who is the best basketball player of all time?

Answer 1

Depending on how you define "BEST". If you are looking at overall skills and that he dominated his ERA, I would go to Chamberlin. He could play defense, rebound with authority and could pass the ball (look at assists in 72) and of course, score. Other than Russell, he dominated everyone else. His problem was he played in the same ERA as Russell and the players around him were not as good as the 60's Celtics. He showed what he could do later in his career when the Lakers finally got more complementary players.

Answer 2

Michael Jordan

Answer 3

I'll go by position.

1 - Magic Johnson (the original MJ)
2 - Michael Jordan (Kobe is closing in him though)
3 - Larry Bird
4 - Tim Duncan
5 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Answer 4

Oscar Robertson

Robertson put up in 1961-62, just his second year in the league: 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 11.4 assists per game-an average of a triple-double for an entire season.

Robertson averaged more than 30 points per game in six of his first seven seasons.[1] Only two other players in the NBA have had more 30+ point per game seasons in their career. Robertson was the first player to average more than 10 assists per game, doing so at a time when the criteria for assists was more stringent than today.[2] Furthermore, Robertson is the only guard in NBA history to ever average more than 10 rebounds per game, doing so three times. In addition to his 1964 regular season MVP award, Robertson won three All-Star Game MVPs in his career (in 1961, 1964, and 1969). He has the all-time highest scoring average in the All-Star Game for players participating in four or more games (the league standard for the record) at 20.5 points per game. He ended his career with 26,710 points (25.7 per game, eighth-best all time), 9,887 assists (9.5 per game) and 7,804 rebounds (7.5 per game).[1]

Robertson also set yardsticks in versatility. If his first five seasons are strung together, Robertson averaged a triple-double over these 400+ games, averaging an incredible 30.3 points, 10.4 rebounds and 10.6 assists.[14] For his career, Robertson had 181 triple-doubles, a record that has never been approached.[15] These numbers are even more astonishing if it is taken into account that the three-point shot did not exist when he played, which was introduced by the NBA in the 1979-80 season and benefits sharpshooting backcourt players. In 1967-68, Robertson also became the first of only two players in NBA history to lead the league in both scoring average and assists per game in the same season. The official scoring and assist titles went to other players that season, however, because the NBA based the titles on point and assist totals (not averages) prior to the 1969-70 season. For his career, Robertson shot a high .485 field goal average and led the league in free-throw percentage twice — in the 1963-64 and 1967-68 seasons.[1]

Robertson is recognized by the NBA as the first legitimate "big guard”, paving the way for other over-sized backcourt players like Magic Johnson.[2] Furthermore, he is also credited to have invented the head fake and the fadeaway jump shot, a shot which Michael Jordan later became famous for.

Answer 5

Pardon my polish, but Dirk man what the hell? I've never even heard of D.J Hubinga Binga or whatever the hell his name is. The best player is either Jordan, Bird, or Johnson (Magic).

And what are these languages you speak of?

And anyways, Dirk is one of the heck of a shooter, despite his rough time during the three-point contest.

Answer 6

You really can't answer that question because you can't compare a Center with a Point Guard. Thats like Michel Jordan and Shaq you can't compare because of the different jobs they had on the team. If you classified it as in PG, SF, PF, SG, C then maybe it would be easier but still it would be to hard. It just simply can't be done.

Answer 7

PG. Pete Maravich or John Stockton
SG. Michael Jordan
SF.Larry Bird
PF.Karl Malone
C.Hakeem Olajuwon

Answer 8

I grew up watching Jordan so naturally I say without him the Bulls were never out of games. Or you could say Marivich because he averaged 40 points a game in college and had the best dribbleing ever

Answer 9

Michael Jordan without a doubt.

Answer 10

Without question its Jordan. The mental toughness, the ability to score when you needed it, a great defender, probably would have
won 8 titles if not for the death of his father. Was pound for pound
better than Magic, Bird, Bryant, and anyone else you want to compare skill and overall killer instinct to.Those of you who did not
see him .....God bless you.