should have fouled out of every game by the 2nd period. Another huge mismatch was Horace Grant on Oakley. Grant could block Oakley's shot anytime he wanted to, and was way more athletic.

This was no big secret in NY, where it is well established that the Knicks never managed to find Ewing a proper running mate in 15 years.

Starks really was best suited as a third of fourth option, and the fact that you can make the argument that he was the best player that a prime Ewing had a chance to play with speaks to the lack of talent the Knicks managed to put around Ewing.

 

[jeffx]

Co-sign on what W2B said. It's so frustrating rooting for this team because ownership rarely gets it right. The last time they did (1973) I was 12 - yikes.

 

[FirstTimer]

he posted 22/9/5 consistently

If by "consistently" you mean "never" or "almost twice".

Sure.

 

[FirstTimer]

Those two guys were incredibly overrated. NBA network recently replayed Game 4 of the Bulls-Knicks 1993 series, and I was surprised at how little talent were on those Knick teams, and how much John Starks had to do. Not only was Starks the only guy on the team who could hit an outside shot, he also was the only guy who could remotely guard Jordan. The PG position for the Knicks was a black hole. Doc Rivers was good for 5 fouls and no points, and Greg Anthony was TERRIBLE. He was a total hacker who would frequently throw up long range airballs. Anthony Mason travelled just as much as Ewing, and his contribution on defense was to run over people, especially if it was a few seconds after the ball had been shot. Pippen completely schooled Mason, and Mason probably should have fouled out of every game by the 2nd period. Another huge mismatch was Horace Grant on Oakley. Grant could block Oakley's shot anytime he wanted to, and was way more athletic.

This past weekend was great. NBATV was showing the ECF, the WCF, and the NBA Finals from 1993. Some classic/awesome shit right there. I forgot how good Kevin Johnson was.

 

[Loco]

Tim Duncan, Paul Pierce, Rodman, Barkley those guys are easy picks but Walter McCarty will always be the man!
For Christmas one year my dad bought me a replica jersey w/ shorts of McCarty, I wore that shit to Gym through middle school

 

[Len B]

If by "consistently" you mean "never" or "almost twice".

Sure.

He averaged 21/9/4 his first six seasons in the league. Sorry for being slightly off.

http://bkref.com/tiny/B0rQO

Five seasons averaged 17/7/3 between 1995-2003. Only 16 players made that list total, Walker is on there 5 times while Malone, Webber and Garnett were the only ones on that list more. Severely underrated player.