The 2021-22 NBA regular season continues, and in the games that have ended, the Suns ranked No. 1 in the Western Conference with a 48-10 record, and the Lakers with injuries only made 27 wins and 31 losses, ranking 9th among Western teams; in addition, the Warriors, who were not optimistic before the season, followed the Suns with a 42-17 record under Curry's leadership, ranking second among Western teams. At the same time, the well-known sports media The Athletic selected the list of the top ten players in the history of the NBA, of which the Lakers' home star James ranked 2nd, the former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant ranked 10th, and the top two were undoubted. Details are as follows:
Who is on the NBA's all-time top ten player list?
According to the report, a total of 15 reporters and editors from The Athletic participated in the selection. The specific rankings are: 10, Kobe Bryant (5 overall champions), 9, Duncan (5 overall championships), 8, O'Neal (4 overall championships), 7, Larry Bird (3 overall champions), 6, Chamberlain (2 overall champions), 5, Magic Johnson (5 overall championships), 4, Bill Russell (11 championships), 3, Abdul-Abdul (6 championships); 2, James (4 championships); 1, Jordan (6 overall championships).
Among them, the "God of Basketball" Jordan won 12 votes 1 and 3 votes 2, the first vote rate was as high as 80%, the first two votes were 100%; "Little Emperor" James got 3 votes 1, 8 votes 2, 3 votes 3 and 1 votes 5, 10% of the votes, the first two votes of 73.3%, the first five votes of 100%; and "Peter Pan" Kobe got 2 votes 5, 2 votes 6, 1 vote 7, 3 votes 8, 3 votes 9, 2 votes 10, 1 vote 12, 2 votes 13, The top five received 0 votes and the top 10 received 73.3% of the vote.
Why is there no doubt about the first two?
As can be seen from the above, the top two are Jordan, who has been in the NBA, and James, the number one star in the league today. So, why is there no doubt that the top two rankings are not? There are three main reasons: First, from the perspective of voting, Jordan has obtained the top two votes, in other words, 15 experts believe that Jordan belongs to the top two players in NBA history. As for James, he got 11 top two votes, which is not as good as Jordan's 100% vote, but compared to other players except Jordan, it is almost equivalent to locking in the top two in history.
Second, for a long time, Jordan has been the "ceiling" of NBA players, and only James can be compared with Jordan, which is enough to reflect the historical status of the two; third, the most important point is that in terms of influence alone, the most influential star in the last century was Jordan, and the NBA king of the post-Jordan era was none other than James. Since James entered the NBA, he has reached the NBA Finals for 8 consecutive years, and in the Finals, he has staged a 1-3 trail behind the Jedi reversal "miracle".
Finally, I would like to say that although the ranking of players is only a subjective view of the individual, when the subjective ideas of most people are consistent, it shows a certain objective fact. In fact, the players who can be selected as the top ten players in the history of the NBA are outstanding in the history of basketball, and we as fans can support it. So, what do you think of this list of the top ten in NBA history? Welcome to the interactive communication below!
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