Can you name the ESPN Greatest NBA Player Postion? by OG2120

Can you name the ESPN Greatest NBA Player Postion?

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ESPN Greatest NBA Players by Postion Quiz

by OG2120

Created Oct 16, 2009 in Sports
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	OG2120:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 21:14 GMT	1 point
	It is different from the "50 Greatest Players in History"

	s1rweeze:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 16:40 GMT	4 points
	Classic ESPN... Chris Webber?!? Joe Dumars??

	_ness:	Oct 20th, 2009 at 10:52 GMT	52 points
	It's ridiculous that Pippen isn't on this list. I spent half a minute trying possible typos for his name because I was stunned he wasn't accepted.

	tgillman:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 22:22 GMT	29 points
	Charles Barkley was a Power Forward

	duderino:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 13:46 GMT	13 points
	Small forwards: Worthy is too high and Pippen should definitely be on that list. Power forwards: McHale better than Duncan?? Come on... I'd say Duncan is n°1 PF ever. And Barkley was a PF

	rutbag:	Dec 27th, 2009 at 00:02 GMT	6 points
	last name only accepted for some, not for others.

	wisedrunker:	Jan 1st, 2010 at 17:46 GMT	39 points
	wow and they call themselves the worldwide leaders of sports? this list is terrible... Barkley always played PF... McHale who couldnt 8 reb per game second best power foward ahead of Duncan??? Worthy 5th on a list where Pippen didnt even appear, even though Pippen was better? WHERE IS BOB PETTIT??!?!?!? he is maybe a top 5 PF and Chris Webber and Dennis Rodman is on it and not Pettit??? This is just terrible and whoever made this list I hope it got fired

	mhtbhm:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 05:31 GMT	18 points
	Agreed. I'm a Rodman fanboy, but Pettit was probably the greatest player of his generation not named Chamberlain or Russell.

	TBird15:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 07:10 GMT	56 points
	No Brian Scalabrine!?!? What!

	SeanJohn528:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 10:50 GMT	5 points
	scottie pippen?

	alphadog:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 11:09 GMT	7 points
	Typing "and" gives you DeBusschere and Webber. Might want to fix that.

	breas:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 11:47 GMT	5 points
	Would love to see a link to this because I agree there are numerous question marks. Number 1 being where is Bob Pettit? Bill Simmons ranked him number 17 regardless of position and ESPN has Dennis Rodman and Chris Webber ahead of him.

	DumbyTheWizard:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 17:04 GMT	5 points
	What a horrible list. Dumars, Rodman, Webber and Haywood are awful choices. I do not blame you, I blame ESPN, but that list sucks.

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	enamez06:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 17:42 GMT	8 points
	bill walton at #7 is a travesty over the other three...walton should be taken out and lanier should be in

	yankeespurs101:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT	-2 points
	Hey Timmy D my man.

	jcf5445:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 18:12 GMT	2 points
	This looks like one of those silly sports nation polls or something that the general public voted on, because these rankings are horrible for people who are actually knowledgable of pro basketball.

	DragonNo4:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 18:12 GMT	1 point
	Dumars is at least as deserving of his place as Isaiah Thomas. He once went on a 17-0 run by himself in the play-offs. Most glaring problems I see with this list are the exclusion of Pippen and Pettit and the overrating of Kareem who was never as dominant as a Chamberlain or Shaq.

	emh:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 18:15 GMT	7 points
	Hear, hear enamez06! The consistent overrating of Bill Walton is annoying. The guy played a grand total of 13,000 minutes, much of that coming off the bench. I'm sorry the guy got hurt but lots of potentially great careers have gotten derailed by injuries. Those are the breaks!

	bmo1616:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 19:43 GMT	21 points
	No Dirk Nowitzki?

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	Supernuke:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 19:56 GMT	6 points
	Willis Reed?

	CorneliusTree:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 20:39 GMT	-3 points
	Yeah I agree with PWT3 with Hakeem over Shaq, as seen when Hakeem outplayed Shaq in the most important matchup between them. But maybe the worst pick on the centers list was Walton at #7. Rodman was a dominant defender and the best rebounder in history, plus a 5x championship winner, I have no problem with him on this list. Should Pettit make the list? Absolutely, but there are other people who could dropped instead (Webber? Haywood?_

	big_country:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 20:41 GMT	0 points
	i had to type "Dave DeBusschere" in order to get him- first name and capital B

	pita:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 20:56 GMT	3 points
	Neither DeBusschere or Webber work with last names only, but as been pointed out, both come up with "and".

	Camden:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 22:38 GMT	3 points
	I accidentally typed the word "And" when I was trying to type Abdul-Jabbar and it gave me Chris Webber and Dave DeBusschere.

	Camden:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT	6 points
	Why is it that ESPN lists are always so disappointing? So many obvious exclusions. List of people in order of omission: 1. Bob Pettit 2. Scottie Pippen 3. Dirk Nowitzki 4. Willis Reed 5. Wes Unseld 6. Lenny Wilkens 7. Adrian Dantley 8. Hal Greer 9. Alex English 10. David Thompson

	hobojoe:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 23:59 GMT	3 points
	As others have said, Pippen should be on. Barkley was a power forward. McHale over Duncan is nothing short of asinine. Those are ESPN's fault, not yours. However typing "Webber" and "DeBusschere" did not give me Chris Webber or Dave DeBusschere. Someone else said "and" gives you Webber and DeBusschere -- please fix.

	jmujeff90:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 01:45 GMT	3 points
	It's HakeeM, not HakeeN.

	havlorech:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 02:43 GMT	5 points
	Gee, I wonder if Tiny Archibald being a Celtic had anything to do with ranking him over 9-time All Star, 9-time NBA All Defensive First Team, #3 all-time in steals, #7 all-time in assists, #24 all-time in points Mr. Payton.

	devilsfan15:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 02:51 GMT	4 points
	Make it accept debusschere...

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	rp78:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 04:03 GMT	3 points
	Pettit is easily one of the top 10 greatest players of all-time regardless of position and ESPN couldn't get him in here????????

	fazzini:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 05:47 GMT	4 points
	Lots of omissions in this list... Pettit, Pippen, etc. But I have to disagree with the anti-Walton sentiment. Even with his shortened career, he still has a great resume. Two-time champ (one where he carried the team), regular season & Finals MVP, and a 4-year stretch as the best player in the game. IMO, he's in the right spot, but I could see switching him with Robinson. The advantage over Robinson, though, is that Robinson was never able to carry the Spurs and didn't win it all until after Duncan came around. Ewing put up good numbers but never won a title, and Mikan played when the league was still a joke (no shot clock, no black players, no goaltending).

	vendorsfan1:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 05:51 GMT	17 points
	Lost in the debate over these lists is the fact that "position" is spelled wrong in the title of the game.

	Zachary:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 15:02 GMT	2 points
	Scottie Pippen is the 5th best small forward of all-time and I will not argue about this.

	TD3000:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 16:14 GMT	2 points
	ESPN centers link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-greatestcenters

	TD3000:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 16:15 GMT	2 points
	Shooting guards: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-greatestsgs

	TD3000:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 16:17 GMT	2 points
	Point guards: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-greatestpointguards

	TD3000:	Jun 20th, 2010 at 16:20 GMT	-1 points
	Unfortunately, I can't find the links to either forward list...hopefully someone out there can.