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Originally Posted by Nikos
If you could assign a rating to these players 1-10, what would they be?
(In increments of .1, like 9.5, 9.7 etc…). Lets say Michael Jordan is a perfect 10, and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are 9.8, and Scottie Pippen is a 9.5.
Shaquille O’Neal
Hakeem Olajuwon
David Robinson
Tim Duncan
Karl Malone
Charles Barkley
Patrick Ewing
(Sorry for the long thread, but I want to see how heavily some people weigh matchups and playoff success vs. regular season production and the objective evaluation of a player.)
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Interesting thread but your ranking of Pippen at 9.5 doesn't leave much room for separation. I will still go by your 1-10 rule by disregard your rankings.
At their absolute primes:
Get these out of the way...
Jordan 9.8
Magic 9.75
Bird 9.75
Pippen 8.9 Just to compare KG is around 9.1 for me.
Shaq 9.7 - Absolutely dominant on offense during his peak. Underrated on defense. Look at his Finals stats. For me postseason stats mean more than regular season because really great players step up their games. If he cared to stay in shape like in 99-00 he would probably be 9.8 or even 9.85.
Hakeem 9.65 - Defensive beast. Not as offensively dominant as Shaq but
check his postseason numbers. During his peak, he dominated one of the greatest defenders of all-time in Robinson during his Robinson's MVP year. Although he has no scoring titles he was arguably the most offensively skilled center of his era with his dreamshake, midrange jumper, and underrated passing. Could also take an opponent of the dribble.
Robinson 9.5 - Since many people like to quote PER for production efficiency. His PER numbers don't lie. In terms of production you can
even argue he was better than Hakeem at least in the regular season but PER doesn't tell the whole story. Hakeem vs. Robinson in 95' was as one sided as you can get and he has 0 rings without Duncan. Regular season he was close to Hakeem but postseason is where the separation is really evident.
Duncan 9.35 - Duncan's greatest value is what he brings to his team rather
than his individual stats but 24-12 on a slower pace team is terrific. He also competes in arguably the strongest PF era.
Malone 9.5 - Depends what part of his career you consider his prime. With the above four their peaks are pretty much clear. Malone in his prime was a 6'9 Shaq. Unstoppable in the paint and incredible during the run. He was basically a better version of Amare in 05' with more offensive skills and defense.
Barkley 9.2 - People would take Pippen over Barkley? Barkley was an anomaly for his position. Only player other than Bird to get 25-10-5 in a season since the 80s I believe. Pippen would never have a game 7 against the Sonics like Barkley did.
Ewing 9.3 - Underrated defensively during his peak. Offensively he developed an unstoppable jumper.