Tortimer

Top 5 Blazers of all time:

Bill Walton
Clyde Drexler
Maurice Lucas
Terry Porter
Jerome Kersey

Entity

Some of the more historically successful franchises

For the Celtics

PG Bob Cousy
SG John Havlicek
SF Larry Bird
PF Dave Cowens
C Bill Russell

For the Lakers

PG Magic Johnson
SG Jerry West
SF Kobe Bryant (I know, SG, but he could play the 3)
PF Elgin Baylor
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (for being a Laker for so long, not necessarily because he was the best one)

For the Bulls

PG Norm Van Lier
SG Michael Jordan
SF Scottie Pippen
PF Bob Love
C Artis Gilmore

For the Spurs

PG Tony Parker
SG Manu Ginobili
SF George Gervin
PF Tim Duncan
C David Robinson

For the Pistons

PG Isiah Thomas
SG Joe Dumars
SF Grant Hill
PF Rasheed Wallace
C Bob Lanier

For the Sixers

PG Allen Iverson
SG Hal Greer
SF Julius Erving
PF Charles Barkley
C Dolph Schayes (he'd be short for a center these days)

For the Warriors

PG Tim Hardaway
SG Paul Arizin
SF Rick Berry
PF Nate Thurmond
C Wilt Chamberlain

For the Knicks

PG Walt Frazier
SG Earl Monroe
SF Bill Bradley
PF Willis Reed
C Patrick Ewing

For the Rockets

PG Steve Francis (when he was decent)
SG Tracy McGrady
SF Rudy Tomjanovich
PF Elvin Hayes
C Hakeem Olajuwon

For the Blazers

PG Terry Porter
SG Clyde Drexler
SF Rasheed Wallace (played some SF for them)
PF Maurice Lucas
C Bill Walton

For the Bucks

PG Sam Cassell
SG Ray Allen
SF Bob Dandridge
PF Glenn Robinson
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

For the Sonics

PG Gary Payton
SG Ray Allen
SF Rashard Lewis
PF Shawn Kemp
C Jack Sikma

For the Wizards

PG Gilbert Arenas
SG Earl Monroe
SF Wes Unseld (more of a big, but short)
PF Elvin Hayes
C Walt Bellamy

For the Suns

PG Steve Nash
SG Kevin Johnson (PG, but can you imagine that back court?)
SF Walter Davis
PF Shawn Marion
C Amare Stoudemire

For the Jazz

PG John Stockton
SG Pete Maravich
SF Adrian Dantley
PF Karl Malone
C Mark Eaton

luther

Entity, really, Marion over Charles Barkley for your Suns team?

Entity

Yeah, I guess Barkley would be a better pick. I overlooked him because Shawn Marion was a good player that played for Phoenix for a much longer period of time. But it's really about who the fans identify with the most, and Barkley was a lot more popular.

Vivaldi

Heat

1-Wade
2-Shaq
3-Mourning
4-Rice
5-Hardaway

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luther

I don't think it has to be about with whom fans identify, you can define "top" however you want. But for the time he was there, Barkley was an MVP caliber player, whereas Marion was a really good player (over a longer span). If "top" means "best," well, it just seems hard to argue Marion was better than Barkley as a Sun.