forgot Thunder Dan, yep, dude was a legit threat...
Michael Jordan too, people seem to forget how good a clutch perimeter shooter MJ is, some of his most famous shots came from the perimeter during crunch time, like against Craig Ehlo and Bryon Russel to name a few...
Steve Smith, John Paxson, Steve Kerr, Peja Stojakovic, Wesley Persons, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd, and J.R. Smith to name a few...
also, in terms of prototype PF's (Kemp, Webber, Rodman, Barkley), Karl Malone had decent perimeter skills...
Last edited by draxx_tOfU on Dec 14th, 2009 at 06:39 AM
Offensively there can be some debate here, however Michael Jordan takes the #1 spot.
Being someone whom was old enough to watch Jordan through out most of his entire career, especially during his Prime Years, Jordan is w/out question the best to step on the floor. He has a Monster First Step, excellent knowledge of choosing when to shoot, unstoppable at scoring inside the paint, and a arguably the best fade away jumper of all time (Sorry Big-O!).
MJ hands down, because unlike Wilt who had benefits of being the tallest guy at his time and not only that, but the rules, he could score almost effortlessly. However MJ played during the most defensive oriented era (80's and especially the 90's were NBA Defense was at it's absolute peak).
The "early" MJ didn't have a strong of a long range game, however from Prime MJ to twilight MJ, his jumper was absolutely ridiculous, and his fade away could not be guarded. You take into his account, he could get into the paint and score at will, at will, up against some of the greatest Defensive Teams of all time (1986 Celtics, Bad Boys, 1992 Knicks <--- Say what you want, but they were a Monster Defensive Team that Year, and they perfect imo the Bad Boys Def. Concept due to their larger statures and just as aggressive notion, only problem they don't get recognized is because they HAD to deal with a Prime MJ w/ a fully bloomed Bulls Team).
MJ easily takes it, and I need to say this about the person earlier stating Kobe>Bird for scoring. Problem is, Bird didn't need to do it 24/7 because his team was so good and stacked, however there are two very different aspects here. Kobe in comparison to Bird has a much better inside game to the paint, however that's where Kobe beats Bird only. Bird on the other hand shoots better almost everywhere else.
However, MJ takes it, how does he not? He has no huge weakness at all, plus he could not be consistently guarded (guarding MJ to 30 pts would have been a GOOD day to any defender) and he could kill you anywhere on the floor when it came to scoring. He was the best offensive player in my mind.
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