All time best NBA players by position

The only close call I see is between Larry Bird and Kobe Bryant. They can both play small forward. Bird would be the better rebounder and passer but Kobe the better defender and scorer.

I'm glad you included Wilt Chamberlain rather than Kareem or, God forbid, Shaquille or Bill Russell. They talk about guys being a once-in-a-generation talent, but Chamberlain comes close to being a once in a lifetime talent with his ungodly strength, endurance, and all-around athletic ability. I've been watching some YouTube videos on Chamberlain and even if you believe only half the stories they are amazing. A 6"6' high jump, sub-50 second 440, running hurdles, a 4.4-second 40 (one of the ones for which skepticism is justified) and a reported 40 inch leap in his younger days.

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells a story of Wilt walking into a gym where all the serious weightlifters were doing tricep curls with 120lbs (which I did once myself but never even dreamed of moving up) and he would do 170lbs. 250+ pound centers tell stories about being carried up in the air along with Wilt when he'd go up for a dunk.

He could rebound, score, pass, run, play 48 minutes, shut down the key, and could dominate Bill Russell. Good choice..............................Luca



[Come to think of it, though, Schwarzenegger was probably talking about tricep curls with 120 pound dumbbells for each arm. That is incredible, to say nothing of 170 pounds]

Not to mention, never fouling out.

Garnett and Nowitzki over Tim Duncan?
And Reggie Miller over Steph Curry?

Julius Erving was flashy but I think Bird was overall the better player
If you’re going to say Curry hasn’t been around long enough, the same can be said for Chris Paul over John Stockton or Steve Nash

Jeez. Sen-suh-tive.

Even Magic Johnson says on YouTube that Shaq was not better than Kareem. I agree with that. Slight or not, I would bet that Kareem was the better scorer and defender while Shaq was the better rebounder.

Shaq.

I agree, Shaq. It would have been interesting to see.

I also think it would be interesting to see how Russell would against Kareem & Shaq. He had a career playing against Chamberlain, so he had plenty of experience against a man who was bigger & stronger than him. Kareem probably had as good a basketball IQ as Russell, but Russell may have had more will. Kareem's mental toughness improved later in his career in the championship battles against the Celtics.