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Simar Chhabra asked in SportsBasketball · 1 decade ago

who's the second best nba player in history?

we all now who is the best but who's second

Update:

whaa what the why are people sayin greg oden? michael jordan is the best but who's second? is this a joke

Update 2:

its not favorite its best READ

Update 3:

its not favorite its best READ

Update 4:

not nba draft bust second best PLAYER only two people got that

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  • 1 decade ago
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    i believe that ya the best is jordan, but 2nd belongs to either magic, bird, or wilt, or russell. this is how i am going to break it down.

    magic johnson: career stats- 19.5 points 7.2 reb 11.2 assists awards: 5x champion 3x mvp 12x all star

    larry bird: career stats- 24.3 points 10 reb 6.3 assists awards: 3x champion 3x mvp 12x all star

    wilt chamberlain: career stats- 30.1 points 22.9 reb 4.4 assists awards: 2x champion 4x mvp 100 points in 1 game

    bill russell: career stats-15.1 points 22.5 reb 4.3 assists awards: 11x champion 5x mvp 12x all star best defensive player ever

    ok so after this i've narrowed it down to two players magic johnson and wilt chamberlain. magic earns a spot in top 3 because of 5 rings and 3 mvps which is awesome also 11 assists is a whole lot. wilt only has 2 rings and 4 mvps but he scored more per game on average than anyone except jordan whom hes tied with.

    so now here is a deep analysis on each.

    magic: RECORDS: Holds career record for highest assists-per-game average—11.2. ... Shares career record for most consecutive seasons leading league in steals—2.

    HONORS: NBA Most Valuable Player (1986-87, 1988-89, 1989-90). ... IBM Award, for all-around contributions to team’s success (1983-84). ... All-NBA First Team (1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91). ... All-NBA Second Team (1981-82). ... NBA All-Rookie Team (1979-80). ... J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1991-92).

    NOTES: Led NBA with 3.43 steals per game (1980-81) and 2.67 steals per game (1981-82).

    wilt:

    Honors: Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1978); NBA champion (1967, '72); NBA Finals MVP (1972); NBA MVP (1960, '66, '67, '68); All-NBA First Team (1960, '61, '62, '64, '66, '67, '68); Second Team ('63, '65, '72); All-Defensive First Team (1972, '73); Rookie of Year (1960); One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).

    my final choice is Earvin magic johnson because nobody was a point guard as good as him, simply no one. plus the only reason wilt score that much was because there was no 3 second violation back then so he would use his height advantage to score from close every time. on his career magic averaged close to a triple double!

  • sernas
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Whos The Best Nba Player

  • 1 decade ago

    This is a funny question. Best player in NBA history is such debatable subject; thus, until at least over 90% of NBA fans (including sports writers announcers, etc) agree upon and chose the one-and-only best player in NBA history, all the great players ever played the game would be only 2nd, humbly and politely.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Depends. People can go 2 ways with this. Michael is first. Next could be either Magic or Kareem. One of those 2. That's just my opinion.

  • jeff
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    i would say magic johnson a very close second to wilt chamberlain is that who you were talking about when you said we all know who is #1.

    #1 wilt the best there ever was

    #2 magic the best i ever saw

    #3 jordan

    but to be truthful with these 3 its like 1 1a and 1b

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Michael Jordan

  • 1 decade ago

    Michael Jordan

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