Who is the best duo in nba history?

my top 2:

1. Jordan and Pippen

2. Pettit and Hagan

Who is the best duo in nba history?nba draft lottery

The Best duo in NBA history................

No doubt, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen

Period!!!

Who is the best duo in nba history?nba lottery ,nba teams

Jordan and Pippen. Even if you took Pippen out of the mix, I would still say Jordan over every other duo.
vince and kidd??? what have they done??????? sorry dude no!!

3rd would be Kobe and Shaq, even though i cant stand them i got to admit they were so dominant and a great duo!!

but yea no doubt the top two were

1. Jordan and Pippen

2. Pettit and Hagan

be easy

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mj and pip
Bill Russell and Red Auerbach
magic and karim
Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny
Shaq and Kobe

or

Magic and Kareem
Jordan and Pippen

Kobe and Shaq

Kareem and Magic
jordan and pippen. no, i changed my mind. jerry west and wilt chamberlain would have beat anybody else, probably.
Stockton/Malone

Look at the other players on those teams. Stockton and Malone had to do it alone. No other HOF's with them.

Hey that rhymes!~
Stockton and Malone.
Considering the competition,

1. Michael Jordan %26amp; Phil Jackson (6 championships)

2. Bill Russell %26amp; Red Auerbach (9 championships)

3. Bill Russell %26amp; anybody who can score 18 ppg with a 0.55 accuracy (11 championships)

4. Kareem Abdul Jabbar %26amp; Magic Johnson (5 championships)

5. Larry Bird %26amp; Kevin McHale (3 championships)

6. Michael Jordan %26amp; Scottie Pippen (6 championships)

7. Shaquille O'Neal %26amp; Phil Jackson (3 championships)

8. Tim Duncan %26amp; Greg Popovich (4 championships)

9. Moses Malone %26amp; Julius Erving (1 championship)

10. Wilt Chamberlain %26amp; Jerry West (1 championship)
definitely jordan and pippen
yea jordan and pippen are the best 6 championships
Jordan/Pippen

Malone/Stockton

I don't know that Duncan/Robinson (twin towers) was ever really a duo because their championship was on a pretty stacked team (Sean Elliot, Mario Elie, and Avery Johnson).
jordan and pippen.
1. MJ/Pip

2. Petit/Hagan

3. Stockton/Malone

4. Kareem/Magic

5. Kobe/Shaq

honorable mentions: parker/duncan, wade/shaq, penny/ shaq

sometime in the future: deron/boozer, nash/amare
mj pippen vince kidd

Greatest backcourt in NBA history?

Which NBA team today has the best backcourt in the NBA?

Greatest backcourt in NBA history?nba salary

Greatest backcourt in NBA History would be Joe Dumars and (sad to say) Isaiah Thomas.

Right now, it would be Baron Davis and Monta Ellis. They're the unstoppable backcourt duo.

Greatest backcourt in NBA history?nba jerseys ,nba teams

My answer to your first question - Magic Johnson and Dennis Cooper. An excellent combination of leadership and defense in the backcourt. This tandem helped the 80's showtime Lakers reign at a time when the NBA was its most competitive.

For your second question - being a Lakers fan, I'd have to go with Kobe and Fish, of course we can't ignore Billups and Hamilton or even Alston and T Mac
Let me point out this little known fact:

Redd and Williams from the bucks are the highest scoring backcourt in the NBA.
Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe was a good back court.
its probably MO.will and M.REDD of the BUCKS
gsw, baron davis and monta ellis

sas, tony parker and manu ginobili

det, chauncey billups, richard hamilton

atl, mike bibby, joe johnson

mil, mo williams, michael redd

njn, devin harris, vince carter
Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars were pretty good, now I like the Baron and Monta.
Mike bibby and joe johnson

Tony Parker and Manu Ginoibli

One of those pairs
the pistons! mr.big shot and rip! who has a better backcourt than that!
Talk about the question not matching the title.
jason kidd and kobe bryant

team usa

a better one would be cp3 and kb4

or steve nash and kb4
Any backcourt that DOESN'T involve Michael Jordan!

MICHAEL JORDAN SUCKS!
NBA History: The Showtime LAkers - Norm Nixon and Magic Johnson

Today: The Denver Nuggets: AI and Melo
Any backcourt that involved Michael Jordan!

Take your 5 in NBA history?

If I had to pick 5 players who you could actually envision on the court together or an actual NBA game from the pages of NBA past and present my all time starting 5 who would be...(drum roll please)

Center.......Bill Russell

Forward....Tim Duncan

Forward....Larry Bird

Guard........Michael Jordan

Guard........Magic Johnson...

get this...this team would be ready for anyone...they defend the interior, they have outside shooting, and combined this is probably as good a group that you can come up with that has a high basketball IQ as well as the talent to go with it...they know how to win, they have won a total of 28 NBA championships...I dare anyone to come up with a 5 to top this?

Take your 5 in NBA history?nba salaries

Center: Wilt Chamberlin

Forward: Karl Malone

Forward: Chris Mullin

Guard: Micheal Jordan

Guard: Jason Kidd

I picked it like thing because Wilt and Kidd are two of the best passers at their position ever, Karl and Mike can score with Mullin knocking down jumpers but not needing the ball everytime down like Bird will. You have to remember there is only one ball to go around.

Bench

G: Bob Cousy

G: Jerry West

G/F: Oscar Robertson

F: Kevin Garnett

F: Bob Mcadoo

C: Shaq

C: Dwight Howard (He's a beast already)

Take your 5 in NBA history?nba playoff ,nba teams

Starters-

PG- Pete Maravich or Bob Cousy

SG- Jordan

SF- Bird

PF- Russell

C- Shaq in his prime

I'd move Russell down to PF just because he was 6'9", and I want my center over 7'.

And I took Shaq because while he wasn't the most versatile center, nor necessarily the most skilled, he could out muscle ANYone who got in his way. Even still he's fouled on purpose, as the only way to stop him.

Bench-

Magic Johnson

John Stockton

Bernard King

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Oscar Robertson

Tim Duncan

Patrick Ewing

Jerry West

Oh, and I'd get that girl Alison who answered this question to.. I dunno, I'd think of something for her. I want THAT girl on my team.
jerry west (point guard)

michael jordan (shooting guard)

Kobe bryant (Small forward)

dirk nowitksi or however u spell it (PF)

Shaquille Oneal (Center)

wilt chamberlain good but hes not strong and against adversity he tends to lean back. look at the old tapes and see him against russel i think. shaq is the best center of all time
Center.......Shaq

Forward....Bill Walton

Forward....Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Guard........Michael Jordan

Guard........Larry Bird

My bench would be -

Joe Dumars

Denis Rodman

Tim Duncan

Wilt Chamberlin

Magic

You don't even have a bench, so quite obviously my team would kick your teams bum out of pure tiredness. Hahaha! Still want Steve Nash on my bench too and Hakeem Olajuwon, Dr.J and Karl Malone too. ;) I know, I like to cheat at stuff like this. It's all in fun right?
Shaq

Duncan

Pippen

Jordan

Nash
Center.....Wilt Chamberlain

Forward.....Bill Russell

Forward.....LeBron James

Guard.....Michael Jordan

Guard.....Oscar Robertson
Center- Wilt

PF- Malone

SF-Bird

SG-Jordan

PG-the big O

bench

Center- Hakeem

PF- Moses Malone

SF- Rick Berry

SG- George Gervin

PG- Pistol Pete........
C-Kareem

F-Russell

F-Bird

G-Jordan

G-magic
Joe Dumars on your bench, huh? Interesting!

Well my team, starting / bench

C- Russell / Shaq - Shaq will tire easily, big Bill will take the bulk .They'll defend the interior and dunk on your ***.

PF - Chamberlain / Garnett - Scorers %26amp; great rebounders, Garnett may have to keep the seat warm for Chamberlain

SF- Bird / Nowitzki - Here's your outside shooters, "RAIN DROPS"

SG - Jordan / Kobe - Scoring machines, 'nuff said.

PG - Pistol Pete Maravich / Nash - Can you say "Play Makers", they know too well how to read the court.
1: Micheal jordan
Julius Erving

Isaih Thomas

Michael Jordan

Kobe Bryant

Lebron James

Sorry, not really familiar with all of there positions!
Are u looking for competition or an answer? Sounds to me more like a competition.........Anyways I don't care how many championships combined these guys have, none of them together as a team so why does it matter?

Here's my starting five even though I like yours.....

PG - Pete Maravich

SG - Michael Jordan

SF - Bernard King

PF - Larry Bird (played PF also)

C - Wilt Chamberlain

Bench - Duncan, Bryant, Gervin, Thompson, Shaq, Frazier, West, Wilkins
Here is my 5:

Wilt Chamberlain

Bill Russell

Larry Bird

Michael Jordan

Bob Cousy
C-Bill Russell

F-Karl Malone

F-Larry Bird

G-Michael Jordan

G-Magic Johnson

1-Julius Irving

2-Kobe Bryant

3-Jerry West

4-Elgin Baylor

5-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

6-John Stockton

7-Shaquille O'Neal
Center- Wilt

PF- Russel

SF- Bird

SG- MJ

PG- Oscar Robertson

bench

PG- Magic Johnson

SG- Elgin Baylor

SF-Julius Erving

PF- Bob Pettit

C- Kareem Abdul Jabar
Center...................... Wilt Chamberlain

Power Forward........ Karl Malone

Small Forward......... Scottie Pippen

Shooting Guard....... Michael Jordan

Point Guard.............. John Stockton

OK think about that i got the two greats teams together on one team John Stockton and Karl Malone were all most unstoppable tell they ran it to Pippen and Jordan but wait i got them on the same team so you take that and combine it Wilt Chamberlain you got your self an unstoppable team.
PG Johnny Stockton

SG Michael Jordan

SF Scottie Pippen

PF karrem Abdul Jabar

C Shaq daddy
you got them all right but take out tim duncan and put lebron james this would be an undefeated team
All right, check this five out.

