Can you name the the top 10 greatest players in NBA history? by CapNWalsh

Player	Your Choice (Enter a number)	Number
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Michael Jordan		01
Kareem Abdul Jabbar		02
Magic Johnson		03
Oscar Robertson		04
Wilt Chamberlain		05
Bill Russell		06
Hakeem Olajuwon		07
Larry Bird		08
Julius Erving		09
David Robinson		10
Bob Pettit		11
Charles Barkley		12
Karl Malone		13
Moses Malone		14
George Mikan		15
Nate Archibald		16
Jerry West		17
Paul Arizin		18

Player	Your Choice (Enter a number)	Number
Dave Bing		19
Clyde Drexler		20
Dave Cowens		21
Patrick Ewing		22
John Stockton		23
Elgin Baylor		24
Isiah Thomas		25
Scottie Pippen		26
Bob Cousy		27
Rick Barry		28
Dolph Schayes		29
Shaquille O'Neal		30
Kobe Bryant		31
Lebron James		32
Tim Duncan		33
Robert Parish		34
Kevin Garnett		35
Dirk Nowitzki		36
OTHER		37
	37

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Poll: Who are the greatest players in NBA history? Quiz

by CapNWalsh

Created May 30, 2011 in Sports
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	kmart80:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 03:01 GMT		4 points
	nice poll

	GeoExpert:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 05:07 GMT		2 points
	I need more time to think about this.

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	eagles5471:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 10:24 GMT		-3 points
	How do you do this?

	Sohail:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 10:30 GMT		7 points
	Over 20% do not think Jordan is top ten all time?! Also, it is always tricky to pit players from different eras against each other, so that will cause some debates, but in the case of Robinson voted ahead of Shaq...how does that happen? And @eagles5471...you enter the numbers of your top ten players then type 'done.'

	terpfan97:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 13:17 GMT		3 points
	Dirk, Perhaps? I mean he now has a ring to go along with his other accolpishments.

	CltChampNMS13:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 13:42 GMT		0 points
	Dirk now deserves to be in the conversation, even though he is not in the top 10. Very good quiz though, the only person that I can think of maybe just to add would be Reggie Miller

	PublicEnemy:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 13:50 GMT		-2 points
	I picked the top 6, Bird, The Malones and Stockton.

	Longtongs:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 16:55 GMT		2 points
	I agree with Sohail, Shaq>Robinson. Other for me was Jason Kidd.

	ghosty:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 20:34 GMT		4 points
	Havlicek is not even in the conversation?

	purplebackpack89:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 22:09 GMT		-2 points
	Give us five minutes and fifty players. I went 1-6, Bird, K. Malone, West, and Baylor

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	ChicagoRed:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 23:25 GMT		1 point
	And I'd like the Malone fans to answer this - if he's one of the top 10 all time players, how come, with a point guard who was the greatest pure point guard of all time, and a really good supporting cast and coach, Malone got bounced every single year by various other members of this list? Yes, granted, twice it was Jordan (the best, etc) and Pippen, but that was only twice - he played many more years than two, and got bounced by someone from this list almost every year. Why? I included Stockton on my list but not Malone. Malone got his numbers, but I think his being a numbers machine his whole career like that was due to Stockton. I think Stockton made Malone, not vice versa. If they'd both been as good as their numbers indicate, rather than just Stockton, they'd have won a title.

	KansasJayhawk:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 00:05 GMT		10 points
	Since it's a poll and not a quiz, there's no reason not to allow maximum time.

	purplebackpack89:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 00:05 GMT		0 points
	Chicago: stockton may be the greatest dish man, but he is by no means the greatest point guard? The Big O? Only player in history to average a triple-double for a season (actually several seasons) and to be in the top ten of points AND assists all-time, and doing it in five fewer seasons than Short Shorts? Magic? And why is Malone not in the discussion? He's definitely one of the best power fwds of all time, and he finished in the top 5-10 in scoring for like 12 seasons straight. Do you exclude Bill Russell because he played alongside Cousy, Sharman, Heinsohn, and Hondo? Kareem because he played alongside Magic?

	fgrocker:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 02:11 GMT		-1 points
	Why is Robert Parish on this list?

