NBA top 10 All Time Players

My top ten off the head is

MJ (because six chips six finals MVPs)
Kareem (would be number one if I included college)
Wilt (top three are interchangeable because Wilt was a force unseen in terms of his dominance athletically)
Russell
Magic
Duncan
Kobe
Lebron
Shaq
Bird

Big men were the fulcrum of both the offense and the defense so one could rearrange the top four to Kareem Wilt Russell and MJ at fourth. In my eye MJ was exceptionally special as a wing player and was the fulcrum offensively but also made DPOY. His six chips six finals MVPs put him over for me but Kareem had the best combined career collegiate and pro so I tend to waver between them as one or two and yet a realize that as a wing I'm fine with placing MJ at four if I had to due to the impact a big had both ends of the floor in different eras of the game and the rules at various decades

My Mount Rushmore is MJ Kareem Wilt Russell

Jordan
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Kobe
Shaq
Lebron
Hakeem
Curry

never watched wilt, west,
Russell etc so tough for me to say

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Jordan
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Kobe
Shaq
Lebron
Hakeem
Curry

never watched wilt, west,
Russell etc so tough for me to say

Awesome

There's no wrong answer and it's always good for me to see how others see it because I always learn something new

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Jordan
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Duncan
Kobe
Shaq
Lebron
Hakeem
Curry

never watched wilt, west,
Russell etc so tough for me to say

Awesome

There's no wrong answer and it's always good for me to see how others see it because I always learn something new

Yeah. I remember when my father was at West Point and Oscar Robertson was there practicing for I believe Olympic team, and he got to get into the gym and watch him and said that was the best player he had ever seen

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Yeah. I remember when my father was at West Point and Oscar Robertson was there practicing for I believe Olympic team, and he got to get into the gym and watch him and said that was the best player he had ever seen

Dang! I forgot to consider him because I didn't get to witness him Wilt or Russell. I just looked into Wilt and Russell more so all good points

Originally posted by Pillbusta:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
Yeah. I remember when my father was at West Point and Oscar Robertson was there practicing for I believe Olympic team, and he got to get into the gym and watch him and said that was the best player he had ever seen

Dang! I forgot to consider him because I didn't get to witness him Wilt or Russell. I just looked into Wilt and Russell more so all good points

I watched Wilt, I am 63 and started watching sports at 5 or so. I remember Sandy Koufax pitching who retired when I was 5. The thing about Wilt is most of the tape on him was when he was already passed his prime, the athleticism a young Wilt had was insane. His skills offensively and defensively would transcend all generations, same with Jabbar. You bring Russell into the 21st century and he would be a good 6th man.