its hard to form a consensus with this as previously noted we are also comparing players in different eras
also as the league progresses there are going to be more great players
so it seems ridiculous to try rank all these guys
if i said top 4 - jordan, russell, magic, bird
then people would say what about wilt, kareem, shaq, hakeem, LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, Oscar Robertson etc.
A lot of these guys deserve to be in the conversation and differ stat and accomplishment wise
My opinion is that he's 9th - Jordan, Russell, Magic, Kareem, Wilt, Bird, Hakeem, Duncan, LeBron
It's hard to beat the top 6 as their careers show for themselves
Hakeem is this high as although he only won 2 championships, he did it with least amount of talent as these other guys and was what I thought was perfect Centre. Despite being shorter than your traditional 7 ft legend C. Hakeem was only 6ft 10 and was able to do everything well. He's the only C to rank top 10 all time in steals and is 1st in blocks. On the offensive end, he had the most fluid best moves for a big man I've ever seen, that made him unstoppable in the post and in mid-range.
Duncan over Lebron just because of that humiliating 2014 finals. I dont mind 2007 because LeBron had no chance on that cavs team. 2013 could have gone either way. LeBron will probably overtake Duncan by the end of his career.