Favourite player of all time thread

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Postby dada on Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:35 am

Tie between Kobe and Jordan.
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Postby Dramacydal on Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:00 am

All-time: Allen Iverson.

I love this dude, there's no other player that I like watching as much as I love watching AI. His quickness, his determination, his ballhandeling, esp. his crossover, his passion and his heart.

Currently the other player I like a lot besides Iverson is Andre Iguodala. Most probably due to the fact that he's my favorite Sixer since AI left. Plus I like his game and how he's developing.
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Postby [Q] on Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:03 am

All-time: Magic Johnson, hands down. Former die-hard Laker fan here.

90's: Gary Payton. you guys saw this one coming.

Current: Chris Paul. PG of the future.
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Postby Sauru on Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:10 am

all time fav for me is larry bird hands down. stockton is close 2nd with mj 3rd. loved david robinson also, too often overlooked.

current, paul pierce
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Postby Riot on Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:37 am

Kevin Garnett and Malik Sealy.

I was also a big fan of Terrell Brandon but he was, in short, a pussy and that damaged his image for me.
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Postby lilnate4 on Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:40 am

I like Scottie Pippen and Jermine O'Neal but now i like Hakim Warrick ,nate robinson,Zebo and LaMarcus Aldridge
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Postby cobber on Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:04 am

As for past players, it would be a close call between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Paxson.

I only got to see the end of Kareem's career, but I read tons of books about him when I was a kid. As for Paxson, I went crazy when he hit the game winning shot in the 1993 Finals against the Suns.

As for current players, I have liked KG since he entered the league. I went out and bought his jersey a few weeks after the season began. Unfortunately, they switched jerseys the next year. But luckily retro has come back in, so I can wear it around and look "cool" (albiet it is super tight on me now)
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Postby TomCat on Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:08 am

its great to see everyone writing into this thread. i wasnt expecting much popularity in this thread but it seems to have taken off!!

thanks everyone who wrote in
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Postby BigKaboom2 on Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:14 am

1. Larry Bird ---------------------\/

<--2. Dave Cowens.
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Postby Anthony15 on Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:32 am

All time: MJ, Kareem
Now: Melo, AI
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Postby Silas on Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:39 am

Kyle Korver
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Postby nets4life on Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:14 am

all time : michael jordan
current nba : vince carter, jason kidd, chris paul, dwight howard
college : brandan wright
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Postby Gator on Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:42 pm

All time: Penny, Jordan, Bird, and Magic
Current: Shawn Marion
College: Greg Oden
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Postby Gundy on Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:22 pm

David West.
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Postby Abctest123 on Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:09 pm

dirkz41 wrote:my all-time favorite is number 31 miller because of his three point shooting and stockton
because of his passing my current favorite is number 41 nowitzki :D


Dude, thats my avatar.

Anyways, on topic:

Favourite current players according to position...

PG: Jason Kidd, Steve Nash
SG: Kobe Bryant (I didn't like him much before last season, but part way through last season, before his 81-point game, I became a fan of his, his ability to score is just insane), Jason Richardson
SF: Josh Howard, Boris Diaw (come on, get back to your form from last season)
PF: Chris Bosh, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki
C: Shaquille O'Neal (what can I say, hes not what he once was, but hes just too funny and cool of a guy to not like), Yao Ming

Honourable mentions: Andrea Bargnani, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard
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Postby Axel on Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:11 pm

I like Leandro Barbosa right now. Explosive, and really fun to watch. Great characters too.

Others to come...
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Postby LakersRule24 on Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:40 pm

kobe and kobe. how simple.
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Postby iG® on Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:55 pm

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Postby arrell on Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:40 pm

Old player: Larry Bird. Man, this guy is a working class man (I think).

Current players: Quite a few here.
- Yao Ming (Not only is he Asian, he's actually a decent player these days)
- Ron Artest (Got to love a person who is so self confident of his image image, he doesn't really know how funny his moustache looks)
- Steve Nash (Looks funny, got to love a funny looking basketball player)
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Postby j.23 on Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:17 am

anyone not named MJ: grant hill, gary payton, jason kidd, steve nash, kobe bryant, scottie pippen
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Postby lilnate4 on Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:58 am

My favorite Collage players are:
C.J Giles
Aaron Brooks
Greg Oden
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Postby Joe' on Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:41 am

My favorite players of all time have to be John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Mitch Richmond and Toni Kukoc.

I loved the Bulls back in the mid/late 90's but never liked Michael Jordan so much, don't know why. I mean, I realized he was the greatest but I always preferred Pippen and Kukoc to him.
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Postby Tupik on Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:06 am

All Time : MJ of course, otherwise I really liked Hakeem Olajuwon.

Now : LBJ, but he's quite disapointing me now, so I'll say Amare, or Nowitzki.
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Postby Sauru on Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:28 am

BigKaboom2 wrote:1. Larry Bird ---------------------\/

<--2. Dave Cowens.


i find this funny as these are the only 2 players where i have something autographed by them. a bball with birds and photo with cowens
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