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Re: Most Important Players Ever
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Originally Posted by Avalanche
Wilt is definately up there, he incorperated a lot of different plays/styles into the game to the point where they started changing the rules just to contain him.
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I guess it's silly of me to leave Wilt off the list. But if I were ranking them I'd probably put him below everyone I mentioned except for Garnett. There's no question that his entry into the league, and his dominance of league play for many years, was unparalleled. I'm just not sure he had as big an impact on the rules as Mikan, or on marketing as Jordan, Bird or Magic, or on style of play as Russell or Erving. But feel free to tell me I'm crazy.
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Favorite players: Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, Bill Russell, Alex English, Kiki Vandeweghe, Sidney Moncrief, Lafayette Lever, Dan Issel, Bobby Jones, Julius Erving, Rick Barry, John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West...and Brooks Thompson
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