NBA: Favorite Basketball Player EVER
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In honor of the NBA Play-Offs, who is your favorite NBA basketball player and why?
Mine would have to be Rasheed Wallace.
Why? Because he was/is nuts and is the all-time leader in technical fouls. He also was one of those rare centers that you didn't cringe when he was shooting from the 3 point line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasheed_Wa…
Mine would have to be Rasheed Wallace.
Why? Because he was/is nuts and is the all-time leader in technical fouls. He also was one of those rare centers that you didn't cringe when he was shooting from the 3 point line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasheed_Wa…
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Honorable mention to Bill Russell, one of the few men who could frustrate Wilt Chamberlain. Again, the consummate team player.
Larry Bird
Michael Jordan
Reggie Miller
Especially Ewing, I don't remember any player with more intensity than Patrick Ewing he always left it all out on the court win or lose.
Another guy that hasn't been mentioned a school boy from the Bronx originally famous in NYC, before he turned pro, Lou Alcindor who changed his name to Kareem Abdul Jabar
1. Jordan
2. Duncan
Current favorites
1. Kawhi Leonard
2. Paul George
3. Steph Curry
Basketball is almost as boring as tennis and golf to me.
Give me pro or collage football or hockey any day of the week.
Current:
KING James (lived up to the hype and more)
Kobe was close as far as talent and effort, but didn't make his teammates that much better, like Jordan did.
Lebron is a tremendous talent, but doesn't work as hard as Jordan did on both ends of the court consistently. He also bailed on Cleveland to join the loaded Heat for the easy championship and only returned after the Cavs were loaded with talent. He'll probably leave again too.
MJ all day.
Denied at least a dozen amazing players rings. Every game his opponent knew they had to stop him and they couldn't. Threes. Dunks. Defense. Clutch. MJ has it all.
#2 Larry Legend. Hate him, but respect him.
And of course, my pistons from the early to mid 2000s. Loved Rasheed ("the ball don't lie!"), Chauncey, Richard Hamilton, and the rest. Richard Hamilton is a very nice guy, I know from experience. He would go to the WNBA games here and there to support. One time when they lost the championship in the finals, one of my sisters was balling her eyes out. Richard Hamilton was exiting the place through the tunnel like we did, and he saw my sister crying and patted her on the back reassuring her it would be OK.
Non-Detroit players... I was obsessed with Steve Nash for a while when I was 14 or so. There were several others I liked, but I could go on and on.
In current times, almost everyone from the Warriors but especially Steph, Draymond, and Klay. I also like Kevin Durant from OKC. I will add Steve Kerr to the list, he played for Jordan's Bulls and is now coaching the team that beat their record. He seems like a good guy. I wish he was my uncle. Looking at him makes me happy.
I'll add Magic to the list. He was a slut bucket, though, and paid the consequences. I like how he has used his illness as a platform to be an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness.
Obviously Jordan, as he is the GOAT. Wilt Chamberlain was another one of the greatest, and could bench more than 500 lbs.
Man, there are so many players I'm missing!
Unfortunately for them, they kept running into a bunch of guys named Cowens, Havlicek, White, Chaney, Silas and Westphal....
Yeah. I'm a Celtics fan ;-)
Nah I think they're at home actually, I just didn't feel like working.
Nina, were you just a fan of the Pistons when they were good? You should at least go to game 4 to show your support, you'll get to see your favorite player LeBron James lol. Just kidding.
No, I was a fan before, after, and during the most recent time they were really good. Then they had several coaching changes, more dumb decisions by Dumars, and eventually all the players I loved and rooted for were either gone or irrelevant. It wasn't the same team that I had cried myself to sleep over years prior.