	SOAR21:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 04:28 GMT		-2 points
	Chicago Red: All of the players on this list are in the conversation because they made a huge impact on their team. And most of these players played with someone else on the list. It's not just Stockton who played with Malone. Jordan had Pippen. Kareem had Magic. Oscar had Wilt. Russell had Cousy. Olajuwon had Drexler. Bird had Parish. Erving had Malone. I could continue on and on. There are players here who never played with another player, but very few have won without another on the list. Many great players on this list never won...until paired with another on this list. Some pairs on this list have never won. I'm not a Malone fan myself but I do think he is indeed in the conversation. Great players will do great things. Steve Nash and Amare are a good modern example. People thought Amare was fed by Nash, and Nash's stats were perhaps boosted by the presence of a freak athlete who could score. Well they separated, both going to teams definitely worse than the one they shared. Nash led the league in assists last season, and Amare was top 5 in scoring. They're great players with or without each other.

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	BigKuntry42:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 06:10 GMT		1 point
	@SOAR21: Oscar and Wilt never played together

	ChicagoRed:	Jun 18th, 2011 at 03:13 GMT		2 points
	Olajuwon did not have Drexler for the first title. He led the 93-94 Rockets - who overall are probably the worst roster to ever win a title - to a championship, and in fact they had a better record than they would the next year with Drexler along. This is part of why Olajuwon is probably the best player of all time, the other being that he simply had the greatest and most complete skill set of any single player in league history. This will doubtless be voted down too, but it's my opinion, and it's an informed one.

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	trobins1:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 14:07 GMT		1 point
	Outside of the canonical top 6, list poll is turning out heavily in favor of more recent players. Is this the byproduct of the average age of people to take this quiz? Or maybe: most of the people that take basketball quizzes here can memorize how to spell names like Schayes, but don't actually know much about the names. Either way, the idea that Dr J is greater player than West, Baylor or Cousy is crazy. Where is Havlicek?

	dmsports:	Jan 14th, 2012 at 05:13 GMT		1 point
	Very happy Robertson would be in the top 10, I feel he is very underrated.

	cp3pdx:	Jan 15th, 2012 at 00:13 GMT		3 points
	When it said "choosing some wrong answers will end the quiz" I assumed that meant voting for lebron

	TheBestDRose:	Jan 17th, 2012 at 16:14 GMT		1 point
	just type all the numbers and type done, then you automatically get 97%, but you can't get 100%.

	abernier3:	May 21st, 2012 at 07:50 GMT		1 point
	it's so subjective when comparing ERAs. The REAL story is in the comment section. "Kevin Garnett should be an option...-11" "Dirk, perhaps....+4". REALLY...the top 3 PF's of all time are Duncan, Garnett, and Malone...followed by Bob Pettit. Some of you guys are so crazy...

	me111731:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 14:36 GMT		1 point
	Allen Iverson where you at??

	moflaffle:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 14:38 GMT		2 points
	So only 58% of people actually did the quiz correctly?

	RollTribeAC:	Jun 30th, 2012 at 17:09 GMT		1 point
	i got them all right in 37 seconds! oh mother is gonna be proud!

	NYYanks:	Jul 1st, 2012 at 01:26 GMT		1 point
	Where's Steve Nash? He won 2 MVP's

	JorgePipes:	Sep 25th, 2012 at 13:52 GMT		1 point
	PG Magic-Robertson-Stockton SG Jordan-West SF Bird-James PF Duncan-K.Malone C Abdul Jabbar-Chamberlain-O'Neal. That's your all time all star squad. Alternates: Thomas, Cousy, Drexler, Bryant, Barry, Erving, Baylor, Garnett, Barkley, Pettit, Russel, Olajuwon