What irritates me most when people list all time great players when they start adding Russels, Hayes, **** whom they never seen play and in a league filled with 6'8 centers that could barely jump. I am not taking nothing away from Russell or Robertson or Chamberlain, but the stats they put up would not look anything like that if they played today. I mean can you honestly see Russell stopping Olajuwon or Shaq or even Ewing. I think NBA went through a dramatic talent and physical prowess during the mid 80's, would Wilt be good today I say yes he would probably be a 15 10 guy something along the lines of Andrew Bynum.
To get back on topic I dont think Dirk is a top ten player ever, I think Dirk ranks around 15-25 just based on his insane offensive game, if he was a decent defender he could eventually be a top ten player. But as a offensive player he is maybe in top 5 ever as nobody has yet to stop him and his shot is Kareem like unstopable. Dirk on the other hand is a mediocre defender so thats why he drops to 15-25
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