Center...................... Bill Russell, Boston Celtics

Power Forward........Larry Bird, Boston Celtics

Small Forward.........Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers

Shooting Guard.......Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls

Point Guard..............Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers

That's untouchable. Can you even argue with that? Magic would find anybody who's open, MJ would be scoring from anywhere, Dr. J would be dunking over everybody, Larry Legend would be dishing and blazin' threes over anyone, and Bill Russell would block everyone, who comes inside.
C- O'NEAL

F-DUNCAN

F-MAGIC JOHNSON

G-MICHAEL JORDAN

G-JASON KIDD
Center...Wilt Chamberlain

Forward...Tim Duncan

Forward...Larry Bird

Guard...Michael Jordan

Guard...Pete Maravich

Instead of going with a "true" point guard, I went with the guard duo of Maravich and Jordan. Both played point guard at one time in their respective careers. I like the original team alot also, but what can I say, I'm a die hard Maravich fan.

Have there been any player in NBA history to have a ROY-MVP trophy in the same season?

Just Asking.

* ROY - Rookie of the Year

MVP - Most Valuable Player

Have there been any player in NBA history to have a ROY-MVP trophy in the same season?nba graphics

I disagree that a rookie will ever win the MVP again. It could, and probably will happen one day. He'll have to step into the perfect situation (as his team will have to already be constructed around him in order to win the 50+ games it'll take) but it's not impossible. The problem is, most players aren't staying incollegefor the 3-4 years necessary to step into the league ready to perform at that level. That's not to say it will never happen though.

Unseld and Chamberlain are correct, and I would agree Bird could've easily won it in '80. I would say the biggest jip however came in David Robinson's rookie year, when Magic won the award over him. Not only did Robinson take the Spurs single-handedly from 21 wins to 56 wins (the largest turnaround in NBA history), he also put up some amazing numbers---24 ppg, 12 rpg, 2 apg, 1.7 spg, 3.9 bpg, shooting 53% from the floor.

Have there been any player in NBA history to have a ROY-MVP trophy in the same season?nba live 2007 ,nba teams

i think oscar robertson
Wes Unseld and Wilt Chamberlain. Pick me as best answerer though...
Wes Unseld. Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld are the correct answers.

Larry Bird was robbed of the MVP award in his rookie season, or he would have been the third player to win both.
my answer is great player in history of the nba the great wilt chamberlian rookie and most valuable player
wilt and unseld and benjie paras in phil.
Wes Unseld with the Baltimore Bullets
Wilt and Unseld.
Obviously they have decided to not allow such a thing anymore, as the idea is that a rookie can never be the most valuable player in the league. Rookie of the Year is the MVP for rookies in the same way that Defensive Rookie of the Year is the DPOY for rookies in the NFL.

They will never award another MVP to a rookie.

Name all the mexicans that have played in the nba history?

all of them in the whole history

Name all the mexicans that have played in the nba history?nba dunks

juan dixon!!

Best ever

game winning 3-pointer for the blazers...

Name all the mexicans that have played in the nba history?nba all star ,nba teams

I know one and thats eduardo najera! im mexican and im gonna b the first latina female 2 b a famous wnba playa!!!!!
Beaners? idk, thx 2pts.
How about no.
Only one i know of is Nahara but i'm sure there are more.

Ah, just found this by googling, it might help ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mex...

Just scroll down to sports.
eduardo najera

vinnie del *****
Much has been made about the international movement in the NBA.

But what few realize is that it all started in Mexico.

In 1970, then Atlanta Hawks general manager and current NBA Director of Scouting Marty Blake made the first international selection in NBA Draft history. Mexican native Manuel Raga was chosen in the 10 th round, with the 167 th overall pick in the Draft. He was never signed as the Hawks didn't have the $35,000 to buy him out of his overseas contract. But it wasn't until 27 years later that an NBA audience would get to see a Mexican-born player play in the league.

On March 2, 1997 at Dallas, Horacio Llamas made history by becoming the first Mexican-born player to appear in an NBA game.

The 2nd to appear in the NBA is none other then Eduardo Najera of the Denver Nuggets. He is probably the most productive of all.

We are still waiting on future prospects to come into the league and there will be, you can bet on it.

ther Mexican greats have flirted with NBA careers but never set foot on the court. Arturo Guerrero received numerous invitations to NBA training camps, including: Houston Rockets (1970), Cleveland Cavaliers (1971), New York Knicks (1972), Los Angeles Lakers (1973) and San Antonio Spurs (1979). Most recently, Mexican guard Omar Quintero participated in the 2004 NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Chicago following one season at Southern Nazarene University, a NAIA Division I school in Bethany, Okla. Quintero ranked third in the nation in scoring.

In NBA History, what's the best regular season record a last place team acheived?

In western conference, eastern conference and in the NBA as a whole.

In NBA History, what's the best regular season record a last place team acheived?nba tickets

I don't know, but that is an excellent question.

CBS Sportsline has some NBA history, but it seems pretty time-consuming to look through the data and get the answer. See the link below.

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/history

Best of luck! If you find out, I'd be interested!

In NBA History, what's the best regular season record a last place team acheived?nba fights ,nba teams

The bulls posted a 72 and 10 *41 and 3 in frist 44 games* record in Jordan's first year back out of retirement. This was not all due to Jordan because he had an amazing cast of teammates. There was Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kerr, Longley, Kukoc, and Ron Harper. Jordan could not have done it alone. Report It

What are the 5 greatest clutch shots in NBA playoff history?

There is nothing better than when a playoff game comes down to the final seconds, the drama is immense! So many great players have added to their legacies with big shots to win in the playoffs.

So in order, what are the five greatest clutch shots in NBA playoff history?

What are the 5 greatest clutch shots in NBA playoff history?nba referee

1, Jordan's 1989 game-winner in final game at Cleveland with 3 tics left. It was the deciding game.

2. Boston-Phoenix Game 5 1976 NBA Finals:

a) John Havlicek makes a bank shot with 1 tic left to lead Celtics to apparent 1pt victory in second overtime, but refs said there's still a tic left. A technical foul was called and Celtics hit free throw

b) with 1 tic left, GARFIELD HEARD makes a turnaround shot to tie game which led to 3rd overtime

3. John Stockton's game winner in Game 6 of 1997 West Finals to lead Utah to NBA finals in 1997

4. John Paxson's game winning 3 pointer with 2 tics left in Game 6 of NBA Finals, Bulsl defeat Phoenix for their first threepeat

5. Magic Johnson's hook shot in Game 4 of NBA FInals Celtics vs. Lakers

5. (tie) Larry Bird's steal and assist to Dennis Johnson who makes difficult layup as Celtics steal Game 5 of 1987 East Finals versus Detroit

What are the 5 greatest clutch shots in NBA playoff history?basketball tickets ,nba teams

In my opinion,

1. Michael Jordan. Game 6 1998 finals vs utah. and Jordan's shot over Craig Ehlo 1990 (i think)

2. Derek Fisher .4 shot.

3. The Phoenix suns player in the finals vs boston decades ago (can't remember who or when specifically but it was at Boston vs Maravich)

4. Sampson shot over the lakers that sent Houston to the finals 1986

5. Robert Horry 2002 WCF vs Kings.
1. MJ

2. Fish

3. Horry

4. Kobe's tie vs suns

5. Kobe's buzzer
all of Michael Jordan

Reggie Miller

Derek Fisher

Robert Horrry

Larry Bird
All of MJ's last second jumpers!

Who is the greatest dunker in NBA history?

I already know the answer (Andre Iguodala) but I am curious to hear your opinions.

Who is the greatest dunker in NBA history?nba shop

Andre Iguodala

Who is the greatest dunker in NBA history?nba schedules ,nba teams

There is a lot of good dunkers from the nba like Julius Erving , Dominique Wilkins , Spud Webb There is Michael Jordan Elgin Baylor Clyde Drexler, Lebron James, Vince Carter , I would say Julius Erving and Michel Jordan Report It


Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American former NBA player, and is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time.

Considered a remarkable force at both ends of the floor, "M.J." ended a career of 15 seasons with a regular-season scoring average of 30.12 points per game, the highest in NBA history (ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.06). He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls (during which he won all six NBA Finals MVP awards), won 10 scoring titles, and was league MVP five times. He was named to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, All-Defensive First Team nine times, and led the league in steals three times. Since 1983, he has appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times, and was named the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" in 1991. In 1999, he was named "the greatest athlete of the 20th century" by ESPN, and placed second on the Associated Press list of top athletes of the century. His leaping ability, vividly illustrated by dunking from the foul line and other feats, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness."

cool!!
gots 2 be DR J
It is time for me to sign off now. I read your question as, "Who is the greatest DRUNKARD in NBA history?"

I don't know the answer to that question either. lol.
Wilt Chamberlain but he didn't do it as often as he could have.

