Who is the #6 best NBA player of all-time? (1 Viewer)

[Frostillicus]

1. Michael Jordan (71%)
2. Lebron james (85%).
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (34%).
4. Wilt chamberlain (31%).
5. Magic Johnson (33%).
6. ????????????

 

[Jayrod]

Bird.

Had the greatest 3 year stretch outside of MJ from 1984-86 winning 3 straight MVPs with 2 rings and 2 Finals MVPs. Without a shooting slump in the 1985 Finals, he could have gone 3 straight.

Add in an earlier championship, ROY (over Magic) and 9 straight 1st team all-NBA selections with 3x 2nd team all-D teams, and Bird belongs as a top 6 player of all time. He did this against Magic & Kareem, Dr J, Moses and young Hakeem and MJ. He became slowed down and eventually retired a bit premature from injuries, but his prime was incredible.

He averaged 24.3/10.0/6.3 for his career and had 2 seasons in the 50/40/90 club (51/38/89 career shooting).

Russell's 11 rings will never be matched and 5 MVPs are elite, but he did so in a developing league that was still just at 14 teams when he retired. There is a reason Mikan isn't even mentioned in GOAT discussions and similar limitations apply to Russell's resume.

 

[Yo Mama]

Bird.

Without a shooting slump in the 1985 Finals,

choker

 

[The Z Machine]

Peak Bird was amazing. He did incredible things.

Shaq is the closest for#6 IMO. Shaq was more dominant over his competition, but Bird was the better player by far.

 

[Frostillicus]

Bumping this one up since it's the most recent, however it seems pretty well decided.

 

[Gally]

This has been the toughest vote for me thus far. It's really close between Bird, Shaq, and Russell. Each have something incredible to put on the table but I give Bird the nod as we has great at everything. Russell is very hard for me to rank since I never saw him play (other than highlights) and the league was so small at the time the competition just wasn't there.

 

[Zow]

Been voting for Russell since poll 3 so will continue to do so...

 

[the moops]

Been voting for Russell since poll 3 so will continue to do so...

Duncan for me