Becoming the best NBA Player.
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First of all, you need the talent and the body. If you don't have that, you're almost screwed. Next comes the work ethic. If you have time, go practice dribble moves, shots (not just jump shots, but catch and shoot too), cuts, etc (all the fundamentals for basketball). If you don't have the time, find time. Then play against people who are better than you. Ask them for help too.
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1\nwhen it comes to numbers (scoring and rebounding) chamberlain is king. when it comes to being all-around, oscar robertson is at the top, even averaging a triple double for one season. \nstill, most people including me consider jordan the greatest of them all because he was a combination of talent, skill, desire, success, fortitude and timing. \ntalent and skill-scoring title, mvp trophies, all-star status, defensive player of the year.\ndesire-competitive streak, the willpower to tilt the game outcome to his team's side. takes every game seriously. \nsuccess-three-peat not accomplished by modern greats bird, magic, hakeem. doing it twice just stresses the point. \ntiming-storybook career: jumpshot to win an ncaa title. being beaten by everyone before finally succeeding after a 7 year struggle. \n\n2\ngiven time, some of the new stars today will almost reach the pinnacle of jordan's popularity and success. but IMO, no one will. he was everything at once. kobe will always lack the charisma. iverson will never be a three-peat winner nor become a defensive player of the year. lebron does not have the killer instinct and will YET. sorry, but carmelo is just not on the same league as kobe, james and wade. \n\n3\nyes, he would have won with another set of players. if his sidekick was not pippen, then he would have had another super partner. people will compensates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 \n\nif he did not have grant, then he had rodman. if he did not have paxson, he had kerr and kukoc. he and whoever his teammates then would learn how to compensate.
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This is looking ahead into the future of the league. Some players are still in college while Greg Oden is still in high school but he will be in the league and make a big impact in the last two or three years in this decade.\nPoint Guards-\nSteve Nash- 2 MVPs\nKirk Hinrich- up and coming point guard with an up and coming team\nChauncy Billups- Finals MVP\nShooting Guards-\nDwyane Wade- of course\nKobe Bryant- no brainer\nAdam Morrison- he will be the number one pick in 2006, he is on the US national team already\nSmall Forwards-\nLeBron James- All-around amazing talent\nDirk Nowitzski- Great shooter, great playoff run this year\nKevin Garnett- you can't ignore his good all-around stats\nPower Forwards-\nChris Bosh- this guy is great... to bad he is in Toronto\nTim Duncan- MVPs\nAmare Stoudamire- young great player\nCenters-\nShaquille O'Neal- 3 maybe 4 titles\nYao Ming- He's played great for the Rockets.. when T-mac comes back they will be a playoff team\nGreg Oden- just a high schooler.. but he is an amazing player at a position that doesn't have alot of good players.
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Your main goal when you play is to win the NBA Championship, so unfortunately players feel that they can keep changing teams until they are on one that can win. Thats why you must have more respect for players like Shaq who will go anywhere and still win
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i think he should have won  the dunk competition yes he is good. he should get alot of respect because i think hes a pretty good player.
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Never. They could never win the NBA title this decade becuase the oganization is constantly briging in unproven young players and getting rid of veteran ones. They need to give the guys they have time to grow and get better together. Look at the Detroit Pistons, they may not have the best player but they do have the best overall team. They got time to get better together and now look they have the best record in the East.
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Magic Johnson, Micheal Jordan, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain
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Yeah besides Jordan LeBron is the best player of all time.
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Being able to do a bit of everything: awesome shooter, not necessaarily a scorer, but able to hit shots with a high percentage; excellent passing skills like stockton to malone; being able to move and play without the ball; frustrating my opponent on defense (bruce bowen style, only without kicking ray allen); being able to pull down the boards, especially on the offensive glass; and being able to come through in clutch situations and not choke; and finally making all my teamates better, because that is what a TRUE basketball player is all about!
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"Just remember that the best player is not the most skilled but one who makes the rest of the team better."\n\n\n\nSo basically teach the other players, trust them and let them make the plays. For example Steve Nash is the MVP but I think everyone will agree with me when I say that he is not the most skilled player in the NBA, I have yet to see him dunk, but hes the MVP mainly because he has the most ASSISTS with a high percentage from the field and puts up high numbers every game (not as high as Kobe, Lebron or Iverson). So basically teach the other players to make them better (and you may learn something as well), trust them and let them make the plays.\n\n\n\nIf you notice the Lakers are trying to make Kobe follow that quote. I think that most people see him as a ball hog and his coach is trying to change that. They made him sit out during one of the playoff games and it was to make him trust his team, let them make the plays and let Kobe see that his team is better than he thinks (he didn't sit out the entire game but he didn't get descent play time). They can't make him help the other players though, that's up to him. All you have to do is make the other players around you better that's when you become a better team and a better player yourself.