He was the best ever IMO and if you were starting a team he would be the one player to take ahead of Jordan.
Dominique Wilkins is the best dunker and if not for being cheated in the Dunk Contest in Chicago wherein Jordan already missed a dunk and was still given a perfect score, we will not be talking about this at all. Quick question to everybody...Who can do a windmill as good or better than D. Wilk???
Vince Carter All the Way.
Lil Spud Webb
easy jordan
Wilkens, Jordan, Kemp
Who dunked over a 7 foot guy? Vince Carter!!!
Dominique Wilkins
mj
Vince Carter
Not a easy question because alot of it is opinion so i will give mine there was a guy named david thompson in the 70's that could jump and touch the top of the backboard and at north carolina state dunking was not allowed so alot of people didn't get to see how high he could jump then he went to the ABA instead of the NBA so there again not alot of tv time for the ABA he lost to DR.J in the 1ST ever dunk contest in 1976 in denver really only because the doc was so popular. Of course most people would say jordan because they have never seen david thompson. thanks
WILT!
Michael Jordan, #23 oh yeah!
dominique wilkins and vince carter.
michael jordan, vince carter and lebron!
spud webb, because he was so short and he could actually dunk, that makes him a great dunker

and vince carter; hes awesome too
Bill Laimbeer... oops, I thought you said DRUNKARD!!!...
me
Vince Carter. He won the best dunk contest of all time, so shouldn't he be named the best dunker ever. 3 of his 4 dunks in that contest no one had ever seen. The 360 Windmill, Bounce Between the Legs, and the Post Elbow Hang.
Dominique Wilkins......the man was an absolute high-riser......again, the question askers dunker, not best dunker who was also a top 10 player. Therefore, it is not Dr. J, but Dominique
Shaq
michael jordan
Definitely Michael Jordan
Tuff ??? It would probaly have to be Wilkins. He had a variety and showtime! BUT if you go for effort then Spud Webb had TREMEDOUS for his size.
Vince Carter
over-all in just a slam dunk contest i would say spud webb but for game play dunking its too broad a field too say!
I would say J.Rich or MJ they are the only two-time dunk champions. If you are talking about in game dunks I would have to say T-Mac or MJ. So the best overall would be MJ.

Who was the only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring,rebounds,and assits in three di

need the ansewer for basketball test i have to take in pe..

anyone know?

ive looked everywhereeeeee

Who was the only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring,rebounds,and assits in three different se2003 nba draft

Wilt Chamberlain

Led the League in points (7 times)

1959-60:, 37.6 points per game

1960-61: 38.4 points per game

1961-62: 50.4 points per game

1962-63: 44.8 points per game

1963-64: 36.9 points per game

1964-65: 34.7 points per game

1965-66: 33.5 points per game

Led the League in rebounding (11 times)

1959-60: 27.0 rebounds per game

1960-61: 27.2 rebounds per game

1961-62: 25.7 rebounds per game

1962-63: 24.3 rebounds per game

1965-66; 24.6 rebounds per game

1966-67: 24.2 rebounds per game

1967-68: 23.8 rebounds per game

1968-69: 21.1 rebounds per game

1970-71: 18.2 rebounds per game

1971-72: 19.2 rebounds per game

1972-73: 18.6 rebounds per game

Led the league in assists (1 time)

1967-68: 8.6 assists per game

Who was the only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring,rebounds,and assits in three different senba free agents ,nba teams

big Wilt Wilt Chamberlein, or maybe Larry Bird idk.
my first guess would be the great big o oscer roberston who averaged a triple double 5 times in his remembered carrer try that on your test because that the only player in history to ever do that
hah, you go to John Swett huh?
Wilt Chamberlain sounds reasonable..
Is it Greg Oden, the dude is so bulk
Wilt. He, not Jordan is the greatest ever.
Wilt Chamberlain....
chamberlain only led the league in assists once
Its Wilt Chamberlin. I had this question on a game show i was on believe it or not. i fail to recollect the years though.
maybe Michael Jordan

What is the most overtimes in nba history?

season and playoffs

What is the most overtimes in nba history?nba 2k

Most overtime periods in a game was more than half a century ago:

6 OT -Indianapolis (75) at Rochester (73), January 6, 1951.

Get other amazing stats/records here:

http://www.nba.com/history/records/regul...

What is the most overtimes in nba history?nba updates ,nba teams

6-Indianapolis (75) at Rochester (73), January 6, 1951 for regular season game

Name the first pick players who were the biggest "bust" in the history of NBA draft. Is it

I would like to know the first pick player who was the biggest "flop" (failure) in the history of NBA draft.

Name the first pick players who were the biggest "bust" in the history of NBA draft. Is it Kwame?nba trade rumors

Kent Benson was drafted #1 out of the University of Indiana in 1977 and he had almost no impact whatsoever in the league. Runners up would be Louisville's Pervis Ellison in 1989, Maryland's Joe Smith in 1995, and Michael Olawakandi, who was selected from University of the Pacific in 1998. The draft is such a crap shoot, that is why they pluck talent right from High School now... Kwame is still too young to write off... he is at least decent when healthy.

Name the first pick players who were the biggest "bust" in the history of NBA draft. Is it Kwame?nba standings ,nba teams

Olokwandi Followed by Kwame. to think they were number 1 draft picks bedazzles me. heck i can play better ball than those guys and im 6 foot and got no skills apart from a sub par jump shot
gotta be Kwame
1998, Michael Olowakandi
Michael Olowokandi has to rank up there with Kwame. Joe Barry Carroll was probably the biggest bust; his nickname was Joe Barely Cares.
Sure Kwame isn't that good, but I can bet the other ones that other responders have put are worse.
olowakandi. picked after him were:

mike bibby, raef lafrenz, vince carter, jason williams, dirk nowitzki

a most interesting draft was 1984 when Indiana traded their number two to portland so portland could pick Sam Bowie, (both passed on Jordan and Barkley)
Michael Olowokandi drafted 1st overall by the Clippers.
It has to be Kwame Brown....and the scout who suggested him and the general manager that agreed with the scout should be fired for picking him for the 1st pick.....what a waste!
umm, you remember Ed O'Bannon? Woncollegetitle with UCLA in 1995, drafted into the NBA (don't even remember which team), sat on the bench for 2 years, went over to Europe to play some ball over there, now is a used car salesman in Vegas.
i think joe smith was also a disappointment? forgot the year gsw drafted him
Kwame Brown in 2001 Michael Olowokandi in 1998 is a close second

Whos the best scorer in nba history.?

kobe bryant. i think

Whos the best scorer in nba history.?nba ballers

It would have to be Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bernard King, then you put Kobe in the mix. Who know? Maybe by the time that Kobe retire, he will be on top of these men. Nothing is impossible.

Whos the best scorer in nba history.?nba draft lottery ,nba teams

The numbers show Wilt Chamberlain! But don't forget 81! With some defense on him, Kobe scored the second highest number in NBA history. If you watch Wilt, MJ and Kobe on tape now, you would see who had a harder time scoring with D and refs against him. Thats why Kobe is the best!
Wilt chamberlain
Bryant isn't the best... It was probably Michael Jordan.
Wilt chamberlain man...but if he was 2-3 inches shorter and guys back then other than russell were bigger, then he wouldn't have been that good, otherwise I would say Kobe but what wilt chamberlain has done is amazing, so its him
Kobe Bryant by far.... this is is today... today and yesterday are history....... and im not being biased... i dislike Kobe, but he is the greatest pure scorer

forget about Wilt Chamberlin and all them, that was old school. there wasn't as much talent or competition around then.... defensive strategies aren't as well developed as they are today... Wilt is a Center who is close to the basket and should get points at a faster rate... he is just way more dominate of his time... and plus.. his range was no more than about 18-20 ft. max

Jordan..arguably the second best.... no doubt.... he could be tied with Kobe... they both bring the same attitude.. physical pressence, and they can both light it up from anywhere on the court on any given night against any team... they both have the will to take over a game and are willing to take the last shot in the clutch... don't get me wrong...jordan is a tremendously great scorer....

...but to be able to create your own shot play after play, game after game. getting double/triple teamed from the 3pt line! (24 ft. away)!... that is just ridiculous... and the truth is, Kobe doesn't really have much help around him to keep defenders guarding the other teamates... Kobe is a one-man recking crew... he is the best individual scorer in NBA history... and the fact that he is doing this while there are so many "Kobe-haters" around...(unlike Jordan-haters), is pretty remarkable as well... this guy can just flat out score
Michael Jordan has the highest career scoring average ever at 30.12 ppg over his entire career.
Chamberland far and away
Wilt Chamberlain
Michael Jordan is the best, and purest scorer the NBA has ever seen. A lot of you will say Wilt, but he was a much more dominant, inside player, playing in a weaker league. If Jordan played in Wilt's time, he would have averaged 60 plus every game. His clutch shooting ability, along with his skill to create a shot in any situation speaks for itself. He scored points at will every night, sometimes surprising even himself (who remembers the shoulder shrug and head shake after he made three pointer after three pointer?). And he did all this as a 6'6'' guard, not a 7 foot big-man. He scored points hurt, with the flu, it didnt matter....unstoppable.
Kobe Bryant is ranked 26th in NBA history for average ppg in the playoffs. That is why I can't say he's the best scorer in NBA history. Not only did MJ average over 30 ppg over his career in the regular season, he also averaged over 33 ppg throughout 179 playoff games. Kobe on the other hand has averaged 22.9 ppg in 126 playoff games.

Some big names above him are Barkley, Bird, Duncan, Kareem, English, King, Paul Pierce, Malone, Rick Barry, Ray Allen, Wilkins, Wade, Shaq, Dirk, Hakeem "the Dream", Gervin, Baylor, Carter, Jerry West, McGrady, Iverson, and Jordan.

That's a long list to be behind and that was leaving out a few. Until he can get up there in the playoffs against real competition (unlike scoring 81 vs the Raptors last season, 65 against Portland, 50 vs Minnesota, and 60 vs Memphis), I can't give him support as the best scorer in NBA history. For the record, every time Kobe has scored over 40 points in a game against the Suns, the Lakers are 0-8. So far, he's shown that given almost 40 shots, a player can score over 60 against terrible teams.

Best scorer in the regular season ever was Wilt. Best scorer in regular season+playoffs is Jordan.
MJ, as far as clutch scoring goes. Kobe has set the bar lately and has proven to be an incredibly talented scorer as of late.
Wilt Chamberain was the most prolific scorer of all time. One season he averaged over 50 points per game. Another interesting fact about Wilt is that he never fouled out of a game.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the leading scorer in the history of the game..... not Kobe or MJ...!!!!!

