ESPN Top 10 small forwards all time

[Cyber]

My guess:

1. LeBron
2. Bird
3. Dr. J
4. Baylor
5. Durant
6. Pippen
7. Havlicek
8. Barry
9. Pierce
10. Dantley

My own list would have Wilkins at #10 instead, just think ESPN would give Dantley the nod instead

 

[sportscribe]

James
Bird
Pippen
Erving
Wilkins
Baylor
Worthy
Durant
Pierce
Barry

 

[DoubleClutch]

Penny
Where's Nique

Nique was always more "power" to me. Plus I never really watched him play.


Only on the Coli nikkas seem to forget penny was Lebron before Lebron except with a reliable jump shot and exceptional post game

 

[Jplaya2023]

1.. Bird
2. Bron
3. Dr j
4. Baylor
5. Nique
6. Hill
7. Pippen
8. Worthy
9. Barry
10. Tmac
11. King

 

[Hey_zeus]

Hondo Havlicek ain't going to be mentioned enough I bet.

 

[Professor K.]

Penny Hardaway
Lebron
Baylor (since everyone else mentioned him)
Bird
Durant (based on potential)
Dr J
Carmelo
McGrady
Pippen
Hill
Pierce (honorable mention)

How you put Penny ahead of Magic?

 

[DoubleClutch]

How you put Penny ahead of Magic?

Magic is 1st on the point guard list.

Funny thing is, Penny could also be on that point guard list

 

[KOBE]

i've said it before and i'll say it again, the amount of disrespect bird gets on here is hilarious. people act like he wasn't right up there with magic for most of his career until the injuries got him.

 

[Sccit]

ELGIN BAYLOR IS BEIN CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED HERE, ACCORDING TO ANY BASKETBALL HISTORIAN, HE WAS THE FIRST MICHAEL JORDAN IN NBA HISTORY.

IMA HELP YALL N POST THE TOP 30 FOR YALL 2 PICK N CHOOSE FROM:

1.BAYLOR
2.BIRD
3.DR J
4.LEBRON
5.WORTHY
6.PIPPEN
7.NIQUE
8.KD
9.BARRY
10.DANTLEY
11.HAVILCEK
12.AGUIRRE
13.PIERCE
14.T-MAC
15.ENGLISH
16.ARIZIN
17.MELO
18.PENNY
19.G-HILL
20.WILKES
21.CUNNINGHAM
22.KING
23.KIKI
24.RICE
25.MULLIN
26.STOJAKAVIC
27.DEBUSSCHERE
28.PG13
29.TWYMAN
30.YARDLEY

 

[DoubleClutch]

ELGIN BAYLOR IS BEIN CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED HERE, ACCORDING TO ANY BASKETBALL HISTORIAN, HE WAS THE FIRST MICHAEL JORDAN IN NBA HISTORY.

IMA HELP YALL N POST THE TOP 30 FOR YALL 2 PICK N CHOOSE FROM:

1.BAYLOR
2.BIRD
3.DR J
4.LEBRON
5.WORTHY
6.PIPPEN
7.NIQUE
8.KD
9.BARRY
10.DANTLEY
11.HAVILCEK
12.AGUIRRE
13.PIERCE
14.T-MAC
15.ENGLISH
16.ARIZIN
17.MELO
18.PENNY
19.G-HILL
20.WILKES
21.CUNNINGHAM
22.KING
23.KIKI
24.RICE
25.MULLIN
26.STOJAKAVIC
27.DEBUSSCHERE
28.PG13
29.TWYMAN
30.YARDLEY

Dr J wasn't better than Lebron, right?

Pippen is WAAAAY too high. For example, Penny was better than Pippen back when they were facing eachother in the mid nineties.

KD is kinda high having not accomplished much but off potential, I can agree

Switch TMac and Penny (even though he should be #1)

Switch Melo and Pierce

The rest is whatever.....

 

[Sccit]

Dr J wasn't better than Lebron, right?

Pippen is WAAAAY too high. For example, Penny was better than Pippen back when they were facing eachother in the mid nineties.

KD is kinda high having not accomplished much but off potential, I can agree

Switch TMac and Penny (even though he should be #1)

Switch Melo and Pierce

The rest is whatever.....

DR J WAS BETTER THAN LEBRON...DR J ON THE HEAT IN 2011-2014 WOULDA WON 4 STRAIGHT, HE AND BAYLOR SET THE FOUNDATION FOR JORDAN TO DO WHAT HE DID. PENNY MIGHTA PEAKED HIGHER THAN PIPPEN, BUT U GOTTA TAKE EVERYTHING INTO ACCOUNT, INCLUDING LEGACY, HOW LONG THEY WERE GREAT FOR, WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED, ETC...PENNY COULDA EASILY BEEN TOP 5, BUT HIS CAREER WAS HINDERED BY INJURIES AND HE WASNT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MUCH DUE TO THAT. KD AT 8 IS NOT HIGH AT ALL, PRIOR TO THE INJURY, HE WAS ARGUABLY BETTER THAN LEBRON AND EVEN WON MVP OVER HIM, SCORING TITLES, WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMP, SHOE-IN FIRST BALLOT HOF ALREADY, U CAN ARGUE KD BELONGS HIGHER ON THE LIST. T-MAC > PENNY, NOT ONLY PRIME FOR PRIME (PEOPLE QUICKLY FORGET HOW UNSTOPPABLE T-MAC WAS IN HIS PRIME), BUT DESPITE ALSO BEING HINDERED BY INJURIES, IT WASNT TO THE SAME EXTENT AS PENNY...PIERCE OVER MELO BECAUSE HE HAS THE ACCOLADES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON HIM. EITHER WAY, 10-20 IS BASICALLY INTERCHANGEABLE ON MY LIST.

