@HeWhoSavedBall I do think he could earn a spot in the top 500, and I know I want to explain to 550 so there should be room. He’s been huge in these conference finals
The what-if is more complex than just his surgery, he signed with Orlando alongside Grant Hill who never played. He wasted his best years on a Magic team allocating 25% of its cap space on a hurt player. Because he carried such an immense offensive load in Orlando his body starts to break down by age 26
Top 10 centers ever, Jokic’s playoff meltdown has me feeling pretty good about holding off on bumping him up the list.
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Bill Russell
3. Tim Duncan*
4. Shaquille O’Neal
5. Wilt Chamberlain
6. Hakeem Olajuwon
7. Nikola Jokic
8. George Mikan
9. Moses Malone
10. David Robinson
*If Duncan is a PF then Ewing would be next up
every game in the nba is between two frauds. if you lose, your fraudulence is proven. if you win, you’ve won against a fraud, and have thus proven nothing.
By my all time rankings, the best players never to make an all star game:
1. CJ McCollum
2. Jason Terry
3. Ron Harper
4. Mike Bibby
5. Byron Scott
6. Richard Jefferson
7. Andre Miller
8. Cedric Maxwell
9. Jerome Kersey
10. Lamar Odom