ASAPbakker
Rookie
Well I made a best PFs list in the Dirk thread.. and I can't sleep.. It was kind of fun... doing stats research on basketball-reference.com and reminiscing about different players... So I decided to do one for every position...
I'm 25 years old but I watched a very nice amount of 80s and 90s basketball so i can speak relatively accurately on those decades. Can't say the same for the 70s plus from what I have seen the more you go back the harder it is compare players because of style of play and of course racism (
)
Anyway, here are my top SFs. If you see someone who didnt make and clearly should've I probably have them in a different position:
1. LeBron James
2. Larry Bird
3. Tracy McGrady - unlike other lists, I tried to make mine based on prime years not the ENTIRE career. Of course having just one great season isn't enough but 4-5 years of great play sure is. T-Mac of course was greatly hampered by injuries throughout his career but those prime years are
. So thats why I have him so high up.
4. Julius Erving - His defense is underrated too, though I do feel he isn't as amazing as some people may think.
5. George Gervin - one of my favorite players of the early 80s
6. Carmelo Anthony
7. Bernard King
8. Adrian Dantley - one of my favorite all time players
9. Scottie Pippen - Probably gonna catch some heat for this, since Pip could do no wrong for some fans but I was never that high on him TBH. Toni Kukoc wasn't much worse
10. Paul Pierce
11. Dominique Wilkins - really fun to watch but did he really do anything besides score? Melo is 100 times more versatile.
12. Alex English -
@ the SF scorers during the high-paced 80s.
13. Grant Hill - Even though like I said this is based on prime years but I was never impressed with Hill. When you are fed the ball on every possession literally your numbers should be big. Plus his passing wasn't as good as people seem to remember. No Lebron here.
14. Shawn Marion - well I made the PF list, 14 players since it's one of my favorite numbers so made this one 14 as well... Wasn't sure who to throw on so decided to give it to the matrix, sorry James Worthy.
I'm 25 years old but I watched a very nice amount of 80s and 90s basketball so i can speak relatively accurately on those decades. Can't say the same for the 70s plus from what I have seen the more you go back the harder it is compare players because of style of play and of course racism (
)Anyway, here are my top SFs. If you see someone who didnt make and clearly should've I probably have them in a different position:
1. LeBron James
2. Larry Bird
3. Tracy McGrady - unlike other lists, I tried to make mine based on prime years not the ENTIRE career. Of course having just one great season isn't enough but 4-5 years of great play sure is. T-Mac of course was greatly hampered by injuries throughout his career but those prime years are
. So thats why I have him so high up.4. Julius Erving - His defense is underrated too, though I do feel he isn't as amazing as some people may think.
5. George Gervin - one of my favorite players of the early 80s
6. Carmelo Anthony
7. Bernard King
8. Adrian Dantley - one of my favorite all time players
9. Scottie Pippen - Probably gonna catch some heat for this, since Pip could do no wrong for some fans but I was never that high on him TBH. Toni Kukoc wasn't much worse
10. Paul Pierce
11. Dominique Wilkins - really fun to watch but did he really do anything besides score? Melo is 100 times more versatile.
12. Alex English -
@ the SF scorers during the high-paced 80s.13. Grant Hill - Even though like I said this is based on prime years but I was never impressed with Hill. When you are fed the ball on every possession literally your numbers should be big. Plus his passing wasn't as good as people seem to remember. No Lebron here.
14. Shawn Marion - well I made the PF list, 14 players since it's one of my favorite numbers so made this one 14 as well... Wasn't sure who to throw on so decided to give it to the matrix, sorry James Worthy.
Wade isnt better than Kobe, I dont care how much of a bytch Kobe is.