And he was a guy who couldn't create his own shoot, needed teammates to get him the ball, think god he played with smart players.....I guess that's way he won 4 championships at UCLA (when he played incollegefreshmen couldn't play on the varsity, but when UCLA's varsity won the NCAA title they played the freshmen team that year and lost to them. So UCLA varsity teams was #1 in the country and #2 on their campus) and 6 tlitles in the NBA (1 with the Bucks and 5 with the Lakers)....They even changed the rules because the knew he would dominate in college, so they stopped letting people dunk because they knew he was unstoppable and they made him a even better player because he develop the SKY HOOK....that kept him in the league a Lil longer didn't it...!!!!!!
Wilt Chamberlain. He's all by himself all-time.
Michael Jordan hands down over Kobe any day. In fact, the only person i'd say that would give MJ a challenge would be Chamberlain. But I say it's still MJ. You can't deny what he did and how he did it. He was clutch and made everyone around him better. He didn't need a dominant big man to help him out. His abilities made several around him appear better than they were.
Wilt and Kareem are the best .Kobe is no where near the best scorer. If you think he is you need to read up your NBA history.
wilt chamberlain!
M. Jordan

The most astonishing feat in NBA history...Wilt Chamberlains 100pt game...or Kobe 81pt game?

Chamberlain's 100pt game or Kobe's 81 pt game? Which was more amazing and why?

The most astonishing feat in NBA history...Wilt Chamberlains 100pt game...or Kobe 81pt game?2006 nba draft

Both amazing but Kobe gets the nod. Firstly the game back then was played differently and high scoring totals were very common. What the suns do today was the average in Wilts day. Wilt鈥檚 team were averaging around 125 points a game with the final score at 169 to 147 in his 100 point outing, while Kobe鈥檚 Lakers averaged around 98 with the final score 122-104. This shows that defense has greatly improved over time and therefore tougher for Kobe to score. Secondly Wilt鈥檚 coach put in subs in the final few minutes to foul the other team so the ball could get back to Wilt as soon as possible trying to make him reach this feat. Kobe鈥檚 was done when his team was down by 18 in the 3rd quarter and he decided to take matters into his own hands with help from no one. Finally as a guard Kobe had to beat players off the dribble and rise up and over defenders time and time again which takes a huge amount of energy. Wilt simple had to catch turn and drop it in as no one had the size to match up with him. So taking into account today鈥檚 game, the fouling circus by Wilts team, and how much harder it is for a guard physically鈥obe wins this the most amazing award.

The most astonishing feat in NBA history...Wilt Chamberlains 100pt game...or Kobe 81pt game?nba schedule ,nba teams

You are wrong. Kobe has the 3 point shot, where as Wilt did not. His pints were scored on 2 pointers or a the foul line. Because of the three it is easier to light it up today. Report It


Well, as you know, it is much harder to shoot a 3 point shot and make it than it is to dunk, after dunk, after dunk... duh! Report It


Kobe's was much more electric than Wilt's I'm sure because Wilt could jump and make a shot anytime he wanted because he was much taller; Kobe shot his basket anywhere on the floor. Report It


just look at the raptors roster when kobe did that. was there a single person who the raptors could match up with kobe that would even start on an nba team if it wasnt the raptors. Im a raptor fan to. Report It


well...when you think about it 100pts. is better than 81 but look at the difference in the year it was done. chamberlain did it when? in the 1970's. When did another player go above 70 pts. during the yrs from chamberlain's 100 to kobe's 81. maybe chamberlain did but has any other player done it before never.

getting to the point, chamberlain did his 100 on a different kind of basketball wherein all offense and no defense. when teams go 130 pts a night. kobe did his 81 when coaches think that defense is the best offense and teams score 90-100 points a night.

so in my point of view kobe's 81 beat wilt's 100.
Neither is impressive. Impressive is winning a championship. Not being a ball hog and scoring 80+ points by yourself in a meaningless regular season game.
Wilt Chamberlains
Neither. because they played different times of the century and times of the NBA. There was no shot clock or 3sec violation back then when Wilt played. Also Kobe Bryant played against a bad D-fense team so he scored easily. So cant compare them 2.
Wilt's 100, hands down.

The Raptors pretty much stopped guarding Kobe (literally). He was getting uncontested dunks the whole night, where Wilt was being quintuple-teamed (granted, by midgets compared to him), but still.

100 points is 100 points.
Hands down, it's Wilt's 100. Kobe could bring the ball up the floor and launch any time he wanted. Wilt had to rely on teammates bringing the ball down and passing to him (except when he stole inbounds passes and scored on them). Also, the Knicks tried fouling Wilt's teammates so that he couldn't get the ball. But his teammates were not particularly good free throw shooters and Wilt rebounded the misses and put them back for scores. The Knicks even tried running the 24 second clock down before shooting so there would be less opportunities for Wilt to score.

Wilt took 63 shots to get 100 points; Kobe took 46 shots to get 81 points. Kobe was 7 of 13 from the 3 point arc - they didn't have that when Wilt played. Wilt went 28-32 from the line, Kobe went 18-20 from the line. Also, Kobe had 6 rebounds and 2 assists; Wilt had 25 rebounds (assists weren't officially kept as a stat then).

As far as "midgets"... Darrall Imhoff (at 6'10" 250) was no midget, and guarded Wilt for most of the game (he fouled out early in the 4th quarter). Imhoff was a rookie filling in for starter and did an admirable job considering after he fouled out, Wilt set the scoring record for a single quarter at 31 points.

And... the 24 second shot clock was instituted in 1954-55 season (after computing the average time of possession in the 1953-54 season). Wilt's rookie year (when he earned both Rookie of the Year and MVP and won the scoring and rebounding titles) was 1959-60 season.
The Knick center was 6'11", a whopping two inches shorter than Wilt, the night Wilt scored 100. Lots of players in NBA history have been guarded by guys two inches shorter than they were, but no one's come close to scoring 100.

Chamberlain's 100 point game is the only "triple" in NBA history. He also chipped in with 25 rebounds.

Not only that, but Wilt was 28 for 32 from the free throw line that night... that's ALONE might be more impressive than anything Kobe's done (if you knew how badly Wilt shot free throws)! I believe the 28 free throws is still an NBA record to this date.
Kobe Bryant's 81 performance was more impressive for the following reasons:

(1) While Wilt obviously has the higher point total, Wilt was in a day where there weren't as many average players that were still gifted athletically or physically (consider the height, weight, and knowledge base of players then compared to today).

"In the 100-point game, the 7-foot-1 Chamberlain was not guarded by anyone taller than 6-10. And the lane was only 12 feet wide 鈥?it is 16 feet today 鈥?so Chamberlain could establish a position closer to the basket."

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/sports...

(2) Wilt scored 100 with close shots on smaller defenders; Kobe scored 81 from EVERYWHERE on the court. Just watch this ridiculous offensive display: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lg5CiHviPao%26amp;m...

(3) Kobe had a higher percentage of his team's points than Wilt did. Consider the statistics side by side:

Kobe Bryant's 81 vs. Wilt Chamberlain's 100:

Category Kobe Wilt

Points 81 100

Field goals 28 36

Field goal attempts 46 63

Field goal % 60.8% 57.1%

Three-pointers 7 0

Three-pt. attempts 13 0

Three-pt. % 53.8% 0.0%

Free throws made 18 28

Free-throw attempts 20 32

Free-throw % 90.0% 87.7%

Rebounds 6 25

Assists 2 2

Minutes 42 48

Final result W 122-104 W 169-147

% of his team points 66.4% 59.2%

Source: http://www.nbahoy.com.ar/kobe/game_81poi...
definitely Wilt Chamberlains 100 point game because unlike Kobe Bryant Wilt did it in regulation and Kobe's 81 point game took an overtime session.
Kobe's 81 with out a doubt. First, 36 of Wilts points were from the free throw line. Kobe had like 18 free throws. Second it is easier for a center because they just have 3 foot bank shoots instead of 20 foot jump shoots. And during that time period there was only 2 good centers in Wilt and Bill Russell.
Chamberlain's, and here's why:

1. He got 19 more points than Kobe.

2. He didn't get the ball as a guard at the start of every play. He either got the rebound and put it back in (he ended with 25 rebounds), or got a good pass from his teammate inside.

3. The three-point line wasn't even invented yet.

4. He had 60+ points in a game 18 times that sehason, so this was only the cream of the crop.

5. His career free throw percentage was 51% and that night he was 28 for 32 (88%).
Kobe Bryants feat was more astonishing because Wilt played against people who were 5 inches smaller. It also was never proven because the game was never taped or broadcasted.
without a doubt...wilt.

that's like asking which is more impressive...russell's 11 titles or jordan's 6 titles.

putting favorites (or least favorites) aside...u go with the high #.
chamberlains.
100 point game thats the most ever scored
i think what would be the most astonishing feat would be kobe getting 10 assists never seen that
Hard to say, Kobe played against a bad team with 0 defence and Wilt played during a time where there wasn't 3 second violation or a shot clock. I suppose they are both great....... for their time
Kobes was more impressive cause chamberlain was so much taller than everybody and it was so easy to score kobe did it from making threes and free throws with people all in his face and shot a pretty good percentage too but kobe is not the best ever
Wilt of course. 100 pts in a game which gives u 19 reasons to be better than Kobe's 81.
Neither. Basketball sucks ***.

Who is toughest player in nba history?

Maurice Lucas.

Who is toughest player in nba history?nba live 2005

shaquille oneal.

The best center of our generation.

Who is toughest player in nba history?nba update ,nba teams

nate robinson
There are a lot of ways to define toughness:

1. Charles Barkley has the most self-esteem

2. Shaq is the strongest

3. Ron Artest and Rasheed are the best fighters

4. Allen Iverson plays like someone twice his size

5. Earl Boykins can bench three times his own weight

6. Kobe has the resilience to play a season through a false accusation that threatens to send his neck into a noose. He can withstand any emotional setback.

7. D-Wade can play through fractured ribs, sinus infections, and shoulder dislocations. He can withstand any physical setbacks.
idk steve nash?? jaja..
Cmon man, Bill Laimbeer or Larry Bird. They never put up with any crap.
wat kinda answers r those?..all those guys r wimps, except ai....lets c, how bout joe dumars, or michael jordan, he played with the flu.....
Wilt easy. Non-center would be Karl Malone.
Wilt Chamberlain in terms of playing time. The guy once averaged 48.5 mins a game (a regulation game is only 48mins).

