Isnt JJ Redick one of the best Basketball Players EVER!?
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JJ is very good diffently one of the best shooters but sadly not best player when he can dunk it and dominate down low then he is but Im a huge DUKE fan and he is amazing guard and very clutch.... close but not close enough
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There are a few players (not many) who were better than Jordan... Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and probably Oscar Robertson.\n\nAn earlier post pointed out that Jordan won six championships... big deal... Russell won 11 (in only a 13 year career, lost in the finals one year and the Eastern Finals another year).  Russell also won 5 MVP awards (while competing directly with Wilt, who won four), so Jordan's got nothing on him there...\n\nJordan's big strength was his ability to score...but he's way behind Jabbar's scoring totals, Jabbar also won six championships, and Jabbar also won SIX MVP awards, more than any player in history.\n\nChamberlain, of course, still holds a ton of records that MJ never even got to look at...100 pts in a game, a 50.4 ppg scoring average in a season (Wilt holds, I believe, the top 4 single season scoring averages in history, and is the only player to ever average 40 PPG, which he did twice, including his 50 ppg season, having averaged 44.8 ppg a season later.\n\nJordan's scoring average is 5/100ths of a point higher than Chamberlain's (Jordan is 30.11, Wilt is 30.06)... \n\n\n\nPeople talk about what a great team player Jordan was, but he took 1,040 more shots in his career than Chamberlain did, despite the fact that Jordan played 6,846 FEWER MINUTES (the equivalent of 142 FEWER 48 minute games)!!!\n\nYeah, KOBE'S a ball hog...\n\n(Jordan was not nearly as durable an athlete as Wilt, who averaged 45.8  minutes/game over his career, and is the only player to average MORE than 48 min/game during a season - because he sat out only 6 minutes the entire season, but played many more minutes of overtime. Gee, I wonder if Zydrunas Ilgauskas will ever match THAT...\n\nWilt was also the greatest rebounder of all time, with Russell right behind him.  There have been twenty four 40 rebound games in NBA history, Wilt had 14 such games, Russell 8... Jerry Lucas and Nate Thurmond had the other two. Wilt holds the record with 55 reboounds in a game (against Russell)...Russell himself grabbed 51 rebounds in one game...\n\nWilt was the only player who was able to completely dominate a game with his scoring, rebounding and defense, all at the same time...Jordan could only dominate offensively (which is certainly not a bad thing).\n\nJordan was a very good defender as well, but a guard really can't 'dominate' a game defensively the way a center can (not M.J.'s fault, just the nature of the game). When I say "dominate a game defensively", I'm talking about shutting down the middle and not letting anyone NEAR the hoop... that was Wilt...and Russell...and for a while, Kareem...\n\nUnless you want to have a three point contest, Wilt would dominate Jordan in every category, even passing, as Jordan never led the league in assists (Chamberlain is the only non-guard ever to lead the NBA in assists during a season).\n\nScoring is supposed to be Jordan's specialty... Chamberlain has been retired for 33 years, and STILL has more 60 point games than everyone else in the history of the NBA COMBINED.. Wilt had 32 sixty point games, compared to a whopping 4 for M.J. There have been ABOUT 57 60 pt games in history, not sure of the exact count...\n\nJordan's career scoring average is marginally higher than Wilt's because (1) Jordan shot a hell of a lot more and (2) Jordan made sure he "retired" (for good this time) just before his scoring average fell below Wilt's. Plus, M.J. could hit his free throws on those "rare" occasions that they put him at the line...  hee hee\n\nSo, the answer to "who is the best nba player of all time" is Wilt Chamberlain.
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Yes.  He is in his twenties and averaging 30 pts a game.  He is young and has PLENTY of time to grow.  He is just now coming into his talent.  LeBron is the man...
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NOT JUST NBA THE WORLD. HE IS LIKE M.J. HE IS A CRAZY BASKETBALL PLAYER AND HE LED HIS TEAM AND BEAT SUNS AWAY IN GAME 2
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He is definitely underrated, all you have to look at are the two consecutive dunk contests he won, but there are a coulpe reasons that he's underrated. One is that he plays for a pretty bad team. the warriors aren't bad, but whenever they start out good, like this year, they end up choking. Two, there are guys who are a lot better than him. No offense to J-Rich, but Iverson and McGrady are much better. That's my opinion
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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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Dont get me wrong Lebron is an amazing player. But Kobe is on a different level. Kobe and him can both score whenever they want to.  \n\n        But the thing Kobe is doing in the playoffs is amazing. By sharing the ball all the other players are playing great. Lamar Odom, Smush Parker, Luke Walton, Kwame Brown. I think a trait that all great players have is to make other players better. Lets look at ball hog Kobe he scored 40 a nite but they got 7th seed. Lets look at playoff Kobe. Winning a series to the 2nd seed in the West. \n\n         Lebron amazes me by how good he is already. He is the 2nd best guard in the league at age 21. He has 10 years left of basketball and he has already surpassed the talent of some greats. I think he does not have anyone to help him it is just the Lebron Show. Lebron gets better every year and he always adds something to his repeteur. This year he became a great shooter. \n\n          They are both outstanding guards. But I give Kobe my vote because of his experience and ability to perform in crunch time.
