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    Michael Jordan The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Michael Jordan

    1963
    Small forward, Shooting guard
    United States of America
    Brooklyn
  2. 2
    Wilt Chamberlain The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Wilt Chamberlain

    1936
    Center
    United States of America
    Philadelphia
  3. 3
    Magic Johnson The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Magic Johnson

    1959
    Power forward, Point guard
    United States of America
    Lansing
  4. 4
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

    1947
    Center
    United States of America
    Harlem
  5. 5
    Oscar Robertson The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Oscar Robertson

    1938
    Point guard, Shooting guard
    United States of America
    Charlotte
  6. 6
    Bill Russell The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Bill Russell

    1934
    Center
    United States of America
    Munroe
    “ 11× NBA Champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968–1969) 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961–1963, 1965) 5× NBA rebounding champion (1957–1959, 1964–1965) 12× NBA All-Star (1958–1969) 3× All-NBA First Team (1959, 1963, 1965) 8× All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968) NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1963) „
  7. 7
    Larry Bird The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Larry Bird

    1956
    Power forward
    United States of America
    West Baden Springs
    “ 3× NBA Champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986) 12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986) 9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988) All-NBA Second Team (1990) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1980) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1980) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982) 3× Three-point Shootout champion (1986–1988) „
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    Tim Duncan The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Tim Duncan

    1976
    Power forward, Center
    United States of America
    Christiansted
    “ Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan (born April 25, 1976)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m), 255-pound (116 kg)[2] power forward/center is a four-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, and NBA Rookie of the Year. The Spurs team captain, he is a 13 time NBA All-Star[3] and the only player in NBA history to be selected both All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams during each of his first 13 seasons.[4] „
  9. 9
    Kobe Bryant The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Kobe Bryant

    1978
    Shooting guard
    United States of America
    Philadelphia
    “ Bryant led the NBA in scoring during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.[1] In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history,[77][204] behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance. Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference.[205] In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of the U.S. men's basketball team, occasionally referred to as "The Redeem Team".[206] He led the Lakers to two more championships in 2009 and 2010, winning the Finals MVP award on both occasions. Bryant has been selected to 13 All-NBA Team (nine times to the All-NBA First Team) and 11 All-Defensive Team (nine times to the All-Defensive First Team). He was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game on 13 occasions, winning All-Star MVP Awards in 2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011 (he shared the 2009 award with Shaquille O'Neal). He also won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997.[207] As of May 2011, he has had 5 sixty-point games, 24 fifty-point games, and 110 forty-point games. „
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    Jerry West The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Jerry West

    1938
    United States of America
    West Virginia
    “ 12 times into the All-NBA First and Second Teams, was elected into the NBA All-Star Team 14 times, chosen as the All-Star MVP in 1972, the same year that he won the only title of his career. West holds the NBA record for the highest points per game average in a playoff series with 46.3. He was also a member of the first four NBA All-Defensive Teams, which were introduced when he was 32 years old. Having played in nine NBA Finals, he is also the only player in NBA history to be named Finals MVP despite being on the losing team (1969). „
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    Hakeem Olajuwon The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Hakeem Olajuwon

    1963
    Center
    United States of America, Nigeria
    Lagos
  12. 12
    Charles Barkley The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Charles Barkley

    1963
    Power forward, Small forward
    United States of America
    Leeds
  13. 13
    Shaquille O'Neal The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Shaquille O'Neal

    1972
    Center
    United States of America
    Newark
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    Karl Malone The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Karl Malone

    1963
    Power forward
    United States of America
    Bernice
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    Julius Erving The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Julius Erving

    1950
    Small forward
    United States of America
    Roosevelt
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    Elgin Baylor The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Elgin Baylor

    1934
    United States of America
    Washington, D.C.
    “ Baylor establish a Finals record: 61 points Though the Celtics won the 1961-62 Championship, those Finals will be remembered for ever because game 5 was the stage for Elgin Baylor's best performance: he scored 61 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in a 126-121 Laker victory at the Boston Garden. Long before Julius Erving (Dr.J) and Michael Jordan stepped into a basketball court, Baylor was one of first players to make it an aerial game, and was recognized for his ability to change direction in midair on his way to the hoop. That April 14, 1962, he had to deal with Tom "Satch" Sanders, one of the best defenders in the league, and with the legendary Bill Russell to get his 61 points, but the result of his effort was that he established and NBA Finals record that is still waiting to be broken. To add magnitude to those 61 points, only one player in history has scored more in a playoff game. Maybe you have heard of him, a shooting guard called Michael Jordan. But he needed 2 overtimes to get his 63 points. Baylor's career average of 27.4 points per game is still the best ever for a forward and the third highest all-time, only behind Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain. „
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    Isiah Thomas The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Isiah Thomas

    1961
    Point guard
    United States of America
    Chicago
  18. 18
    Moses Malone The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Moses Malone

    1955
    Power forward, Center
    United States of America
    Petersburg
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    Elvin Hayes The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Elvin Hayes

    1945
    Power forward, Center
    United States of America
    Rayville
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    George Gervin The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    George Gervin

    1952
    Shooting guard
    United States of America
    Detroit
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    John Havlicek The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    John Havlicek

    1940
    United States of America
    Martins Ferry
  22. 22
    Pete Maravich The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Pete Maravich

    1947
    United States of America
    Aliquippa
  23. 23
    John Stockton The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    John Stockton

    1962
    Point guard
    United States of America
    Spokane
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    Rick Barry The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Rick Barry

    1944
    Small forward
    United States of America
    Elizabeth
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    Kevin McHale The Top NBA Players Of All Time Sports & Games picture

    Kevin McHale

    1957
    Power forward, Center
    United States of America
    Hibbing

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  1. John
    Kobe Bryant at 1/16/2012 1:36 AM
    I Think it is too early to put him in the top 10. Switch Jerry West and Hakeem Olajuwon.
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