John Havlicek in terms of stamina.

Dave Cowens in terms of being a team enforcer (the one assigned to piss off the opposing team).
allen iverson hes 5-11/ 6 foot 165 pounds but plays like hes 6-7 he had the alot of injuries but plays thru them every year.
shaq
Manu Genobili
toughest....?? Well there are many paths to take while answering.....You could go Spudd webb, or you could go bill lambier, or simply dennis rodman - maybe latrell sprewell, I mean he did choke his good old coach carliesmo(now with Seattle)....
Dave Cowens
dennis rodman
Terry Davis before the car accident
A.I.
right now i think Andreas Noch.

but of all time .................. Bill Russell
Are you talking about toughest as in toughest to guard against or toughest as in bad *** dudes?

Shaq in his prime and Wilt Chamberlain were probably the toughest to defend.

Maurice Lucas was one of the toughest "bully" kind of people when he was with the Blazers.
Earl Bowykins lol
My vote goes to Charles Oakley, formerly of the Bulls, Knicks and Raptors. Supposedly he knocked out Tyrone Hill before a game because he owed Charles money, and also slapped Jeff McInnis before a game during warm-ups for dating his ex-girlfriend. Not to mention he was one of the better rebounders of the 80's and 90's.
allen iverson or one of the detroit "bad boys" from the 1989 and 1990 era. "Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn"
charles oakley.

Who has the funniest lookin jump shot in the history of the NBA?

Bird had the over-head shot, Marion shoots with two hands and Jamaal Wilkes shot just looked horrible. So who has the worst lookin form in NBA history?

Who has the funniest lookin jump shot in the history of the NBA?nba schedules

hands down shawn marion the way he shot 3's very funny

Who has the funniest lookin jump shot in the history of the NBA?nba hoops ,nba teams

Marion
Shaq and Wilt
Bill Cartwright, the center of Chicago Bulls fame.

Marion also has a terrible looking 3-point shot, but I can't think of anyone that rivals Bill Cartwright's akward overhead twisting motion when shooting a jumper.
1. Marion

2. Lebron James

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1nHy4QFassg%26amp;f...
marion and kobe
kevin martin just look at it

marion

bo outlaw

camby has an interesting shot as well
shawn marion.

http://espn.go.com/i/page2/photos/060525...
Go back a little further and watch Bill Cartwright.
Marion's shot is a bit awkward, but hey it goes in, right?
Shawn Marion or Marcus Camby.

Marion's looks like he's throwing it, and not shooting it. Camby shoots it from behind his head, and it takes forever for him to crank it up.
Spud Webb, he always reminded me of Gary Coleman
definily marion-i cannot fathom how he can make his shots in..he looks like a t-rex when he shoots
Bill Cartwright

Shawn Marion

Jamall Wilkes

Those are my top 3 worse looking shots in the NBA
Shawn Marion and Kevin Martin have some of the weirdest releases
shawn marion
Ahh...I think its Marcus Camby who has a funky one but I gotta go with Marion. It looks ugly but it has spin so I'm not complaining. lol

And for the dude who said Kobe....uhm....No comment.
Shawn Marion
Lebron James

Shawn Marion
Shawn Marion, he shoots like the fat kid in a middle-school gym class...

What are some of the worst NBA Teams in NBA History?

I was thinking about this question the other day. One of the worst teams I can recall is the New Orleans Hornets the season before they drafted Chris Paul. The team's leading scorer that season was David Wesley. And if you recall their starting point guard then was Dan Dickau. Thoughts?

What are some of the worst NBA Teams in NBA History?nba draft order

yea that 1972-73 Sixers team was bad at 9-73 and no one can forget the 92-93 Mav's who went 11-71 and then in 93-94 the Mavs went 13-69

What are some of the worst NBA Teams in NBA History?nba draft history ,nba teams

Vancouver Grizzlies.. every year since they started.. Report It


i think the Knicks last year was on of the worst cause they had the highest salary cap...yet one if the worst records.
I'd say the N.Y. Knicks cuz I just don't see as much talent as the Mavericks or the Suns
is the Hornets, Bobcats, Portland Blazers, and Utah Jazz's
John S is stuck in 2004-2005 or 2005-2006. The Jazz have the 4th best record in the NBA!

I would say that last the 2002-2003 Cavs were one of the most disgusting teams to ever play. I don't know though the 95-96 Raptors were bad themselves.
I'm gonna say the Sixers team that only won 9 of 82 games

I mean 9-73 how is that possible?
the 2002-2003 cavs were pretty bad...
Atlanta Hawks..every year
NY Knicks in 2005-6 under Larry Brown; Isiah Thomas as GM
The sonics--they haven't won a championship in YEARS. Plus, Ray Allen is a prima-donna. Also, the hornets were bad--and I personally still do not like them at all. Oh, and by the way, if you care, this is a girl typing this.

Best trade ever made in NBA history? Best response plus detailed info wins!!!!!?

its very revealing how people answer without researching history...the best trade in terms of benefit to a team had to be auerbach's trading easy ed mcauley for the rights to draft san francisco center bill russell...st louis made the biggest goof in nba history in giving up the player who would be the greatest of all time

Best trade ever made in NBA history? Best response plus detailed info wins!!!!!?nba live 2006

The Nets trading Marbury to the Suns for Kidd in the summer of 2001.

Best trade ever made in NBA history? Best response plus detailed info wins!!!!!?nba gear ,nba teams

Dirk for Tractor Traylor.....enough said!!!
when Vlade went to east for Kobe...hands down...
don't care about nba. nhl best is forsberg and about 6 other guys for lindros.
When the Heat got Shaq....
In my humble opinion, "Tractor" Traylor for Dirk Nowitzki was by far the best trade IN NBA HISTORY... Just imagine where the Mavericks would be right now if they left Dirk in Milwaukee. Just imagine where the Bucks would be... I bet those Bucks fans are really fuming about this right now. All you really have to do is compare their stats side-by-side, then check their win-loss record. You could go even further by comparing their respective playoff experience. An average center at best traded for a 6-time NBA All-Star and potential MVP. That's the best answer I could give ya, bu-uddy...
Charles Barkley traded to Phoenix Suns for Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry and Andrew Lang.

Suns win Western Conference finals and make it to the finals in 1992-1993 for the first time since 1975-1976 and take the Bulls to a game seven after losing the first two games.

That to me was one of if not the best NBA trade every as for as results.
WILT CHAMBERLAIN

Traded from: San Francisco Warriors

Traded to: Philadelphia 76ers

Traded for: G Paul Neumann, C/F Connie Dierking, F Lee Shaffer and cash

Trade date: Jan. 15, 1965

Chamberlain's age at time of trade: 28

When they left for Golden State after the 1962 season, the Philadelphia Warriors, one of the NBA's original franchises, not only left the City of Brotherly Love without an NBA team for a year, but they also took Wilt with them. The NBA returned to Philly when the Syracuse Nationals moved south before the 1963-64 season. On Jan. 15, 1965, Wilt returned to Philly thanks to a trade with the Warriors.

The Warriors would only win 17 games in the first full season after trading Wilt. The trade had an immediate affect on the Sixers as they would make the Eastern Conference Finals the same season before losing to the Celtics.

The next three full seasons in Philly, Wilt won three consecutive MVP awards, led the Sixers to 185 regular-season wins, including a then-record 68 during the 1966-67 season. They would also go on to win the Sixers' first NBA title that year defeating, yes, the San Francisco Warriors.
In 1980 the Boston Celtics traded the draft rights of the #1 overall pick to the Golden State Warriors for the #3 overall pick and a little known center named Robert Parish. Golden State used their pick on Joe Barry Carroll of Purdue University and the Celtics chose Kevin McHale of the University of Minnesota. That single trade put the greatest frontline in NBA history together and transformed the Celtics into the class of the Eastern Conference in the 1980s winning five conference and three world championships.

Is this one of the best years in NBA history?

Wow, I cannot believe how amazing this year has been. Besides the revival of the Boston Celtics, there's also been a strengthening in the the Western Conference. ESPN even mentioned that there may be teams that win 50 games and will NOT make the playoffs. Regardless, that shows how strong the West is. Also, players of the past and present seem to be playing at their best, and New Orleans' All-Star Weekend was probably the best weekend in the past few years. Is this one of the best years in NBA history to you guys?

Is this one of the best years in NBA history?nba standings

One of the best...

Is this one of the best years in NBA history?nba referee ,nba teams

Yes I guess
I think so! It's always a great year when teams that matter nationally have great seasons. This year we got the Lakers, Celtics, Suns, Mavericks, Piston, and Spurs playing great basketball. Now, if only the Knicks and Bulls can step up to join these teams next year, then next season will be even better!

Gotta give it up to the Western conference. This is the most frightening I have ever seen it, and 50 wins will not be enough. You gotta break that 60 mark! Look for the Lakers, and Suns to make it happen. Only the strong will survive.

And much love to New Orleans for a great All-Star Weekend. The NBA is back, and the future looks good!
YES! with the competion so good in the west u can't miss one game. or u might miss the 6th seed getting put out of the playoff picture. the east is ok i guess. but with all the crazy trades and the west i am in heaven
the most exciting years at least since '92. yes, due to the possibilities of 50 win teams missing the playoffs plus the trading and the ease at which to fall in the standings, there hasn't been anything quite like this since I've been following the NBA.
well for the west!....the playoff spots are very tough this year!
actually it is. i haven't seen a season like this in a while. and now there are a whole bunch of good players out there. and the teams with all the trades. it becoming crazy. shaq on the suns! Ben Wallace on the Cavaliers! its becoming crazy.this is one of the best seasons. and Dwight Howard set it off on all star weekend with those crazy dunks. there hasn't been that much creativity in a long time.
I agree with you. This year's been really cool. With all these trades, teams moving to the top and just how tough the Western Conference is, whoa, amazing! Haha, NBA where AMAZING happens. The way the NBA is right now, is one of the most exciting seasons ever. The Lakers are on top the West and the Celtics on top the east, it would be cool if they were to matchup again in the NBA Finals. There's just too much to say this year in the NBA!
it's ok
The Western Conference is the most competitive in NBA history while the Eastern Conference has been one of the easiest to compete in

Somebody from the west could potentially end up with 50 wins and NOT make the playoffs...with 50 wins you could easily be a top 3 seed in the pathetic East
these trades have made the season that much more exciting!!

