Written By: Cooper H , Odon D and Sergei L
Michael Jordan
Alright, starting of with who else with MJ. Michael Jordan is the greatest player of all time in the NBA hands down. He is legendary known by all even outside the basketball industry. He is a 6 time NBA champion, a 5 time most valuable player, Rookie of the Year, and many more awards. He’s averaged the most points in NBA history and has literally hundreds of other NBA records to his name. Throughout his career, Jordan put up a whopping 32,292 points and was the best player in the NBA during his career. To this day everyone still talks about Jordan and know him as the greatest to play the game kind of like the “Wayne Gretzky” of basketball. And remember, 6 for 6 in the NBA finals.
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Lebron James
Lebron James is the goat. Without a doubt, he is the best player in NBA history. He is a 3 time NBA champion,3 time NBA Finals MVP, 4 time NBA Most Valuable Player ,15 time NBA All-Star, 3 time NBA All-Star Game MVP ,12 time All-NBA First Team, 2 time All-NBA Second Team ,All-NBA Third Team,5 time NBA All-Defensive First Team ,NBA All-Defensive Second Team ,NBA Rookie of the Year, NBA All-Rookie First Team and an NBA scoring champion. My opinion is a little bit biased because I grew watching Lebron James, he was the man. He was one of the reasons why I started to play basketball, because I wanted to be just like him.
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Kareem Abedul Jabbar
Kareem Abedul Jabbar in my opinion, is the 4th best player of all time. He has the most points of all time, he is an 8 time NBA champion, 6 time MVP, a 2 time finals MVP, 19 time all star, 10 time All-NBA First Team, 5 time All-NBA Second Team, 5 time NBA All-Defensive First Team, 6 time NBA All-Defensive Second Team,NBA Rookie of the Year,NBA All-Rookie First Team, 2 time NBA scoring champion, NBA rebounding champion, 4 time NBA blocks leader. Do I need to say anything else?
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Wilt Chamberlain
When its comes to Wilt Chamberlain, nobody puts him into the decision for the best player of all time, but in reality, he really should. The man has the record for the most points in a game which by the way IS 100 POINTS. He was over 7 feet and has a 49 inch vert. He was faster than most point guards. He averaged 30 points, 22 rebounds and 9 blocks. This guy was a human stat machine. He is also a 2 time NBA champion, 4 time MVP, a finals MVP, rookie of the year, 10 time all NBA 1st and 2nd team, and he is a 13 time all star. There will never be a player like him again.
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Kobe Bryant
He’s a competitor, won’t back down, A straight killer, Closest player we seen to MJ
In his career he had 33,643 total points, 7,047 total Rebounds, 6,306 total Assists. He averaged (25.0 ppg)(5.2 rpg)(4.7 apg). 5× NBA champion, 2× NBA Finals MVP, NBA Most Valuable Player, 18× NBA All-Star, 4× NBA All-Star Game MVP, 15× All-NBA First Team, 12× NBA All-Defensive Team, 2× NBA scoring champion
Shaquille O’Neal
Shaq was good at everything like making movies TV shows but what he did on the court for the orlando magic, los angeles lakers, the Cleveland cavs, Boston Celtics, the Phoenix suns and the miami heat was incredible. He’s a 4 time champ, 3x finals mvp, a one time mvp, rookie of the year, 15x all star, 8 all nba first team nominations, and 2 second team nominations. He was just an all around beast.
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Larry Bird
Larry Bird is considered one of the greatest players of all time. After joining the Celtics you could see the improvements that bird was making, the Celtics had improved by winning 32 more games since the previous season before he was drafted. Bird is one of the greatest scorers and playmakers in NBA history. Bird also has 3 NBA Championships, 3 MVP’s, two finals MVPs, a rookie of the year and even a coach of the year award to his name.
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard is one of the greatest players of all time for us amazing defence on any player kawhi Leonard won finals MVP in San Antonio specifically for his defence on LeBron James Kawhi Leonard also led Toronto to their first NBA finals championship trophy. in his career he has averaged an underwhelming 18 6 and 3. He also is a 2× NBA champion 2× NBA Finals MVP, 3× NBA All-Star 2× All-NBA First Team, 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team. for these reasons kawhi leonard IS one the greatest
Stephen Curry
Steph Curry is definitely hands down one of the top 10 NBA players of all time. Curry is by far the best 3-point shooter in NBA history. He was part of the greatest NBA team of all time with the 73-9 Warriors and then later went on to add KD and won 2 more chips. Curry has the only unanimous MVP in history, which he won in the 2016 season. In total, Curry has 3 rings, and two back to back mvps .
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