2015 Anger General Greatest post-merger Players of All Time #2

[Y2K]

The results are in. Michael Jordan was voted as the #1 Greatest Post-Merger Player of All Time.


Here are the rules and guidelines:

1. The post-merger era is 1976-77 to the present day. Only accomplishments and statistics from 1976-77 to the present day will be taken into consideration.

2. Vote for your #2 player of all time posting the said player's name from the list of candidates available during that particular round. ONLY ONE VOTE per poster per round.

2. Players will be chosen for a spot whenever they appear to have the majority of the votes. After 2 days, if there is not a clear cut majority winner we will declare the leader at that time as the winner.

Each thread will be stickied to the general board until the given round is over. Nominations during this round are CLOSED.

Begin by casting your vote for #2 from these candidates:

Magic Johnson - 5

Larry Bird - 3

Tim Duncan - 6

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -

Hakeem Olajuwon -


Total Votes: 14

[elmouse03]

Magic

[americaninfidel]

Duncan.

[ripper76]

I think I'll vote for Bird.

[Havlicekstealsit]

Bird. Played in a much tougher conference & Parish sure as hell isn't on Kareem's level.

[Master Spade]

Bird.

[Y2K]

Bird. Played in a much tougher conference & Parish sure as hell isn't on Kareem's level.

Very true. However, no PF on the Lakers was on the level of McHale in return.

[thedangerouskitchen]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

[americaninfidel]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

[elmouse03]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

Screw that. Bruce Bowen was the keys to those title teams

[Havlicekstealsit]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

Screw that. Bruce Bowen was the keys to those title teams

Well they did retire his jersey.

[americaninfidel]

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

Screw that. Bruce Bowen was the keys to those title teams

Well they did retire his jersey.

Only temporarily.

[vcsgrizzfan]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

Screw that. Bruce Bowen was the keys to those title teams

Well, when Bruce was guarding Kobe it worked a lot better than when Antonio Daniels guarded him.

[elmouse03]

Screw that. Bruce Bowen was the keys to those title teams

Well they did retire his jersey.

Only temporarily.

So in a few weeks it's gone?

[americaninfidel]

Well they did retire his jersey.

Only temporarily.

So in a few weeks it's gone?

Mr. Aldridge will be sporting it this year and presumably for the following three years as well.

[americaninfidel]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

I've given this a little more thought. My main reason for picking Magic over Bird was that Magic had better longevity and more rings. And by that same measurement, Duncan actually tops Magic. Equal number of rings, but Timmy has a greater arc of longevity, and his record in the Finals is better.

I'm switching my vote to Duncan. (I'll edit my original post.)

[thedangerouskitchen]

Magic-Bird / Bird-Magic is certainly the popular choice (and they both have very compelling arguments), but I'll go out on a limb and say Duncan.

Bottom line: Duncan has the Championships, the Hardware, the Stats (Peak and Career value), and the All-Around excellence to justify putting him at #2.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

I've given this a little more thought. My main reason for picking Magic over Bird was that Magic had better longevity and more rings. And by that same measurement, Duncan actually tops Magic. Equal number of rings, but Timmy has a greater arc of longevity, and his record in the Finals is better.

I'm switching my vote to Duncan. (I'll edit my original post.)

Yeah... the more and more you dissect Duncan's career the harder and harder it becomes to ignore the fact that he has a very strong argument for #4 on the all-time list (behind MJ, Russ and Jabbar).

[Y2K]

So what are thoughts and analysis on Magic Johnson's career?

[elmouse03]

So what are thoughts and analysis on Magic Johnson's career?

5 rings in 9 finals appearances.

[Y2K]

I agree with a lot of what you say, but as the lone Spurs fan on the board I thought it would be too obviously homerish if I'd picked Timmy. But he definitely has an argument.

I've given this a little more thought. My main reason for picking Magic over Bird was that Magic had better longevity and more rings. And by that same measurement, Duncan actually tops Magic. Equal number of rings, but Timmy has a greater arc of longevity, and his record in the Finals is better.

I'm switching my vote to Duncan. (I'll edit my original post.)

Yeah... the more and more you dissect Duncan's career the harder and harder it becomes to ignore the fact that he has a very strong argument for #4 on the all-time list (behind MJ, Russ and Jabbar).

Dissect his career for us please.