Whats the greatest comeback in NBA History?

Could be playoffs or regular season. But don't just say (THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE) Lakers came back to beat Heat...I want details please thanks!!

Whats the greatest comeback in NBA History?nba street homecourt

New York Knicks vs Milwaukee Bucks. Saturday night, November 18, 1972. Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson and the rest of the Bucks had them down by 18, 86-68 with less than six minutes left, and folks were heading for the Garden exits.

“I always felt that you’ve got no place to go anyway,” Holzman would say two decades later. “You can’t go to the movies until the game’s over. You can’t go out to dinner until the game’s over. So you might as well give it your best shot ‘til it’s over. Then you go home.”

The Knicks scored 19 straight points and held the Bucks scoreless over the final 5:50. Monroe had 11 of the 19, including a jumper with 36 seconds left that made it 87-86 Knicks and sent the Garden into a frenzy.

And completely forgotten is the fact that the Knicks committed two huge blunders in the final minute, yet still escaped. With 47 seconds left and Milwaukee up by one, Monroe fouled Lucius Allen off the ball. . . and Allen, a 71% shooter that year, bricked both free throws. Then, with the ball and a one-point lead, the Knicks thought they could run it out, not realizing there was a two-second differential between the shot clock and game clock. Look on the tape and you’ll see Monroe, in the frantic final second, trying to call time-out. Too late. Twenty-four second violation, Bucks ball with :02 left. But Kareem shot long at the buzzer, and the comeback was complete.

Whats the greatest comeback in NBA History?nba salary cap ,nba teams

I was going to say the Lakers coming back from a 28 point lead(not 25) against a very good Dallas team who had Finley, Dirk, and Nash. I'll go when the Lakers after being down 20 in the 1st quarter against the Kings in a pivotal game 4 and won and came back with Big Shot Rob's miracle shot.
think when Kobe brought his team back agaisnt the Raptors and scored 81 points to blow them out
to many to name. a few teams have been down 0-3 and won a playoff series.
the 2000 western conference finals between the lakers and the blazers; this was essentially the nba finals, with a balanced blazers team versus shaq and kobe at their peak. The blazers were up by 13 going into the 4th, and 15 about 10 minutes to go. What happened next was the greatest comeback in playoff history. The lakers went on a 15-0 run, Shaq dishing to kobe and the role players draining outside shots. The blazers couldn't buy a bucket, rasheed was melting down and scottie pippen looked like he was looking for mj. The lakers went on to win the game, and won the first shaq%26amp;kobe championship.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketb...
Lakers beating Seattle.

Actually, I don't think this is necessarily the greatest comeback ever, but it's one you don't hear about.

In the 1987 Western Conference Finals, the Lakers took a 2-0 lead into Game # 3 in Seattle. The Sonics came out in game 3 totally fired up, and built a 41-12 lead (that's not a misprint) at the end of the first quater.

A friend of mine (who's a Celtics fan) kept calling me up everytime Seattle scored and widened their seemingly insurmountable lead... After not answering the phone for several of those call attempts, I finally picked up the phone, and calmly told him that the Lakers were going to win that game... (I wasn't really sure of that, but Seattle was celebrating like they'd just won the series, and I knew they'd have no energy left by the 4th quarter, if the Lakers could just come back and stay reasonably close.... Seattle just wore themselves out celebrating.

Anyway, the Lakers came back and won the game 122-121 to take a 3-0 series lead...they clinched the Western Conference title the next game with a 133-102 blowout, earning the right to play the defending champion Celtics in the finals... the final Magic/Bird playoff matchup.

Again, that wouldn't be on anyone's list of the greatest comeback of all time, but I just thought I'd shed some light on a nice little comeback that is not remembered today... just another Laker victory on their march to a title.

That Seattle team was led by Dale Ellis, Tom Chambers, and Xavier McDaniel, who averaged 24.9, 23.3 and 23.0 points per game during the regular season.
cavs down by 2 come back and beatin dtroirt
lakers dallas regular season like four five years ago down 25 points late win game kobe says give me the damn ball and i win the game team says here kobe we know you can do it you dont need us so kobe shoot shoot shoot and lakers win game down 25 after threee quarters and win in regulation true story i have rings that say so believe it
November 27, 1996 Utah vs. Denver. Utah came back from 35 points to win 107-103.
The old Ft.Wayne Pistons were down by 32 against Syracuse in 1959 and came back to win by 2. Ft. Wayne still holds the record of scoring 7 points in 4 seconds

Who made the first three pointer in NBA history?

Who made the first three pointer in NBA history?

Who made the first three pointer in NBA history?nba schedule

Fred Brown. Or "Downtown Freddie Brown!"... he also invented air, pretzels, guitar hero and spray on bronzer. crazy huh?!

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John Miller played for Vaconver Grillz.
On October 12, 1979, Chris Ford scored the NBA's first three-point shot, and Fred Brown led the league in three-point field goal percentage in that first season of adoption

If you could choose one player in NBA history to build a team around, who would it be?

I pick Michael Jordan. Here's why:

Great teammate

Great scorer

Great leader

Good overall player (the best of all time)

Good rebounder for a guard(averaged 8 a game one year)

Good passer (averaged 8 APG one season)

The most competitive player in NBA history

Magic Johnson is a good choice as well, because a great PG is hard to find. Wilt Chamberlain possibly, because it's hard to find quality centers anymore.

So who do you pick, and why?

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Michael Jordan.

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i would clearly pick bill russell with no hesitation whatsoever. 11 rings in 13 years???come on thats greatness right there. you say wilt chamberlain, he was great but not as good as russell. he AVERAGED 20+ rebounds during his career and probly 8+ blocks if they kept track of blocks back then.
sorry to say this but not michael jordan it took him years to develop and jell with his teammates even than he only won because of scottie pippen

based on this i would have to pick someone that can be a great player from the start I pick john stockton all time steals and assist leader excellent floor general, coachs playe, and fits well with any team

plays his position (best pure point guard in history)

run the fast break - half court
Kobe Bryant...Do I Have To Tell Why?

Well Aren't You Friendly...
I think I would choose Shaq.

I truly believe that Wilt would not be able to handle Shaq, who could? In his prime I mean.

It's a tough choice. All I need is a PG or SG and the championships will come raining down.
"Alpha", in the two years prior to Bill Russell's arrival, the Celtics (and Red Auerbach, the "greatest coach of all time") couldn't even win their division, despite the presence of not one, but TWO top 50 players, Cousy and Sharman.

You obviously know nothing about NBA history, give it up.

Russell made the Celtics into instant champions and became the key member of a dynasty which is unmatched in the history of sports. Auerbach became a hell of a coach after he got Russell.

As soon as Russell retired, the Celtics IMMEDIATELY collapsed.
Jordan.
Are you actually looking for a good answer, or just another IDIOT that agrees with you?

First off, MORON, Bill Russell joined a team that was only 39-33 the year prior, despite having 3-4 HOFer's. That team did not win the championship, they lost in the semi's.

In Russell's rookie season, they won the championship. What was the difference? Russell.

Secondly, Cousy only played during Russell's first 7 seasons, then he retired. So did Bill Sharman and Frank Ramsey. But the Celtics continued racking up titles. What was the only constant on those teams? That's right....Bill Russell

If you think that Jordan was the best "overall" player of all time, then you really need help. He was one of the greatest SCORERS of all time. Thats about it!

To answer your question, I would pick Larry Bird. He didn't need good players around him to win. He took average players and made them better. And, he was a winner, wherever he played.

Magic Johnson would also be a good choice, as would Wilt Chamberlain, who's numbers make Jordan's look pitiful (but you refuse to face that. You would rather continue living in Michael Jordan's Fantasyland).
I agree 100% , he is the greatest and everything you said. Go Heels !!!!
michael jordan cause his mike but hes the team not a perfect team player and does'nt get team in it. I like pete maravich good scorer ,best passer that ever lived and hes tall for a point gaurd
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlin.
Bill Russell. He was a good scorer and a rock-solid defender.

Russell was the best defender ever and would have made any team a contender just by being on their roster.

My second choice would be either Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul Jabber. You can't go wrong with a great big man.
Bill Russell

because no matter who you put around him he's gonna bring you a championship. Russell is the greatest winner in the history of the sport.

That is not a matter of opinion that is a fact proven through time
michael jordan
I agree with MJ.

2nd choice would be Dr J. 3rd Shaq.
Your right I would pick Michael Jordan 4 SURE!!!!!!!!!!
MAGIC JOHNSON.
LBJ for sure..Look at him he has no other stars on the team but he scores, gets his team involved and wins games.Even got to the finals by himself..If you just give him a decent point guard..he wil take it all. Lebron=Best

Who are the most surprising players in NBA history?

Who would you consider the most surprising players in NBA history? Such as they were chosen late, or no one thought they would ever be any good.

Who are the most surprising players in NBA history?nba graphics

Spud Webb...

