Tag: nba
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What was Kobe Bryant’s impact on basketball?
He’s definitely one of the most popular players ever – either #1 or #2 after Jordan. I think he may be even more popular than Jordan because Jordan opened up basketball globally and Kobe really peaked in the era where China was getting into basketball after Yao Ming and Kobe’s popularity skyrocketed there in the…
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What is the 4th and 5th greatest shooting guard of all time? Who are the candidates?
first of all, lets get this out of the way to those young fans out there: Jerry West is greater than D-Wade. Sorry, but it’s true. With all due respect to Wade, it’s not all about championship rings. West went to 9 Finals, carried some of those Lakers teams in the playoffs, his stats are…
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Who is the greatest NBA power forward who has never been the best power forward in that league?
Well that’s interesting I would say from my reserves of NBA history here’s what I would consider the best power forward in the NBA during each era: 1950–1955: Dolph Schayes 1955–1965: Bob Pettit 1965–1969: Jerry Lucas 1969–1980: Elvin Hayes 1980–1985: Larry Bird (yes Bird played PF during his early years) 1985–1988: Kevin McHale 1988–1993: Charles…