Can you name the Bill Simmons 50 Best Alltime NBA Players? by sbshuffler85

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Bill Simmons 50 Best Alltime NBA Players Quiz

by sbshuffler85

Created Nov 26, 2010 in Sports
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	sbshuffler85:	Nov 26th, 2010 at 16:15 GMT		0 points
	The nicknames for some players are accepted, try and guess them all.

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	hollabackitsobi:	Nov 26th, 2010 at 17:41 GMT		14 points
	How was Jordan not a good team player? He averaged 5 assists. For a shooting guard.

	kidcanada:	Nov 26th, 2010 at 18:20 GMT		-2 points
	Robin gets you Pippen? C'mon, nobody called him Robin.

	the99:	Nov 26th, 2010 at 18:56 GMT		11 points
	Robin gets you Pippen, but "Mailman" or "The Mailman" don't get you Karl Malone?

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	bbf2:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 00:23 GMT		4 points
	He's about to release his paperback and change his rankings based on what happened the last two years. Not sure what the changes are going to be but he said that Kobe moved into the top 10.

	sbshuffler85:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 01:01 GMT		0 points
	I am well aware and will change the rankings after the paper back rankings are released.

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	antlyon:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 13:33 GMT		6 points
	Nate Archibald??

	MikeN:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 14:45 GMT		-4 points
	I didnt say jordan wasn't a good teammate, but that Bill Russell and his 11 championships should win out according to the theme of his book that he put so much effort into. Instead he went with an ad hoc I loved watching Jordan play so he's #1, I love Iverson so I'll make excuses for him, etc.

	ZSGhost:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 18:22 GMT		-3 points
	This quiz has definitely been made several times before: http://www.sporcle.com/games/tags/simmon

	twarner50:	Nov 27th, 2010 at 18:50 GMT		8 points
	Simmons put Jordan ahead of Russell because, in his words, it would be hard to see Russell succeeding at the same level today.

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	the_chief:	Nov 28th, 2010 at 04:14 GMT		11 points
	Where is SLAVA MEDVEDENKO?

	colorsmc2:	Nov 28th, 2010 at 08:16 GMT		1 point
	Larry Bird not a top 5 player? Are you kidding me?

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	TheSquigglyKey:	Nov 28th, 2010 at 18:54 GMT		0 points
	Perhaps I should call up Phil Jackson and let him know that it would be a smart choice to have Theo Ratliff take the game-winning shot when it is needed.

	sbshuffler85:	Nov 28th, 2010 at 19:30 GMT		0 points
	Why all the Kobe hate? Everyone has said he sucks, but no one has come up with a legitimate reason why.

	TIKAL:	Nov 28th, 2010 at 22:17 GMT		16 points
	I can't believe he left out the human highlight film D.Wilkins!

	rsplenda477:	Nov 28th, 2010 at 22:18 GMT		5 points
	Dominique Wilkins???

	chriskotx:	Nov 29th, 2010 at 03:16 GMT		6 points
	No Dominique Wilkins, no Reggie Miller, no Robert Parish, hmmm.

	sbshuffler85:	Nov 29th, 2010 at 14:12 GMT		-4 points
	Miller was a great shooter, not a great player. Dominique was an amazing dunker but not a top 50 guy. I am surprised that a Celtic fan left out Parish though.

	luke78:	Nov 29th, 2010 at 18:35 GMT		9 points
	dominique was more than just an amazing dunker. he is 10th all time in scoring.....he had 10 straight seasons with atleast 25 pts and 6 rebounds per game.

	TheSquigglyKey:	Nov 29th, 2010 at 19:51 GMT		-2 points
	@sbshuffler... I love Kobe. Most of what I said was sarcastic.

	msteele13:	Nov 30th, 2010 at 00:48 GMT		-1 points
	funny that nobody on this list would ever say "coach wants us to work, we want to chill"

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	emsee:	Nov 30th, 2010 at 13:36 GMT		4 points
	I don't think that you can argue that Russell deserves to be #1 just because he won 11 championships compared to Jordan's 6. It wasn't just Bill Russell. If you look, there are 3 other guys on this list of 50 who were teammates of Bill Russell at some point for those 11 rings...John Havlicek, Sam Jones, and Bob Cousy

	sbshuffler85:	Nov 30th, 2010 at 17:08 GMT		0 points
	It was a diluted league, many teams had multiple hall of famers. He also ranked Russell 1 because he was a great teammate, the best defensive player of all time, and underrated offensively

	huskeR32:	Nov 30th, 2010 at 20:24 GMT		7 points
	Good quiz. Agree with him or not, Simmons is fun to read. And Kobe is top 10, period.

	twarner50:	Nov 30th, 2010 at 21:36 GMT		2 points
	@squigglykey Duncan is that high because he's one of the top ten players ever. What hasn't the guy done to prove that he's one of the ten best ever? @luke78 Nique, and Reggie Miller to some extent, were slightly overvalued during their careers because of their penchant for creating great highlight reels. As for their entire career, they weren't top 50.

	MikeN:	Dec 3rd, 2010 at 04:27 GMT		-3 points
	Simmons is BS when he claims that with the new rules Jordan would score 45 points now. By that logic, then Kobe and LeBron 'back in the day' would have scored only 20.