re: Best NBA player who was never the best player on an NBA team

Posted by VADawg

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 11:38 am to ReauxlTide222

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Props to Malone though.

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He impregnated a 13 year old child

Posted by FightinTigersDammit

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 11:40 am to VADawg

Bobby Dandridge

Posted by LUS Tiger in FL

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 11:51 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican

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Pippen was an incredible defensive player (as was MJ) and I think they held Kukoc scoreless in his first scrimmage to welcome him the the Bulls.

IIRC, they even made Daly let them guard Kucok in the Olympics too.

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Posted by TxWadingFool

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 12:27 pm to LUS Tiger in FL

Manu F'n Ginobili

Posted by someLSUdoosh

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 12:32 pm to TxWadingFool

Could easily throw Jamal Crawford into this conversation

Posted by Buckeye06

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 12:37 pm to LUS Tiger in FL

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Pippen was an incredible defensive player (as was MJ) and I think they held Kukoc scoreless in his first scrimmage to welcome him the the Bulls.

IIRC, they even made Daly let them guard Kucok in the Olympics too.

Yea the stores may be getting crossed up (although maybe it happened with the bulls too) but Pippen shut his A down in the olympics

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"I wanted the whole world to see us go face to face," Pippen said. "I would have ordered [Krause] a big-screen TV."

"I was anxious before the game," Pippen said. "I wanted to shut him down and embarrass him. I can't put Krause out on the court. I shook [Kukoc's] hand before and after the game. There's no bad blood between us."

No? So what did Pippen prove?

"Now I guess [the Bulls] see he's not ready for NBA competition."

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As to the OP question, you can argue most of those you listed were the best player on the team. My immediate thought was "who was the 2nd best player on the late 90s early 00s kings teams'. Mike Bibby

I don't know of a time where he was clearly the best player anywhere.

This post was edited on 2/10/20 at 12:41 pm

Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 12:40 pm to Buckeye06

Iverson

Posted by QuackAttack716

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 12:58 pm to xiv

Probably James Worthy.

Posted by QuackAttack716

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:00 pm to Amadeo

Jerry was the best player on those later Lakers teams, and he was regarded as such. Hell, he won the first Finals MVP in 1969 even though his team lost.

Posted by QuackAttack716

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:03 pm to Mr Perfect

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Has to be this. I thought Worthy but he was the best player on the 1992 Lakers after Magic retired.

Posted by RogerTempleton

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:04 pm to xiv

Manu

Posted by Upperdecker

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:26 pm to xiv

Kevin Durant

Beta Bitch

Posted by I Bleed Garnet

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:29 pm to ell_13

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Iverson

lol what?

Posted by BoardReader

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:40 pm to I Bleed Garnet

Karl Malone.

I'll give Scotty one year, over 'Sheed in Portland. Its a coin flip, to be fair, but veteran leadership.

West doesn't count-- in '65-66, he was *clearly* better than Elgin. He was also better than Elgin or Wilt in '69-'70, as both were limited (Elgin 54 games, Wilt 12).

Posted by Deathbat10

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Posted on 2/10/20 at 2:04 pm to xiv

Manu Ginobili maybe?