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John Forte
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"Remove 5-10 players from the 50 Greatest players list"
Wed May-14-14 03:25 PM by John Forte

          

Simple premise. Here is the list. Who goes?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nate Archibald

Paul Arizin

Charles Barkley

Rick Barry

Elgin Baylor

Dave Bing

Larry Bird

Wilt Chamberlain

Bob Cousy

Dave Cowens

Billy Cunningham

Dave DeBusschere

Clyde Drexler

Julius Erving

Patrick Ewing

Walt Frazier

George Gervin

Hal Greer

John Havlicek

Elvin Hayes

Magic Johnson

Sam Jones

Michael Jordan

Jerry Lucas

Karl Malone

Moses Malone

Pete Maravich

Kevin McHale

George Mikan

Earl Monroe

Hakeem Olajuwon

Shaquille O'Neal

Robert Parish

Bob Pettit

Scottie Pippen

Willis Reed

Oscar Robertson

David Robinson

Bill Russell

Dolph Schayes

Bill Sharman

John Stockton

Isiah Thomas

Nate Thurmond

Wes Unseld

Bill Walton

Jerry West

Lenny Wilkens

James Worthy

  
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Remove 5-10 players from the 50 Greatest players list [View all] , John Forte, Wed May-14-14 03:16 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Lotta Celtics Drop
May 14th 2014
1
man you must really hate James Worthy, lol
May 14th 2014
28
This should get interesting
May 14th 2014
2
Great post...I was thinking about this exact thing last week.
May 14th 2014
3
The 10 I would remove...
May 14th 2014
4
So you'd remove a modern era player with an MVP?
May 14th 2014
12
nothing "borderline" about the Admiral
May 14th 2014
18
the following are gone and replaced.
May 14th 2014
5
i got 5 on it
May 14th 2014
6
The 50 Greatest players list came out in 96'?
May 14th 2014
7
That would be the worst list of anything ever.
May 14th 2014
11
huh i swore AI was on the original 50
May 14th 2014
8
that was a greatest players of all time team (link)
May 14th 2014
9
He won't be on the next one either
May 14th 2014
10
I would bet my fucking house he would nm.
May 14th 2014
13
lmao u stoopit, cole.
May 15th 2014
45
Nah, he'd only played 3 years at that point.
May 14th 2014
15
"top 3, maybe the GOAT"
May 14th 2014
16
AI was a rookie when this list came out
May 14th 2014
29
      Ah right, I thoguht it came out in 99. It was 96, of course.
May 15th 2014
36
      actually, It came out before he played his first game
May 15th 2014
37
           I just recall it coming in '96, no idea what month it did but either way...
May 15th 2014
40
I'm too young to figure this out.
May 14th 2014
14
^^^should've been everyone's reply
May 14th 2014
17
except jah love
May 14th 2014
19
I'm pretty positive Warren has a pic of himself & Lew Alcindor partying....
May 14th 2014
25
prety much lol
May 15th 2014
31
There are some easy dismissals though
May 14th 2014
24
      ...or they were given a vote
May 14th 2014
26
smh...
May 14th 2014
20
Sure, we could keep pretending that the 3rd best player
May 14th 2014
23
      reply #41...
May 15th 2014
42
this is why it's ultimately silly to even compare players across eras.
May 14th 2014
21
Can you at least concede Bill Walton?
May 14th 2014
22
Great points and even still
May 14th 2014
27
About the original list:
May 15th 2014
30
it's funny how when Red Aurbach wanted to argue that
May 15th 2014
35
Why do we try to discuss guys before our time?
May 15th 2014
32
It isn't ancient history. We have some data
May 15th 2014
34
      Thats some slimy context there bud.
May 15th 2014
39
Top 50 of the last century. Then do a new top 50 from 2000's on
May 15th 2014
33
^^^FINALLY moving in the right direction^^^
May 15th 2014
41
Think about how bold the Shaq inclusion was at the time
May 15th 2014
38
I think he had a couple scoring titles and a finals appearance by then
May 15th 2014
44
why? next list will have 75 guys.
May 15th 2014
43

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