Off topic: Most entertaining NBA player ever.

[BooksOrangePlanet]

jordan wasn't just winning mvp he was winning defensive player too - beyond entertaining on both ends of the court - there's no comparison

 

[Phrazbit]

There is nothing like Jordan... I didn't even like Jordan growing up, he was so good it was boring.

The Bulls need to win this game? They're down 4 with 3 minutes left? Whatever... it doesn't matter... they have Jordan.

There has never been any athlete like that in any sport that I can remember.

If not for the New York Giants, pulling catches out of their butts, Brady would be the only athlete on the same tier.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Yuma]

Nope. I had one chance in my life to see Jordan live. And didn't. That's Bucket List level!

That said, the best player I've ever seen live was Anthony Davis. Quite a difference.

Oh I am totally on your side on this one. I got to see Messi play live. Now with the World Cup, he's literally the only guy I have seen play live in the World Cup. I got one chance to see him play. If he sat out that day, I would have been so angry! There's few athletes that are on Jordan's level. I feel your pain!

 

[Yuma]

For just pure entertainment, Pistol Pete Maravich. This guy was literally an And One, or Harlem Globetrotter playing in an NBA game. He would do ANYTHING to score or assist.

Allen Iverson would do something every game, you were like, what did he just do?

Doctor J was a much watch for me. I was so grateful he snuck in that one championship in the eighties that wasn't Boston or LA.

Barkley. Seriously, if you go back and watch some of his playoff games, not even regular season, playoff games, he was doing incredible stuff and stats that were staggering. Most guys have a ceiling. They score 20, and you know that guy is done for the night. Or he's going to start missing shots, etc. Barkley would keep going. Not only that, he was likely to hit the game winner, too. If he had come about after Jordan's era, Phoenix would probably have reeled off a bunch of championships.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The whole eighties were their playground.

There's too many! Walt Frazier was mentioned. That guys just lived to steal the ball at key moments in games. At the time he was billed as having the fastest hands in the NBA.

Wilt. back when I was little. Amazing athlete for his day. Like they took a guy from 30 or 40 years from the future and brought him back in time to play in the NBA.

 

[Chaplin]

Oh I am totally on your side on this one. I got to see Messi play live. Now with the World Cup, he's literally the only guy I have seen play live in the World Cup. I got one chance to see him play. If he sat out that day, I would have been so angry! There's few athletes that are on Jordan's level. I feel your pain!

I saw Messi play when he was with Barcelona when they played an exhibition game against the L.A. Galaxy at the Rose Bowl. That was cool, but at the time, Beckham was really the draw vs that great team.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Remember, that the discussion is not about the BEST player, but rather the most entertaining.

I still think Jason Williams. That guy did things with the basketball no one else could do, and he did it in useful ways in games.

 

[Superbone]

Remember, that the discussion is not about the BEST player, but rather the most entertaining.

I still think Jason Williams. That guy did things with the basketball no one else could do, and he did it in useful ways in games.

Pistol Pete before him.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Jeff Mullins and Rick Berry 1975 Champions

 

[Phrazbit]

Remember, that the discussion is not about the BEST player, but rather the most entertaining.

I still think Jason Williams. That guy did things with the basketball no one else could do, and he did it in useful ways in games.

Young Shaq, in Orlando, was a wild time.

Absolute freight train in the open court, breaking rims every couple weeks. Those are some fun Orlando teams.

 

[Phrazbit]

Actually, my answer might be Steve Nash.

That 2005 team was my favorite team of all time to watch. The stuff he was pulling out of his butt on offense and the pace we played was 10 miles removed from what the rest of the league was doing.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Young Shaq, in Orlando, was a wild time.

Absolute freight train in the open court, breaking rims every couple weeks. Those are some fun Orlando teams.

My dad and grandma went to the first Shaq game vs. the Suns and were offered $300 for their tickets but they said no. They went to the game. Shaq broke a basket. He was such a beast out there. They never regretted keeping their seats.

 

[SunsTzu]

Actually, my answer might be Steve Nash.

That 2005 team was my favorite team of all time to watch. The stuff he was pulling out of his butt on offense and the pace we played was 10 miles removed from what the rest of the league was doing.

Nash and the Joker are easily my favorite to watch.

 

[Hoop Head]

Prime Shawn Kemp was something else. Of course Amare looked like Kemp on the floor a lot but back when Kemp did his thing he was carving a new niche. The Reignman was really something special until the lockout and he got fat.

 

[Evil Ash]

Alot of good ones already chosen so I'll go with a more modern selection: Steph Curry.

When that guy was in his prime the warriors games were a show. He would do pull up shots from the logo. His range was the entire court. Just watching the amount of work he did just to get open a split second to get a shot off (that's all it took) was something else

 

[Phrazbit]

Prime Shawn Kemp was something else. Of course Amare looked like Kemp on the floor a lot but back when Kemp did his thing he was carving a new niche. The Reignman was really something special until the lockout and he got fat.

His famous dunk where he swings around the rim like a helicopter blade was just about the coolest thing I'd seen up to that point in life.

 

[boisesuns]

Prime Shawn Kemp was something else. Of course Amare looked like Kemp on the floor a lot but back when Kemp did his thing he was carving a new niche. The Reignman was really something special until the lockout and he got fat.

The arraignman. A father of many.

 

[SunsTzu]

I'll add another name. T-Mac. Insane athlete who just looked like such a natural basketball player.