All time favourite player

[The Dodger]

please excuse me if this thread has been done before...

I just wanted to know who everybody's all time favourite player is and why?

My Favourite player is Larry Bird.

Along side with magic Johnson, one of the best passers/playmakers/ shooters/defenders in NBA history. as the main man for the Celtics(back in the 70s-80s), had won three NBA titles and 10 Atlantic Division crowns. stayed consistent throuhgout his career, and was that confident, he would walk up to oponent's benches before games and predict 40pt performances for himself. he was also known to practise shooting three pointers with his eyes closed.

i remember one game against the pistons, not sure what year, boston was down by two points with a couple of seconds left in the game. they had the ball and called a time out. during the time out, larry bird walked up to the pistons team and basically said "forget all your strategies, i will be getting the ball and i will shoot a three and sink it to win the game".

so the players get back on the court and what happens? Bird receives the pass, takes it down the right side of the court and with two players in his face (tony dumars and dennis rodman if i recall) takes the three and sinks it off the backboard to win the game.

one of the best games ive seen in my life.

 

[Mr Saab]

Isiah Thomas.
Drafted in 81 by the Pistons, he helped turn a loser franchise into a powerhouse.
One of the, if not the best "short" guard in the history of the game and also a winner in the true sense of word.
His 25 points in the 3rd 1/4 of game 6 in the 1988 finals on a sprained ankle shows the heart of the guy.

 

[The Dodger]

Isiah Thomas.
Drafted in 81 by the Pistons, he helped turn a loser franchise into a powerhouse.
One of the, if not the best "short" guard in the history of the game and also a winner in the true sense of word.
His 25 points in the 3rd 1/4 of game 6 in the 1988 finals on a sprained ankle shows the heart of the guy.

true. isiah was a freak...

 

[Mr Saab]

right behind him is Rodman...damn he was a great player. For someone 6'8 and 220 pounds or so to lead the league in rebounding 7 staright yrs in crazy.
Sure, he didnt have the offensive responsibilities that players like Malone and Barkley had, but that shouldnt take away from his ability to avg 18 17 16 15 rebounds a game over those 7 yrs. His ability to jump up and down on the one spot and tap the ball was a skill that no other player possesed. Ignore his off field theatrics, on the court he was a winner. 5 rings is evidence of that

 

[CanadianSteve]

I loved those bad boy Pistons, especially Zeke and Dumars. But, being older, my all-time favourite player was the coolest guard around when I first started watching the NBA - Walt "Clyde" Frazier of the Knicks.

 

[McLovin]

My all time favourite player would have to be . Dead set, in their primes i would chose this the dream over shaq, wilt, the admiral, etc. He was, in my eyes, the PERFECT centre and fun to watch. Other favourites include Mitch Richmond, Glen Rice, Reggie Miller...

All hail the dream and then get some of this into ya:

http://www.nba.com/history/players/olajuwon_bio.html

 

[McLovin]

My all time favourite player would have to be Hakeem Olajuwon. Dead set, in their primes i would've chosen the dream over shaq, wilt, the admiral, etc. He was, in my eyes, the PERFECT centre and fun to watch. Other favourites include Mitch Richmond, Glen Rice, Reggie Miller...

All hail the dream and then get some of this into ya:

http://www.nba.com/history/players/olajuwon_bio.html

 

[The Dodger]

right behind him is Rodman...

best defensive player of all time in IMO

every time the pistons played the bulls (back in the 80s-90s) they always stuck rodman on jordan because he was one of the only players who could take him one on one.

 

[The Dodger]

My all time favourite player would have to be . Dead set, in their primes i would chose this the dream over shaq, wilt, the admiral, etc. He was, in my eyes, the PERFECT centre and fun to watch. Other favourites include Mitch Richmond, Glen Rice, Reggie Miller...

All hail the dream and then get some of this into ya:

http://www.nba.com/history/players/olajuwon_bio.html

i love the spaldings hakeem used to wear back when they won the championship. do you think you could still get a pair of those?

i'm gonna try and find a pic of them.

 

[The Dodger]

heres one...

i remember he also had a pair of low-cut plain spaldings. they looked like tennis shoes a bit. thats what brought my attention to them

 

[The Dodger]

thes ones as well

 

[douglasallen91]

reggie millar and ray allen

 

[Scott]

Clyde 'the glide' Drexler.

 

[supersoniceagle]

Gary Payton for me. Love the Glove

 

[edabomb]

best defensive player of all time in IMO

every time the pistons played the bulls (back in the 80s-90s) they always stuck rodman on jordan because he was one of the only players who could take him one on one.

Payton did a mean job on him in the 96 finals, but they only put him on Jordan after they'd lost the first 3 games.

My favourite players would be Payton and Sam 'Big Smooth' Perkins.

Favourite current players are Rashard Lewis and LeBron.

 

[Mr Saab]

no one could stop jordan, no one.
Not Rodman, not payton, not dumars. All they could do was quieten him somewhat...but a quiet Jordan still avgs 27/8.

 

[edabomb]

Hahaha remember Ruben Patterson being hyped up as the Kobe stopper. Funniest thing ever, especially when Kobe iced him.

 

[RHYTHM AND STEALTH]

Hakeem for me as well. Awesum base line fakes. Now a days i like Elton Brand and Q Richardson

 

[Panthers_God]

Karl "Mailman" Malone. No better Power Forward to ever play the game.

 

[J-Man]

Karl "Mailman" Malone. No better Power Forward to ever play the game.

Also owns the most ridiculous looking dunk in the game.

Ha ha

My favorite player was Latrell Sprewell, until he went nuts and choked his coach. Now it would probably be Ray Allen or Shawn Marion.