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Is Dr.J A Top 5 All Time Player?

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Re: Dr. J's ABA / NBA Combined Stats Reveal His Greatness
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2012, 11:04:49 AM »

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Quote from: Donoghus on January 10, 2012, 10:35:30 AM
Not Top 5.

Top 15? Yes.
I think borderline Top 15. Definitely Top 20.
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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2012, 11:40:39 AM »

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That SI cover is top 10, definitely!!  :D
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Re: Dr. J's ABA / NBA Combined Stats Reveal His Greatness
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2012, 08:19:12 AM »

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Quote from: eighteen on January 10, 2012, 08:32:47 AM
If anyone has any other greats who played in the ABA and NBA, it would be great to measure up their combined stats as well.

Quote from: byennie on January 09, 2012, 07:08:05 PM
Well, technically you're not counting anyone else's ABA stats, but point taken =).

I love how the Big 3 are all on course to be top-20 (19, 24 and 30 right now)... possibly even close to top-15 depending on how many games left in them...
george gervin
dan issel
david thompson
artis gilmore
off the top of my head those were all very good aba players
julius (umass!) I'd say top 15 without thinking hard on it, as someone put he's second tier all time great w/ west, baylor
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« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2012, 08:30:01 AM »

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Top five?

Bill Russell
Michael Jordan
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Wilt Chamberlain
Oscar Robertson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In my mind, those guys are all above Dr. J.  Then, there are guys like Shaq, Duncan, Jerry West, Hakeem, etc., that belong in the same conversation, and probably are higher.

I don't think the ABA was a comparable level of competition to the NBA.  Erving's worst ABA season is better than his best NBA season.  That doesn't mean his numbers should be ignored (the guy was obviously a dominant player), but I don't think three ABA MVPs equates to three NBA MVPs. 
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Re: Dr. J's ABA / NBA Combined Stats Reveal His Greatness
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2012, 10:01:33 AM »

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Probably top 20: definitly not better then Hondo. Havlicek at 37 held him in check in 1977. playoffs at Dr.J's peak.
Better players: C- Russ, Wilt, KAJ, Hakeem, Shaq, Moses
PF: Duncan, Pettit
SF: Bird, Hondo, Baylor, Pippen
SG: Jordan, West, Kobe
PG: Magic, Oscar, Stockton, Cousy, Thomas

Dr.J is in a level of Mailman, Sir Charles, KG, McHale, Robinson, Ewing, Pierce...
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Re: Dr. J's ABA / NBA Combined Stats Reveal His Greatness
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2012, 11:59:41 AM »

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No way is he top five.  He would be hard pressed to be top five in his era even.  ABA most definitely, NBA not so much.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/87828-nba-all-decade-teams-part-three-the-70s

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/88378-nba-all-decade-teams-part-four-the-80s

Big problem Erving was not a SG, he was a SF.  He never won an NBA ring without Malone.
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