Who are the Top 5 SG's of all-time?

[xmuscularghandix]

Sam Jones has 10 rings, he played in 154 Playoff games and averaged 19ppg on a team whose ability to share the ball was legendary.... right now he's on the fringe of the Top 5 in a CELTICS forum. Meanwhile everyone is upset about Jerry West not being included 

[Who]

#1 - Jordan
#2 - Kobe
#3 - West
#4 - Wade

.... I dunno ... Drexler maybe. Could go in a few different directions with last one.

Happy with my top 4. Both in names and in order. Undecided on 5th.

[GreenFaith1819]

Ray Allen with ONE (me)...

LOL.

C'mon I know the way he left BOS was not desirable, but seriously..

Even if he was still a Celtic, I wouldn't vote him Top 5 of all-time.

I just think he deserves some mention...his longevity and some of his accomplishments..

I think sometimes we gloss over certain player's statistics.

[2short]

jordan
west
drexler
kobe
three way tie, ray allen, reggie miller, george gervin

anyone remember sidney moncrief? 

[GreenFaith1819]

jordan
west
drexler
kobe
three way tie, ray allen, reggie miller, george gervin

anyone remember sidney moncrief? 

Loved Sidney.

One of the best (perhaps THE best) Defensive SG of all-time.

[D.o.s.]

Sam Jones has 10 rings, he played in 154 Playoff games and averaged 19ppg on a team whose ability to share the ball was legendary.... right now he's on the fringe of the Top 5 in a CELTICS forum. Meanwhile everyone is upset about Jerry West not being included 

Sam Jones, unlike Jerry West, was not the best player on any of his teams -- a pretty common prerequisite for entry into the Top 5 of all time discussion. 

[freshinthehouse]

Jordan
Kobe
Wade
Drexler

Since West wasn't on there I voted for Sam Jones.

[xmuscularghandix]

Sam Jones has 10 rings, he played in 154 Playoff games and averaged 19ppg on a team whose ability to share the ball was legendary.... right now he's on the fringe of the Top 5 in a CELTICS forum. Meanwhile everyone is upset about Jerry West not being included 

Sam Jones, unlike Jerry West, was not the best player on any of his teams -- a pretty common prerequisite for entry into the Top 5 of all time discussion. 

Except for the fact that he doesn't play the position that we're talking about. I also disagree about that prerequisite, Sam Jones could have easily played somewhere else where he was the #1 option... and lost to the Celtics every year like Jerry West.

[D.o.s.]

Sam Jones has 10 rings, he played in 154 Playoff games and averaged 19ppg on a team whose ability to share the ball was legendary.... right now he's on the fringe of the Top 5 in a CELTICS forum. Meanwhile everyone is upset about Jerry West not being included 

Sam Jones, unlike Jerry West, was not the best player on any of his teams -- a pretty common prerequisite for entry into the Top 5 of all time discussion. 

Except for the fact that he doesn't play the position that we're talking about. I also disagree about that prerequisite, Sam Jones could have easily played somewhere else where he was the #1 option... and lost to the Celtics every year like Jerry West.

Sure, but Jerry West was still better at basketball than Sam Jones was, regardless of which team he played for or whether you continue this relatively pedantic positional classification debate.

[xmuscularghandix]

Sam Jones has 10 rings, he played in 154 Playoff games and averaged 19ppg on a team whose ability to share the ball was legendary.... right now he's on the fringe of the Top 5 in a CELTICS forum. Meanwhile everyone is upset about Jerry West not being included 

Sam Jones, unlike Jerry West, was not the best player on any of his teams -- a pretty common prerequisite for entry into the Top 5 of all time discussion. 

Except for the fact that he doesn't play the position that we're talking about. I also disagree about that prerequisite, Sam Jones could have easily played somewhere else where he was the #1 option... and lost to the Celtics every year like Jerry West.

Sure, but Jerry West was still better at basketball than Sam Jones was, regardless of which team he played for or whether you continue this relatively pedantic positional classification debate.

I never said he wasn't. But in the current NBA the "best player" on the team is usually whoever lead the team in scoring. Sam Jones lead The Boston Celtics in scoring for 63, 65, 66, 67, and 68. They won the title in 4/5 of those years. It's not like Jerry West is this great all-time player and Sam Jones is some hack.

[Fred Roberts]

Here is a decent list: http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/lists/Top_10_shooting_guards_in_NBA_history

I agree Oscar should be included. T-Mac was on his way to top 5 before getting derailed .. .. he was incredible for a stretch. Mitch Richmond was another good one.

[RebusRankin]

Jordan
West
Kobe
Gervin
Drexler

West was a shooting guard, Robertson as pg.

[D.o.s.]

Sam Jones has 10 rings, he played in 154 Playoff games and averaged 19ppg on a team whose ability to share the ball was legendary.... right now he's on the fringe of the Top 5 in a CELTICS forum. Meanwhile everyone is upset about Jerry West not being included 

Sam Jones, unlike Jerry West, was not the best player on any of his teams -- a pretty common prerequisite for entry into the Top 5 of all time discussion. 

Except for the fact that he doesn't play the position that we're talking about. I also disagree about that prerequisite, Sam Jones could have easily played somewhere else where he was the #1 option... and lost to the Celtics every year like Jerry West.

Sure, but Jerry West was still better at basketball than Sam Jones was, regardless of which team he played for or whether you continue this relatively pedantic positional classification debate.

I never said he wasn't. But in the current NBA the "best player" on the team is usually whoever lead the team in scoring. Sam Jones lead The Boston Celtics in scoring for 63, 65, 66, 67, and 68. They won the title in 4/5 of those years. It's not like Jerry West is this great all-time player and Sam Jones is some hack.

You are aware that you are, however implicitly, suggesting in your post that Bill Russell wasn't the best player on the '63, '65,  '66, '67, and '68 Celtics teams, right?