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**GrandKenyon6** · 12-28-2012, 01:09 PM

I guess KJ for now, but if Melo keeps up this level of play for another two years or so it will easily be him.

#8 will obviously be Kobe. It will be interesting to see if Kobe will best be remembered as #8 or #24. I think at #24 I'd go with both Moses and Barry over him.

e-monk · 12-28-2012, 01:28 PM

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Never watched him play, but looking at his stats, they're tops when he changed from 10 to 1.

his two highest scoring seasons (71-72 & 72-73) were as a King wearing #10 - the season he lead the league in scoring and assists he wore #10

**E.H. Munro** · 12-28-2012, 01:52 PM

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Pistol seems like the obvious choice, but I don't know. I think he had a very over-rated NBA career. He only wore #7 with the Jazz and he never once made the playoffs with that team. He might be a better choice for #44.

Normally I would say the opposite. He did what he did before the NBA finally gave in on the three point shot. If they'd given the Pistol the trey he would have been a video game cheat code.

**Jace** · 12-28-2012, 10:09 PM

Was a toss up between KJ and Pete for me, but I went with Johnson only because I got to watch him and don't know much about the Pistol beyond his flashy highlights.

Najee · 12-29-2012, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GrandKenyon6

Pistol seems like the obvious choice, but I don't know. I think he had a very over-rated NBA career. He only wore #7 with the Jazz and he never once made the playoffs with that team. He might be a better choice for #44.

The No. 7 battle will be Pete Maravich's best chance of winning, because Jerry West and George Gervin wore No. 44.

I'll go with Kevin Johnson on this one. Maravich wore No. 7 for only five years and into his third season wearing the number (1977-78) his injuries started derailing his career.

While he was a singularly exciting player to watch, Maravich's style of play never translated into impacting his team's fate because he played like a guy who learned the concept of basketball in a vacuum. He and his father Press were the successful version of Marinovich family experiment -- the mad scientist father consumed with making his son a sports prodigy that they forget to take into account that it is a team sport.

**RollWithEm** · 12-29-2012, 08:22 PM

This has become deadlocked. I kind of regret voting for the Pistol. I honestly didn't realize how little of his career he spent wearing the number 7.

e-monk · 12-29-2012, 08:47 PM

I always kind of thought of the Pistol as a great college player but not much more than a Jason Williams as a pro (which btw white chocolate was electric for 2 or 3 seasons when he first came out doing incredible espn top ten plays every night but never really amounting to too much else and I never feared the Kings until they got Bibby because you could always count on white chocolate to pull up and launch a wtf 30 footer at exactly the worst possible time)

**RollWithEm** · 12-29-2012, 08:50 PM

Jason Williams was a much better players as he got older. Hubie Brown really taught him how to play NBA basketball when they were together in Memphis. That being said, Maravich was a 5-time all-star and 2-time first team all-nba guy. White Chocolate was never in that class.

**Basel** · 12-29-2012, 09:08 PM

KJ is winning right now given Najee's vote (though he didn't vote in the actual poll).

e-monk · 12-29-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RollWithEm

Jason Williams was a much better players as he got older. Hubie Brown really taught him how to play NBA basketball when they were together in Memphis. That being said, Maravich was a 5-time all-star and 2-time first team all-nba guy. White Chocolate was never in that class.

he was just a show off

**RollWithEm** · 12-29-2012, 10:16 PM

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he was just a show off

I'm telling you, J-Will grew to be much more than that as his career progressed.

**Jace** · 12-29-2012, 10:55 PM

He was very much loved his first season in Miami. Started off tentative, but when he relaxed he became a great sidekick to Wade offensively. Beyond the championship year it was all injuries and "out of rhythm" games.

Dee-Zy · 12-30-2012, 01:25 PM

****, brain fart. I voted Melo but should of voted Pistol Pete... anybody knows how I can change my vote?

e-monk · 12-30-2012, 02:25 PM

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I'm telling you, J-Will grew to be much more than that as his career progressed.

but that's when I loved to watch him - he grew to be a stable competent PG but blah and boring

**Diable** · 12-30-2012, 02:30 PM

White Chocolate was a lot of fun to watch, so long as you weren't rooting for his team. it's not as fun when you mostly want to win.

View Poll Results: Best Player To Wear #7?
Kevin Johnson	12	44.44%
Toni Kukoc	1	3.70%
Rashard Lewis	0	0%
Pete Maravich	9	33.33%
Jermaine O'Neal	0	0%
Lamar Odom	0	0%
Brandon Roy	0	0%
Kelly Tripucka	0	0%
Carmelo Anthony	5	18.52%
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Jace X V I Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami/Raleigh Age: 27 Posts: 16,095 Rep Power: 2677068	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? Was a toss up between KJ and Pete for me, but I went with Johnson only because I got to watch him and don't know much about the Pistol beyond his flashy highlights. __________________ Jace's soundcloud

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RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 28,326 Rep Power: 6035755	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? This has become deadlocked. I kind of regret voting for the Pistol. I honestly didn't realize how little of his career he spent wearing the number 7. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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e-monk All-Star Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,673 Rep Power: 3274359	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? I always kind of thought of the Pistol as a great college player but not much more than a Jason Williams as a pro (which btw white chocolate was electric for 2 or 3 seasons when he first came out doing incredible espn top ten plays every night but never really amounting to too much else and I never feared the Kings until they got Bibby because you could always count on white chocolate to pull up and launch a wtf 30 footer at exactly the worst possible time)

12-29-2012, 08:50 PM	#23 (permalink)
RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 28,326 Rep Power: 6035755	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? Jason Williams was a much better players as he got older. Hubie Brown really taught him how to play NBA basketball when they were together in Memphis. That being said, Maravich was a 5-time all-star and 2-time first team all-nba guy. White Chocolate was never in that class. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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Basel Legen-wait for it-dary! Legendary! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Age: 27 Posts: 68,531 Rep Power: 21474913	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? KJ is winning right now given Najee's vote (though he didn't vote in the actual poll). __________________ Best there is, best there was, best there ever will be.

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Jace X V I Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Miami/Raleigh Age: 27 Posts: 16,095 Rep Power: 2677068	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? He was very much loved his first season in Miami. Started off tentative, but when he relaxed he became a great sidekick to Wade offensively. Beyond the championship year it was all injuries and "out of rhythm" games. __________________ Jace's soundcloud

12-30-2012, 01:25 PM	#28 (permalink)
Dee-Zy Legend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: mtl Posts: 11,094 Rep Power: 5792515	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? ****, brain fart. I voted Melo but should of voted Pistol Pete... anybody knows how I can change my vote? __________________ Social Media Marketing - NBA Players on Twitter Champions.

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Diable Limehouse Blues Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,163 Rep Power: 14650805	Re: Best Player to Wear #7? White Chocolate was a lot of fun to watch, so long as you weren't rooting for his team. it's not as fun when you mostly want to win. __________________

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