re: ESPN Top 74 NBA players of all time- Updated

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Agreed. If he gets hurt tomorrow and never plays again, will anyone really remember him 20 years from now

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I would say absolutely so. If AD were to get hurt with career ending stuff and retire, he would always get remembered as a "what if" type of guy. Everyone would always speculate what could have happened had he never got hurt and retired. His first 8 years put him in the elite category comparing him with other players first 8 years in the league

TMac is on this list, even though his career took a sharp nosedive after injuries derailed his career at age 29. Injuries derailed Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill's career yet they are very well remembered. People still talk about Brandon Roy even though he had maybe 3 or 4 good years. People still talk about Greg Oden, and I'm not sure he ever played a full NBA season.

There is absolutely 0 chance, if AD retired tomorrow, that he would all of a sudden be forgotten.