re: What's your all time NBA starting 5

PG - Pete Maravich
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Larry Bird
PF - Karl Malone
C - Kareem Abdul Jabbar

It’s also hilarious watching you lot leave LeBron off your lists to be edgy and because you hate him.

Magic
Steph
Bird
Giannis
Wilt

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It’s also hilarious watching you lot leave LeBron off your lists to be edgy and because you hate him.

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its mostly because he sucks in clutch time, that's not even debatable. He can score like crazy until it matters

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its mostly because he sucks in clutch time, that's not even debatable. He can score like crazy until it matters

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Know how I can tell you don’t know shite about the NBA?

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Since LeBron came into the league in 2003-04, nobody in the NBA has made more game-tying and go-ahead shots in the final 24 seconds of playoff games than LeBron, who is 7-of-16 on those shots. His 43.8 field goal percentage on those clutch shots ranks the best in the NBA since his rookie season among players with at least 10 attempts. The league average is 28.3 percent on those shots.

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He is also first all-time in playoff game winning buzzer beaters and shots made to take the lead with 30 seconds or less in the game (at 46%, highest amongst any of the greats).

PG Magic
SG Jordan
SF Bird
PF Duncan
C Shaq

Agreed. Shaq was not the best center ever, but he
Was an unstoppable freak of nature.

Steph Jordan James Duncan shaq

Wilt - easily the greatest scorer and rebounder of all time; changed the game.

Steph - easily the greatest shooter of all time; changed the game

Jordan - greatest competitor and clutch player of all time; changed the game.

LeBron - most consistent stat machine of all time; the ultimate basketball physical phenom

Bird - redefined the Triple Double (Oscar invented it); greatest clutch shooter of all time.

Lots of great arguments for Magic, Kareem, Oscar, Duncan, Shaq, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Dirk, Hakeem, Stockton, Nash, Kobe, and Mailman. Now Giannis and Jokic making their move. Time will tell.

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The NBA changed the rules to curb the dominance of prime Shaq. He was the most unguardable player to ever grace the NBA in his prime. 

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Do you even Wilt Chamberlain bro? Talk about rules that got changed bc of someone's dominance, here's just a few of many...

In 1964, trying to stop Chamberlain, the NBA widened the lane area from 12 feet to 16.

During his time at the University of Kansas, teammates were throwing alley-oop passes over the top of the backboard from behind it so Wilt could make dunks. The NCAA changed this rule, too, after watching the big advantage Wilt had.

One of the most incredible stories about Chamberlain is how he shot free throws. He made the shot, jumped from behind the free-throw line and slam the ball through the basket before his feet touched the ground. He didn't touch any part of the lane area while the ball went through the rim, so that wasn't a violation. That created another rule that says, "players cannot cross the plane of the free-throw line, even if your feet are not touching the ground, until the ball hits the rim or passes through the basket."

Oh and he still holds the record for rebounds in a game and before you say it was against a 6'2 nobody, it was against Bill fricking Russell and he had 55 boards. He led the league in assists one year and oh yea, dude had 100 points in a game. Shaq was dominant, Wilt was completely unstoppable.