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Top 5 players in each decade of basketball (ABA included), agree?

60s:

1. Wilt Chamberlain

2. Oscar Robertson

3. Bill Russell

4. Jerry West

5. Elgin Baylor

70s:

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2. Julius Erving

3. Moses Malone

4. Walt Frazier

5. Earl Monroe

80s:

1. Larry Bird

2. Magic Johnson

3. Michael Jordan

4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

5. Hakeem Olajuwon

90s:

1. Michael Jordan

2. Hakeem Olajuwon

3. Shaquille O'Neal

4. Karl Malone

5. David Robinson

2,000-2,009:

1. Kobe Bryant

2. Tim Duncan

3. LeBron James

4. Dwyane Wade

5. Shaquille O'Neal (was not dominant for the whole decade of the 2,000s)

2,011-present:

1. LeBron James

2. Kevin Durant

3. Kobe Bryant

4. Dwyane Wade

5. Derrick Rose

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    not bad!

    John Havlicek needs to be on a list. He is a tough one cause he was great in the 60' and 70's.

    I would put him #2 in the 70's! and bump the pearl.

    80's are pretty good but I would put Jordan 5th behind Kareem and Hakeem. Kareem won finals MVP in 85 and Hakeem went to the finals in 86.

    I would put Time Duncan ahead of Kobe, but it is close.

    And you got it right, Bird ahead of Magic!

  • gastel
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    i'm have 4 out of 5 in diverse order a million. Michael Jordon 2. Magic Johnson 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Wilt Chamberlain (each and each and every of the stuff he did changed into in the previous 3 seconds and objective tending) 5. Hakeem Olajuwan

  • 2000-2009 a few players should be on that list

    Paul pierce

    Ray Allen

    KG

    Steve Nash

    Dirk

    Stat

    VC

    All those players in the early 2000s were perinal all stars

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    LOL Lebron James better than Kobe? 5 rings without 3 superstar playsers. All he had was Shaq. Rest average players. (thats was before he had 4 or more rings)

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  • Max
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    paul pierce somehwere in the 2000 list and dwight howard instead of dwayne wade in the 2010

  • 8 years ago

    Good list Magic ahead of Bird though

  • 8 years ago

    90s Malone is better than 90s Shaq considering Malone dominated the ENTIRE decade and lead his team to the finals twice.

  • 8 years ago

    Magic ahead of Bird. Overall your list is almost perfect

  • Hmm..i agree but the last list is arguable

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I dont agree with jordan because he would be anything without pippen

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