 

[DoubleClutch]

DR J WAS BETTER THAN LEBRON...DR J ON THE HEAT IN 2011-2014 WOULDA WON 4 STRAIGHT, HE AND BAYLOR SET THE FOUNDATION FOR JORDAN TO DO WHAT HE DID. PENNY MIGHTA PEAKED HIGHER THAN PIPPEN, BUT U GOTTA TAKE EVERYTHING INTO ACCOUNT, INCLUDING LEGACY, HOW LONG THEY WERE GREAT FOR, WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED, ETC...PENNY COULDA EASILY BEEN TOP 5, BUT HIS CAREER WAS HINDERED BY INJURIES AND HE WASNT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MUCH DUE TO THAT. KD AT 8 IS NOT HIGH AT ALL, PRIOR TO THE INJURY, HE WAS ARGUABLY BETTER THAN LEBRON AND EVEN WON MVP OVER HIM, SCORING TITLES, WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMP, SHOE-IN FIRST BALLOT HOF ALREADY, U CAN ARGUE KD BELONGS HIGHER ON THE LIST. T-MAC > PENNY, NOT ONLY PRIME FOR PRIME (PEOPLE QUICKLY FORGET HOW UNSTOPPABLE T-MAC WAS IN HIS PRIME), BUT DESPITE ALSO BEING HINDERED BY INJURIES, IT WASNT TO THE SAME EXTENT AS PENNY...PIERCE OVER MELO BECAUSE HE HAS THE ACCOLADES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON HIM. EITHER WAY, 10-20 IS BASICALLY INTERCHANGEABLE ON MY LIST.

Dr j wasn't an all around player like Lebron, I believe. Dr J couldn't play point guard.

Name one thing T Mac did better than penny offensively and defensively besides maybe shoot three pointers?

Pippens legacy is winning with Jordan and losing without him. Pippen is one of the best at defense and posterizing though.

Ok, pierces has accolades but he got em playing with 3 hall of gamers. I like pierce but Melo would destroy him 1 on 1. Melo is reagarded as the hardest to guard by most NBA forwards. He has a scoring title. He was the best scorer in the league not named Durant for years. When his career is over he will be more appreciated especially if he carries the Knicks to atleast a conference final.

 

[Consumed]

LBJ

Bird

Erving

Durant

Barry

Would be my top 5

 

[WuDatWuDat]

Kawhi
Iggy

 

[Sccit]

Dr j wasn't an all around player like Lebron, I believe. Dr J couldn't play point guard.

Name one thing T Mac did better than penny offensively and defensively besides maybe shoot three pointers?

Pippens legacy is winning with Jordan and losing without him. Pippen is one of the best at defense and posterizing though.

Ok, pierces has accolades but he got em playing with 3 hall of gamers. I like pierce but Melo would destroy him 1 on 1. Melo is reagarded as the hardest to guard by most NBA forwards. He has a scoring title. He was the best scorer in the league not named Durant for years. When his career is over he will be more appreciated especially if he carries the Knicks to atleast a conference final.

GIANNIS ANTENTEMKOUMPO CAN PLAY ALL 5 POSITIONS, DOES THAT MEAN HE TOO IS BETTER THAN DR J? NAAH BRUH

LIKE U SAID ABOUT MELO VS PIERCE, TMAC WOULD DESTROY PENNY 1-ON-1..BUT ON TOP OF THAT, HIS CAREER WASNT AS RIDDLED BY INJURIES. TMAC WAS JUST A MUCH BETTER OVERALL SCORER. D WAS AVERAGE, ILL GIVE U THAT.. BUT WIT GOOD D, TMAC IS TOP 10.

PIPPEN AT TIMES WAS REGARDED AS THE SECOND BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA ONLY BEHIND JORDAN WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME.. I WOULD ARGUE THAT IF PIPPEN WAS GIVEN HIS OWN TEAM FROM THE JUMP, HED BE ABOVE LEBRON ON THE LIST. WE SAW WHAT HE DID IN 1 SEASON LEADIN THE BULLS, 50+ WINS, ECF SEMIS. AND AS U MENTIONED ABOUT PENNY, PIPPEN TOO COULD PLAY THE POINT.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT MELO WOULD BEAT PIERCE 1-ON-1, THIS AINT A 1-ON-1 COMPETITION .. NICK YOUNG WOULD BEAT DRAYMOND GREEN 1-ON-1, WOULD U SAY HES BETTER THO? MELO COULD ALSO BEAT LEBRON 1-ON-1, IS MELO>LEBRON? AND ITS FUNNY HOW U START OFF BY SAYIN LEBRON SHOULD BE HIGHER, BUT THEN GO ON TO DISCREDIT PIERCE BECAUSE HE WON WITH HALL-OF-FAMERS.. IF PIERCE LOSES POINTS FOR THAT, LEBRON DEFINITELY DOES AS WELL. BUT EITHER WAY, PIERCE HAS THE LEGACY, LONGEVITY, AND ACCOLADES ON MELO..THOSE ALL ARE PART OF WHAT FACTORS IN TO MAKIN THESE LISTS.