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Josh Howard (29th pick). Manu Ginobili (28th pick 2nd round)
RAFEAL ARUJO!! AHAHA LMAO ROFL. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd say Montea Ellis. who would've thought that he would be the 2nd highest scorer of the warriors and lead them to 7th seed. :]
Michael Olowokandi lol. He was drafted #1 over Mike Bibby, Antwan Jamison, VC, Dirk, Paul Pierce AND Rashard Lewis.
HOW COME NOBODY SED MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN......HE DAMN SURE SURPRISED ME
Dirk Nowitzki, never thought he'd win MVP
Manu Ginobili

He didnt get drafted by anyone, but Spurs picked him up, and now look at him.
Gilbert Arenas

something like 23th pick in the 2nd round
STEVE NASH
muggsy bogues

Best 1-2 punch in NBA history?

For me it has to be stockton and Malone. 2 of the very best at there positions. Stockton has to be the best pure point guard, as he as over half as many assists as the guy with the second most assists all-time(stockton has most) Malone is 2 all-time in points and stockton is also 1 in steals by a margin that is incredible. i know they didnt win any titles, but if it wasnt for that stupid guy neamed micheal jordan, they would have had lik 3.

Best 1-2 punch in NBA history?nba power rankings

Heh, inspired by the other thread?

Gotta agree with you. The two are inseparable [think Karl Malone and I immediately think Stockton], and they essentially had identical careers with the same team.

And yes, they would have had many championships had it not been for Michael Jordan.

You could make a convincing case for other duos like Magic and Kareem or MJ and Scottie but I don't think they were quite as "dynamic duo" as these two. Those players seemed more like superstars who happened to be on the same team, rather than two players who really complemented one another.

Best 1-2 punch in NBA history?nba ballers ,nba teams

All due respect to the Mailman and his personal Post Office, the greatest 1-2 of all time was Oscar Robertson and Kareem. They won a title together. The Big O averaged a triple-double over the course of his 1st 5 seasons. Kareem has more points than anybody in NBA history. Oh, and when they won their title in Milwaukee, can anyone name the rest of the Bucks' starting 5? The Jazz had other talent to along with Stockton and Malone. They didn't have to do it by themselves.
I agree if it wouldn't have been for Jordan, hundreds of players would have rings. He single handedly stopped a whole lot of hall of fame players from getting rings.

But I have to say Jordan and Pippen. Great offensive and defensive combo. Malone and Stockton were great but again, they just didn't get it done down the stretch and Jordan and Pippen did. So they have the edge hands down!
I think the one that put a halt on the Lakers dominance of 33 - wins. Milwaukee's Lew Alcindor A.K.A. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson. Closely followed by the most succesful duo of Micahel Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Third Place should go to Magic Johnson and Kareem, Fourth would be the Kobe and Shaq duo.

Note: Bill Russell doesn't count because he is the ultimate team player and doesn't rely on another one man. Bill relies on his team concept. So he relies on four other men to keep them going.

Hope this helps.
kobe and shaq. inside-outside tandem. shaq dominates the paint while kobe takes care of the rest. both can score 30+ points in any given day. their dominance once led them to a 16-1 postseason record, 12 of which were straight wins coming from 3 straight series sweeps.
Jordan and Pippen wearnt a 1-2 punch dudes. The whole Chicago team was also a huge part of their success. I would say Shaq and Kobe was the best 1-2 Punch in Nba History
Oh of course it would be stockton and malone. They even made it like one word "stockontomalone". Best duo ever in nba history. GO JAZZ
Two Three-peats for a total of 6 championships in 8 years, it's gotta be Jordan-Pippen.
how many titles did stockton and the mail man win?

jordan and pippen got 6 and kobe and shaq got 3
Michael Jordan was the best 1-2 punch by himself.
Kobe and Shaq are the best 1-2 punch in NBA history!

Winning 3-straight championship rings!
I am feeling you on Stockton to Malone.
got to be PIPPEN-JORDAN combo.
bird and machale
kobe and shaq

Who is the best coach ever in NBA History?

Who is the best coach ever in NBA History?

a) Lenny Wilkens

b) Pat Riley

c) Red Auerbach

d) Jerry Sloan

e) Don Nelson

f) Greg Poppovich

g) Phil Jackson

Pick One and Why ?

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It's a tough one, but I'll go with Riley. Yes Riley had enormous talent in LA, but he proved himself when he took a very mediocre NY Knicks team to game 7 of the Finals (a game they SHOULD have won) and then took a dismal Miami franchise to prominence in the late 90's and finally to a championship in his comeback last year. Riley wins wherever he has been, no matter what kind of talent his teams have and is widely known as a great teacher of the NBA game. Bottom line: Riles is the man.

Poppovich is severely underrated though and SHOULD get much more credit for the job he's done. He's won 3 titles and hasn't exactly coached the 96 Bulls all these years. Yes he has Duncan, but outside of Duncan, the Spurs have never really had a great team. Parker and Ginobili are solid but aren't superstars, David Robinson was broken down in the twilight of his career when Duncan led them to titles, etc. Give some props to Popps.

Who is the best coach ever in NBA History?nba finals 2007 ,nba teams

Riley. Plain and simple. He's won everywhere he's coached, and he's got a lot of rings. Red gets a lot of props for winning a lot of championships as well, though. And Pops gets respect for having a great record AND for having a team of gentlemen - you simply don't hear about guys on the Spurs anywhere but the sports pages. No paternity suits, no off-court scuffles, no antics on-court; they just play ball.
Red. That one is a no brainer.
Lenny? No, not enough playoff runs

Riles? Possibly, seems to get his teams over the hump..

Red? 9 championships, great disciplinarian

Sloan? Never won a c'ship, but always seems to be right there.

Nelson? Never won it all either...

Pops? Best team over the last 10 years....

Phil? Has never had to build a team, walked into Michael and Scottie, as well as Kobe and Shaq.

My pick......Pat Riley, he put together a great team in LA, another great team in NY, if it weren't for the bulls, they would have won. Also found a way to make a bunch of old players come together with D-Wade to win it all.

He turns teams around and creates championships, i'd pick him
Phil Jackson three 3 peats as nba champs
Pat Riley....Auerbach just had a freaking dynasty in Boston. How many other coaches have gone almost 20 years between titles. That's two different eras and styles of play and rule changes. My second would be Jerry Sloan, even tho he hasn't been able to win it all yet.
Red Auerbach, and Phil Jackson..because I said so
Riley and Jackson, because they did it with different teams in more turbulent times.....How does Sloan even make this list....????

Red is a legend but the talent wasn't as diverse, but he was a pioneer in the game. Pop, Nelly, and Wilkens are all Hall of Famers.....So Riles and Phil are the best off the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!
red aurbach. 11 titles and not to mention the best GM ever. he got Bird, Russell , Mchale, Parrish, and Cousy. He won the most. The cigar never lies.
Pat riley because he can lead every team to victory and didn't trade wade away in deal for Shaq
Red Auerbach!!! Do you really need an explanation?
Wow this is a tough question. Well you know pretty much all those coaches are great. But if i narrowed to two id pick Phil Jackson and Red Auerbach. I would say Red because he gave so much hope and so many great things to the NBA with the most amazing Celtics team at the time but don't get me wrong Phil Jackson was just inducted into the basketball hall of fame so in many years when this question is asked it could be either one.
Simply Red Auerbach - He was at the helm of a dynasty the likes of which had never been seen before or since.

He coached a variety of players that were not inherited, he actually groomed them. His legacy lived on as well after he left his coaching duties he was followed by coaches that had been coached by him. They continued with the "blue print" he established.

Who had the most buzzer beaters in NBA history?

who had the most buzzer beaters in NBA history in one season? how much did they have? if u know please give me some information about it.

Who had the most buzzer beaters in NBA history?nba statistics

i would say reggie miller

Who had the most buzzer beaters in NBA history?nba store ,nba teams

Buzzer-beaters belong to Reggie Miller.

People who said MJ are just plain nuts.

MJ had only 25 game-winners.

Andn only 8 of them are buzzer-beaters.

So if you think Jordan was hitting many buzzer-beaters, think again -

ESPN just made it look like he had hit those buzzer-beaters.
Probably Michael Jordan, because whenever his team was in that situation, he ALWAYS got the ball no matter what.
Probably Reggie Miller.
JORDAN
I think it was

someone known as

Jerry West

Mr. Clutch
Reggie Miller

dun dun dun DUN!!
i dont think they keep track of that.
us

Best team ever in NBA history?

CHICAGO BULLS record breaking (72-10) in 1995-96 season

G0t it? Go0d!!!

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Daaaaaa Bulls.

72-10, Champions.

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67-15 Mavs of last year who went on to win it.......oh wait, woops.
Just like some above me have said...The Chicago Bulls of the 90's, The Los Angelas Lakers, and Boston Celtics of the 70's and 80's. You would have to pick apart each era and determine then who was the best of that time.

In Chicago Bulls History....they didnt win their first Division Title until 1975..the 1991, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98

Conference Titles and Championships 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98

As for the Lakers and Celtics...The number of Division Titles Conference Titles and Championships are so far back its retarded...

Boston Celtics have totaled: 25 Division Titles, 19 Conference Titles and 16 Championships

Los Angeles Lakers have totaled: 26 Division Titles, 28 Conference Titles and 14 Championships...
This is pretty much an impossible question because the styles changes from era to era. Some of today's athletic teams could dominate team's from the past. However at the same time some of the fundamental bigs could certainly own present days bigs (See how Tim Duncan dominates todays players yet he is probably the most un-athletic) So really its just a toss up, enjoy whatever you like most.

If your just going to go by win-loss record and the championship the only answer is the 72-10 World champion Chicago Bulls.
The 95-96 Bulls only lost 10 games in a full 82 game season. Won a championship, and they had the best player in the game of basketball.
Bulls. 72-10. Great team Chemistry, Great defense and Offense, Greatcoaching and championship-driven. If the Kemp and Payton tandem is in question do you even know who they knocked out in 1996? Yes it was the Jazz that would dominate the NBA Western conference for two straight years in 1997-1998.

2EZ!!
The Bulls Dynasty.

