Tim Legler’s TOP 10 ALL-TIME PLAYERS 📈 + Perk’s BIGGEST QUESTIONS for the season 👀 | NBA Today
On NBA Today, Tim Legler and Kendrick Perkins share their top all-time player picks and questions heading into the season with Malika Andrews and Chiney Ogwumike.
0:00 Legler’s NBA top 3 in history
2:08 Who must be in the top 10?
2:59 Other all-time players to argue for
5:00 Legler’s official top 10
5:46 How much pressure is on Dame & Giannis?
9:29 Are we sleeping on Ja & the Grizzlies?
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Hakeem was better than Duncan so how he is not on the list is beyond my understanding
Leflop should definitely not be on this list
I'll take pre-injury KD over curry any day…
I'll even take post injury foot-on-the-line KD over curry… man people just don't remember well…
Top 5 of all time: MJ, TD, LBJ, and whatever guard and center you want to fill in. Easy.
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It's really hard to make a choice between Steph and Duncan. Steph is rather disadvantaged in terms of accolades. He got 4 rings, 1 FMVP and 2 MVPs. Duncan got 5 rings, 3 FMVPs and 2 MVPs. But neither of them has a big advantage in terms of stats, especially advanced stats. BTY, if off-the-court impact should be a criterion, you can definitely pick Steph over Duncan. Honestly, even Dennis Rodman can beat Duncan by this criterion. I'm not sure whether this criterion is necessary…
Its an opinion, but you're wrong. Kareem won 2 scoring titles, that to me is not unstoppable with an unstoppable move. You have a better argument saying Kareem was a better shot blocker than he was known for his Sky Hook only becuz it wasn't recorded. Next, Lebron is 1-3 verse my candidate as #2 or #3 after recent events. But first, isn't the point of leaving behind a legacy is turn a poverty franchise around, check, to become the best in the specific skillset that you have SO BEYOND reach, that it will never be broken, check. To constantly have to prove you're worthy to be in this conversation time after time (you say he was always unhealthy, you say he was too little, you say his style won't work, you say he needed a superstar teammate, you say he can't carry on his own, you say he isn't generational talent, you say he ain't clutch, you say the dynasty was over, you say Sabrina would beat him, you say voters are biased and there will never be an unanimous MVP, you say he can't carry because hes a sidekick so he gets the FMVP, you say hes in a slump and wins Gold in the most mesmerizing style. GTFO, Magic played 13 seasons with that 3rd guy on your team his entire career, last time I remembered, the Warriors broke the system when KD joined because it was too OP, it was unfair, so getting the #1 draft pick in the same season as your championship season isn't OP? Don't act like James Worthy was a Greg Oden because when he had no one individual to save his legacy, he lost to MJ and that was the birth of the GOAT. End of discussion.
Finally someone who dont think kobe got better since 2020 …
Curry gotta win 1 more if he wanna be in that top 10
Its hard to compare eras, especially comparing players from before the NBA-ABA merger to after.
Tim Duncan over Wilt to be in the top 10. Just my opinion
I have Kobe over Lebron, just as many NBA greats & other contemporaries of both do. Lebron is amazing and an all time great but the longevity alone, doesn’t put him above Kobe or a few other greats in my mind. Mamba mentality and the level he played at BOTH ends of the court keeps him at least 1 step above Bron. Also, when you think of MJ & Magic, think not just of their 5/6 championships but also compare that to how many years they played (championships per year in the league…).
1 – LeBron James
2 – Michael Jordan
3-4 Shaq and KD
5-6 Kobe and Curry
7 -8 Olajuwon and Kareem
9 -10 Jokic and Duncan
11-12 Magic and Doncic
13 -14 Bird and Giannis
15 – Victor Wembanyama ( floor prediction)
– means tie
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Tim Duncan needs to be in that top 10!
Lelose is not even top 5. No other top 10 player has 6 loses in the finals. You all forget that the objective is to win no questions asked.
Humbly disagree with this list. I think Bron and Wilt too high. Duncan Kobe too low. Magic too low as well
Tim is bugn
ESPN continues Kobe disrespect
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Kareem Jordan Duncan Kobe Magic Shaq Wilt Bird Steph Hakeem. I dont think Russle was dominant and his era was weak. I think LBJ is on the juice
lbj is not even top 10
The fact that Curry is on the list, means LBJ cannot be the GOAT. They are from the same era, played against each in the Finals a few times and Curry came out on top more that LBJ, how can a player lost to another player more who are also in the top 10 all time be the GOAT?? it just doesn't make sense. And btw, nobody dare to bring up PED??
Duncan, Hakeem are both greater than LBJ and deserved to be in the top 10 of all time.
Bro how do you leave out Oscar the big O!! He averaged a triple double
Tim Legler has it Right!!!!
Nah its not debatable jordan hard a side
Come on wilt and Russell played in a time when the talleset center was 6 ft stop it
Steph, durant and duncan are all in the top 10
besides MJ Magic and Kareem you cant take anyone before 2000 to your top 10 list. Not a chance
That's the list.
TD wasnt even the best player on his own team for half his career…plz lets not rewrite history