Who are your all time favorite basketball players?

I'm more interested in NBA players overall rather then your home town/favorite teams. I want to know the guys you like who weren't on your favorite team. So if you want, give me a list of your favorite hometown guys too, but i'm more interested in your non-hometown favorites.

A few of my favorites over the years:

Allen Iverson
Kobe Bryant (used to absolutely hate him, but I like him a lot now)
Rajon Rondo
Michael Jordan (of course)
Dominique Wilkins
Chris Paul
Alonzo Mourning
Joe Dumars
Sean Elliott

Some of my favorite hometown guys:

Brandon Roy
Clyde Drexler
Cliff Robinson
Robert Pack
Jerome "Xavier McDaniels is my bitch" Kersey
Damian Lillard

What? No love for the Glove?

sutz":vg9jpzy3 said:

What? No love for the Glove?

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Actually, I thought I had him on my list. But for me he's more of a "home town" pick, as I loved him when he was at Oregon State before he became a Sonic.

Outside of Seattle... Imma have some blasphemy in here, so sorry to my fellow Seattle fans

Hakeem Olajuwon
Reggie Miller
Penny Hardaway
Kevin Garnett
Charles Barkley
Chris Webber
Dikembe Mutombo
Allen Iverson
Mugsy Bogues
Larry Johnson
Scottie Pippen
Mitch Richmond
LeBron James
Dwayne Wade
Chris Paul
Rajon Rondo
Danny Granger
Paul George
Serge Ibaka
Brandon Roy
Rudy Gay
Marc Gasol
DeMar Derozan

Sonics players:

Gary Payton
Shawn Kemp
Detlef Schrempf
Antonio Daniels
Rashard Lewis
Ray Allen
Reggie Evans

Throwdown":110aticx said:

Outside of Seattle... Imma have some blasphemy in here, so sorry to my fellow Seattle fans

Hakeem Olajuwon
Reggie Miller
Penny Hardaway
Kevin Garnett
Charles Barkley
Chris Webber
Dikembe Mutombo
Allen Iverson
Mugsy Bogues
Larry Johnson
Scottie Pippen
Mitch Richmond
LeBron James
Dwayne Wade
Chris Paul
Rajon Rondo
Danny Granger
Paul George
Serge Ibaka
Brandon Roy
Rudy Gay
Marc Gasol
DeMar Derozan

Sonics players:

Gary Payton
Shawn Kemp
Detlef Schrempf
Antonio Daniels
Rashard Lewis
Ray Allen
Reggie Evans

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Reggie Miller is a tough one for me. I liked him a lot as a player, but he's so bad as an announcer it makes me forget that I ever liked him. Good call on Hakeem Olajuwon. I forget about that dude sometimes, but he was always entertaining to watch.

Seeing Brandon Roy and Penny Hardaway's names together makes me sad. They both could have been Hall of Famers.

JORDAN.

Of course I grew up a Sonics fan so it was McMillan, Kemp, & Payton.

Shaq, Anfernee, Magic and Kobe. I've been a closet Lakers fan for years.

SonicHawk":1tdegbnw said:

JORDAN.

Of course I grew up a Sonics fan so it was McMillan, Kemp, & Payton.

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And don't forget Downtown Freddy Brown.

:les:

Oscar Robinson
Willis Reed
Dr J
Wilt Chamberlin
Jerry West
Earl Monroe
Walt Frazier
Gail Goodrich
Elgin Baylor
Bob McAdoo
Bobby Dandridge
David Thompson
Pete Marovich
Bob Lanier
Magic Johnson
Michael Cooper
Walt Hazzard
Clyde Drexler
George Girven

Sonics

Freddy Brown
Slick Watts
Spencer Heywood
Dennis Johnson
Gary Payton
Lonnie Shelton
Micheal Cage
Xavier McDaniel
Leonard Gray
Gary Payton
Shaun Kemp
Gus Williams
Nate McMillan

This is my favorite basketball team.


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Jimmy Chitwood

Tech Worlds":229j7o14 said:

Jimmy Chitwood

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+1, and Ollie

Arvydas Sabonis
Maurice Lucas
Rod Strickland
Dennis Johnson
Adrian Dantley
Buck Williams
Jerome Kersey
David Robinson
Charles Barkley
Brian Grant
Joe Dumars
Bill Laimbeer
Darryl Dawkins
Moses Malone
Larry Bird

All my favorite players are former Sonics: Xavier McDaniel, Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Detlef Schrempf, Sam Perkins, Hersey Hawkins, Luke Ridnour, Danny Fortson, Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, Kevin Durant.

Besides that, I am a fan of David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dominique Wilkins, and James Harden off the top of my head.

Ray Allen, Lebron James, and Andrew Wiggins is on the come up.

Byron Scott
Lionel Hollins
Maurice Lucas
Clyde Drexler
Kersey
Eddie Johnson
GP
James Worthy
Bill Lambier

Cant believe I forgot Big Smooth, who looked stoned every time he took the court but was money behind the arc and at the line.

Former players: olajuwon, magic, penny, drexler, Webber, shaq, Tim hardaway, Mitch ritchmond, john Stockton, Reggie miller, Allen Iverson, Steve Francis, Dominique Wilkins, David Robinson

Current players: D Rose, Steph Curry, CP3, Kevin Durant (obviously don't watch much anymore)

Hometown players: GP of course, Hersey Hawkins (had his filas), Schrempf, Kemp, Perkins, Dale Ellis, Nick Collison, Luke Ridnour, Ray Allen

Wilt, Magic, Walton, Jerry West, The Glove, Sikma, Kareem, Stockton (home town HOFer!)
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If I had one player ever to start a team it would be Magic, not Mike. I think he did more to make those around him better than anyone ever.

Lots of Hakeem The Dream love, I likes! I also forgot to add Patrick Ewing to my list.

Kemp, Payton, Nate Mac, Lonnie Shelton, Jack Sikma, Fred Brown, Johnnie Johnson, David Thompson, Moses Malone, Karl Malone, Thurl Bailey, Dave Rose (nobody knows him, but he was the starting point guard on Phi Slamma Jamma, a close family friend, and is now the coach at BYU), Hank Gathers, Bo Kimble, X-Man, Dale Ellis, Detlef, John Stockton, James Donaldson, Dennis Johnson

Most hated:

Paul Westphal. Nobody else even comes close.