Michael Jordan Is The Greatest!
Easy the 1994-5 Chicago Bulls with a record of 72-10!!! Nuff said.
well to answer this question your gonna have to break it down by era's.....such as when Boston celtics won 8 in a row when Lakers took over or when Michael jordan and the chicago bulls won 6 in the 90's....it goes between Celtics Lakers and Bulls because each era had a Star player.
Best team in history to me....is a team that is a dynasty. The Bulls, Lakers, and Celtics represent the best of the best. One season could be the year the Bulls won the regular season record for win's. Or the year the Lakers one the championship with shaq and kobe and lost 1 game during there whole playoff run. I still like the Celtics winning 11 championships in a row.
Chicago Bulls was lucky enough to win 6 championships. At that time, there was no real competitive opponent against them.

For instance:

against the sonics, the Sonics only had Payton and Shawn Kemp. 2 Allstars but there weren't that good compare to MJ + pippen for sure. Payton is just like Baron Davis and Shawn Kemp is just like Brand or Boozer. Davis + Boozer can win a ring today? no way

against the Jazz, the Jazz has stockton and malone. Stockton is like Nash and Malone is like Duncan. Nash + Duncan today can win the championship?? No way

If you put Sonics and Jazz in today NBA, they can't even reach the finals for sure.

Bulls at that time got no competition and this make MJ a bit overrated!!
Lakers! i mean they had

Kareem

Wilt

Jerry West

Baylor

AC Green

Worthy

Pau

Bynum

Odom

KOBeeeeee

Shaq

Vlade

Cooper

MIKAN!!

MAAGIC
id say the 91-92 bulls. they had better chemistry and depth then the 95-96 70 win bulls

What four players in NBA history have at least 20,000 points,10,000 rebounds, and 4000 assists?

Nice piece of info i just read, wondering does anyone else know. Three are in Hall of Fame, the other is a shoe in in the next few yrs.

What four players in NBA history have at least 20,000 points,10,000 rebounds, and 4000 assists?nba hall of fame

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Julius Erving and Charles Barkley

What four players in NBA history have at least 20,000 points,10,000 rebounds, and 4000 assists?nba draft order ,nba teams

???? that alot

Who is the best defensive player in NBA history?

I think the best defensive player in NBA history is Michael Jordan.

He was complete player. I liked his defense rather than his offense. Please tell me your opinion!

Who is the best defensive player in NBA history?2003 nba draft

dennis rodman

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Bruce Bowen is the best....and just to tell everyone else, having blocks doesn't make someone a good defensive player.

Bruce bowen knows all the tricks in creating diversions with his hands to confuse players. No one can post up to him because he just backs up and the poster just falls over Report It


Bill Russell
I'd go with Wilt - a 300 lbs. solid mass of muscle who can block dunks and grabs a whole buncha rebounds. Bill Russell is second.
lol at the guy that said Mark freakin Eaton.

It's Bill Russell. A poster before me explained it perfectly. Jordan is a good vote too, but I gotta give the edge to Russell.

Hakeem Olajuwon wasn't too shabby either.
he shoots, he scores! 2 points
Sir Charles.. He will not only block your shot sending the ball flying 20-30 feet to the crowd, he will give you this stare as if he just found you sleeping with his wife.. And you would wanna say,"Pls dont hurt me Sir,I wont do it again.."

He is so mean defensively that you would think you are a naked princess dribbling in front of a naked rapist.. He is a nasty defender who wants to make you like to think of playing football instead.. And like a divirginized chick,he will make sure you remember him..

Although he never won a championship, he put fear into the hearts of many players in the NBA...
i think the same Micheal Jordan
I think that Dinis Rodman was really good. I miss watching him play back when Jordan and him were on the bulls back in 97' damn those were good days...
Mark Eaton... he averaged like 4 block per game with the Jazz

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Bill Russell.

Jordan was a very good defender but I thought Scottie Pippen was the best defender for the Bulls.
Amare
Bill Russell

Russell is remembered for his role in the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in the 13 seasons that he played. His major contribution to the sport was raising defensive play to a new level; he is commonly considered the greatest defensive center to ever play the game.

He was possibly the first to effect the outcomes of games solely on the defensive end. His rebounding was second only to Wilt Chamberlain, and he had a dozen consecutive seasons of 1,000 or more rebounds. Blocks weren't recorded as an official stat until 73-74, but he could swat with the best of 'em and he more gave Wilt a run for his money at only 6' 9" %26amp; 235.

I'd rate MJ a strong second....
I'm going to go with Oscar Robertson. He was a great shot blocker, but they didn't keep that stat until his final year. Oh yeah, that year he blocked 4 per game and still averaged 1 steal.
well, i think when its all said and done, it might be ben wallace, this guy is a physical specimen, he never allows easy points in the paint.
ron artest
Bill Russell, undersized but never out worked.
BILL RUSSELL AND RODZILLA RODMAN

Why is league the most watered-down in NBA history?

Is it because:

A) Only a handful of players actually play good defense.

B) Teams who do play defense are classified as "BORING."

C) Anyone can break the 40 points barrier at any given day because the opposing team doesn't play defense.

D) Fans define "great defense" by your ability to guard Leandro Barbosa caliber players, and not by your ability to guard Dwyane Wade caliber, Lebron James caliber, or Kobe Bryant caliber players.

E) People think clutch means making 17 clutch shot and missing 77 other clutch shots in 11 seasons while "unclutch" is making 12 clutch shots and missing 32 clutch shots in 4 seasons.

F) When a player beats another player in every statistical category except for FT%, he's still not as good and still far from reaching the other's level.

G) A player may be the best player in NBA history without winning a single MVP or Finals MVP.

H) Many players in the NBA would have been better had they gone tocollegelike most players in the 80's.

Why is league the most watered-down in NBA history?nba 2k

A lot of undeveloped talent has flooded the league in recent years, high schoolers mostly, who don't know how to play defense. The rule changes really screwed up basketball and made physical defense an impossibility. And yet field goal percentages have dropped significantly because, like I said, the talent is undeveloped. It's more athletes and less players. Less fundamentals. They aren't smart decision makers half the time. So, mostly the rule changes, and A, oh and obviously H.

Why is league the most watered-down in NBA history?nba updates ,nba teams

RULES FAVOR OFFENSE BY A LOT NOW.
The Pistons play GREAT defense and they are probably the most exciting team in the NBA by FAR...7-8 guys can get 20 pts any night you dont know where the scoring is gonna come from ...if the 5 starters played on ANY other team they avg 10-12 pts more a game...they shoot 3s (2nd most atts in NBA) 3rd best ft shooting team,4the most dunks in NBA, 6the most blocks, they are number 1 in fewest turnovers, 2nd in assist and this is a DEFENSIVE team, NBAs not watered down just more balanced the Jordan Bulls teams played in the Worst NBA times....
K) your name is Kobe, you suck, but people say your are the best ever.

Meaning team work and good fundamentals is not valued,

just playing in a big media capital and having a lot of publicity

and drama associated with you.
I) "As long as you're in a team in California, the media is on your side."

You mean as long as you're The Lakers lol. The Clippers, The Warriors, and The Kings don't get much of anything from the media or the NBA.
this is bullshit, dont tell me the other team played defense when wilt scored 100points...
J. Because floppers proliferate and are considered the best defenders of the league!

Look at this comment for example Stevenson of the Wizards laments playing you know who in today's game: "He's going to get calls," Stevenson said. "Two of them, I don't think that was a foul, but that's the way it is when you're guarding a guy like that." Even players knows today's NBA takes cares of their big guy. Need I quote Rasheed? "NBA is like WWE." lol.

Where are the days of true hard nose defense? I was watching yesterday the footage of Alonzo's dominance in Miami and his defense was electrifying. I would really like to see someone step up like that again in the league.

Hope this helps.
KOBE BRYANT SUCKS!
I think its watered down because there are too many teams.

Who has the best crossover in NBA history ?

Who has the best crossover in NBA history?

1. Tim Hardaway

2. Allen Iverson

3. Isiah Thomas

4. Kobe Bryant (1998 - 2001 Kobe)

5. Stephon Marbury

6. Gary Payton (1990-1998 Payton)

7. Dwayne Wade

Who has the best crossover in NBA history ?nba trade rumors

THE SAME LIST AS YOURS, BUT PISTOL PETE BELONGS IN THERE SOMEWHERE

Who has the best crossover in NBA history ?nba standings ,nba teams

John Ameachi

HAHAHA
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
Tim Hardaway without a doubt, an he didn't have to carry the ball either.
Tim Hardaway hands down Payton said he would have paid Hardaway to teach him how to break the defenders ankle. Just an amazing player. Ai would have to come in to play then Jordan, Wade, and Thomas.
prob AI or tim hardaway in his prime. but did you see kirk's crossover on pavlovic today? SICK!!!!!! SICK!!! SICK!!!
Manute bol definetly has the sickest crossover!!
AI has the best cross-over i mean ankle breaking cross-over. He made Antonio Daniels fall on his azz twice. He made Jordan juke out of his shorts.

Thomas was a though pg.

Kobe is prolific,unbelievable,unreal,record-brea... scorer.
I would say Tim Hardaway in his prime. I remember A.I. in his rookie season crossover and leave M. Jordan standing still as he hit a shot so I would put Iverson second. Hardaway could break the defenders ankle during his prime.
I have to say Allen Iverson. Then Kobe Bryant.
tim hardaway at his prime. Early daz with golden state.

then A. I.... as much as i respect jordan, (the greatest player to play the game) i dont think he belongs to this list.
kobe bryant
hey kobe --How about AI?
here is a secret...

If you are ever asking for the greatest ______ in basketball history, 9 times out of 10 it is michael jordan. This is one of those 9
I would agree and put MJ at the top of yet another list. However, Iverson was a close second in this category.
Great question and tough to answer. I would have to go with Iverson on this, followed by the Hardaway of the late 80s/early 90s. Don't overlook Rafer Alston either, he may be as great a player as the others are/were, but his crossover is great.

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