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you guys dont know your basketball..\nkobe bryant is the best basketball player ever\nthat isnt an opinion\n\nif the question is "who is the best player in the nba?" its kobe bryant without a doubt\n\ni think he overcame more than anyone in this league and loves this sport more than anyone\n\nhe practices far more than a normal human should and i think that shows\n\nstat wise .. "oh hes a ball hogger" haha .. or the fact that he wont get a mvp award \n\nis because of his team\ndont even start with me\n\nkobe bryant overcame jordans accomplishments \n\nkobe is a better player than micheal \nwanna argue? i dare you\n\nkobe is #1\n\nlebron doesnt know a thing about defensive switches and weak offensive help\nhe isnt #1 now he is way too young \nbeing #1 doesnt look upon their stats .. rookies..\n\nwade is going to hurt himself he is skillful in SOME ways but in others he is ignorant and immature \nhe'll get hurt in no time as a.i experienced\nquote me on that\n\noverall\nkobe is #1 as of now\n\ndirk nowitski is getting there\n\n#1 - kobe bryant\n#2 - steve nash\n#3 - dirk nowitski
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He is one of the most talented players on the court.  He is the one to have on a team!!!\n\nHe's not a ballhog as you might think he is but he is really great at scoring AND passing the ball.\nI mean, not every player can score 40 points per night.\nIf you want to talk about selfish, there's Allen Iverson for that.
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A.I. is one of the best players in the league...no doubt!!!  The only problem is that his team isn't strong enough.  He doesn't have the right role players playing with him.  His MVP year was the best 76ers team he was on when they made it to the 2001 NBA Finals.  Unfortunately, he is getting older and he deserves to be on a winning team...even if it's not in Philly.
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You people are all insane. Bill Russel was the best player ever without contest. He ALWAYS stopped Wilt head to head. He led his team to like 11 championships in 12 years. You all are talking about scoring and ignoring defense. He was the best defensive player the game has ever seen (comparing his defensive abilities to the defensive abilities of other players while he played). The championships and the fact that he stopped wilt are all the proof anyone should need.\n\nMJ is a close second. He created the only basketball dynasty without any form of dominant center.\n\nWilt was third. He put up huge numbers, but no team he ever played on was ever dominant like the teams that jordan and russel lead, so he can't be considered the best. Anyone can put up huge numbers without a great supporting cast. That isn't the challenge. Just ask Nick Van Excel, Mitch Richmond, Jalen Rose, and the tons of other players who had carreer years when they had to do all the scoring. When you have a team with other players who can contribute, you need to understand how to play as a team, be successful as a team, and that is the defining factor in creating a dynasty, and being the best player of all time.
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They need a point guard so a guy like Nemanja Aleksandrov would be perfect. As for those of u who said JJ Redick, the Lakers would never pick JJ because in case u havent noticed shooting guard is one position they dont need.
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No he does not this is where most NBA teams make mistakes.\n\n90+ Million = Irreplaceable, Untradeable in there prime, Greatness, Alters the game (SHAQ, KOBE, NASH, LEBRON) does not belonging is (REDD, KIDD, KENYON, FRANCIS, MARBURY, GARNETT<Yeah hes good but hes not the undisputed best in his position> RAY ALLEN, VINCE CARTER, BARON DAVIS)\n\n60-89 Million = Important player, Has Flashes of Greatness, Can become the focal point of a team, Top 5 in there positon (GARNETT, DWYANE WADE, LAMAR ODOM, DIRK, ARENAS, AMARE, JERMAINE ONEAL)\n\n30-59 Million = Key player, helps team when superstar gets cold, keeps team stable , often underestimated. ( HAMILTON, HUGHS , JASON TERRY, RASHARD LEWIS )\n\n\nIf you give REDD 90+ Million they will never when a championship. Look at the Knicks ! overpaying 1 player to stay will kill a team. He had a chance to play beside Lebron James for 80+ Million how did he pass that up. That's two great players that are YOUNG on the same team for years to come . Just because someone scores 25+ every night and puts up a 40 point game every now and then doesn't mean i give him " KOBE MONEY " 80-85 Million MAX!!!!!!!!! I'm not bout to pay 100+ Million to loose in the 1st round every year. Plus there a lot of guys that can do what REDD does .
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thats true no one has nuttin on kobe \nkobe is the best \nn people who say jordan tops kobe not true \nis jordan even playin??....FUK NO he isnt \nkobe n lakers number 1
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Not J.J. Redick! Don't compare them just because they are both white.\n\nWith that said... the two I think are like him are Mike Gansey of West Virginia and Adam Haluska of Iowa. Yes, I know they are both white too, but they are athletic, slightly undersized guards who can rebound and score like Sura can.\n\nI have always admired Sura's game and I hope he recovers from his injury to play again.
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I think he is  a very good basketball player. He is one of the best basketball players today. People get to stop judging his playing abilities on what he does off court and what his does on court.
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Yes i do agree with you J.J Reddick is a man, but look at all that other players do to spark their team.. Villanova lost without Allan Ray. Anyways, there are tons of spot up shooters in the NBA so i think J.J. should work on other areas of his game (such as defense)