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Minnesota Timberwolves. Go watch Kevin Garnett. He's the best player in the NBA next to Kobe.
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Manu is a multi- fasted player. He can hit the three and remember he drives to the left. On Defense he is great at getting offensive fouls on the other team and also he can steal the ball consistently.He is an excellent player my friend.Yesterday against SAC Game 4 he had 27pt.8reb off.rebounds(9 in all),that proves your point!
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I would meet Dwyane Wade...he is one of the best players in the league..he not only has determination but he has drive and skillz that will lead the Miami Heat to Victory..he is one of my inspirations to playing basketball along with some other talented Players!! He has only been in the NBA a little while now but he has clearly proved that he will be a player that will be remembered decades to come!! Oh yeh and of course who can deny his good looks?? lol....!!
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If you're playing in a total or net league, you'd want to rack up as many numbers as you could. So  you'd want:\nC Duncan\nPF Garnett\nSF LeBron\nSG Kobe\nPG Iverson\n(Positions based off of Yahoo's position-assignment)\nBut if you're playing in a head-to-head league, you'd want to be strong in a handful of categories. So for instance you might take Nash over Iverson, since Nash gives you 4-5 more assists per game, even though Iverson gives you 10 more points per.\nC Duncan/Ben Wallace\nPF Nowitzki\nSF Marion\nSG LeBron\nPG Nash
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Truth is, there are about 8 players in NBA history who have a legitimate argument to be called the best (or most dominant) player of all time...\n\nThey are:\n\n1) Wilt Chamberlain\n2) Bill Russell\n3) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar\n4) Larry Bird\n5) Magic Johnson\n6) Oscar Robertson\n7) Michael Jordan\n8) Shaquille O'Neal\n\nTim Duncan probably comes the closest to matching the skill level of these guys, in terms of fundamentals...but Duncan does not have a claim to be called the best ever...\n\nWilt was really the most dominant player ever (on BOTH ends of the court), and his basketball skills far exceeded those of Shaquille O'Neal. Although Jordan's strong suit is his scoring, his scoring feats really pale in comparison with Wilt.\n\nRussell led his team to 11 NBA titles in his 13 year career. Were Jordan around back then, he'd be just another guy who lost to the Celtic machine.\n\nJordan and Shaq are the only players on the above list who had the luxury of playing against what amounts to 'high school' players. The level of competition and overall skill levels of todays players is not as good as during, for example, the 1980s. But players today are adjusting to the way the NBA wants the game played. Traveling is never called, nor is 'palming' the ball (probably no one under 25 today even knows what 'palming the ball' even means...)\n\nThe All Defensive teams were not selected until after the 1969 season, so Wilt only made that team 3 or 4 times, but would have made it more often had there been such a thing in the '60s. So the idea that Jordan is the greatest defender ever because of his All Defensive number of selections is not well-founded.\n\nIf anyone thinks that todays players are more highly skilled than players of the 60s 70s and 80s, we need only look as far as the U.S. recent international performances, or lack thereof. Teams from Europe are beating our NBA "All Star" teams on a regular basis the last few years, because they (the Europeans) are still playing the game the way the U.S. played it in the 60s and 70s, when the U.S. truly dominated the world in basketball. They have taken the way we taught them the game and are now using that style against us. The U.S. international teams have been pathetic during the 21st century.\n\nMcGrady is not even close to being the best player of all time... there's no argument that one can make to place him anywhere near the company of the guys on this list. Being able to dunk doesn't make you the greatest player of all time.  If you think T-Mac is one of the two greatest players ever, you obviously haven't watched very much basketball.
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If were going for the future I would go with Lebron James. He is the second best player behind Kobe. He is only 22 and was already second in votes for MVP. Make it to the second round and almost knock off the pistons. Great ball handler, defender, driving, clutch shooting. I think the only thing that is not amazing is shooting although he has improved greatly since last season but now he shoots like Iverson sometimes he is on sometimes hes off but the thing he does great is when he is not shooting well he will get to the basket and get a layup or dunk and when thats not goin down he will pass it around and get his team into it.
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Lebron is a very good player, but his team needs to start playing as a team and start passing the ball. Nash is a team player, he creates everything that goes on on the court.He is a true leader. Nash deserved the MVP.