NBA, i migliori 76 giocatori all-time: Jordan o LeBron, chi è il più forte secondo ESPN?

Sono stati celebrati nel corso dell’intervallo dell’All-Star Game: i 75 (+1) migliori giocatori all-time, nominati dalla NBA a inizio stagione e diventati il simbolo del passato e anche del presente della lega. ESPN allora ha deciso di approfittarne per stilare la classifica, dal meno forte al più leggendario - approfittando anche del fatto che molti di loro si sono salutati e incontrati in mezzo al campo a Cleveland. Chi sarà entrato nella top-10? E nella top-5? Scopriamolo insieme

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76° POSTO | BILL SHARMAN

1950-51 Washington Capitols; 1951-61 Boston Celtics

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75° POSTO | DAMIAN LILLARD

2012-22 Portland Trail Blazers
24.6 PPG, 6.6 APG, 4.2 RPG

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74° POSTO | DAVE BING

1966-75 Detroit Pistons; 1975-77 Washington Bullets; 1977-78 Boston Celtics
20.3 PPG, 6.0 APG, 3.8 RPG

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73° POSTO | DAVE DEBUSSCHERE

1962-68 Detroit Pistons; 1968-74 New York Knicks
16.1 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 2.9 APG

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72° POSTO | BILLY CUNNINGHAM

1965-72, 1974-76 Philadelphia 76ers; ha giocato anche due stagioni in ABA con Carolina Cougars (1972-74)
20.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 4.0 APG

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71° POSTO | ANTHONY DAVIS

2012-13 New Orleans Hornets, 2013-19 New Orleans Pelicans; 2019-22 Los Angeles Lakers
23.8 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 2.3 BPG

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70° POSTO | DOLPH SCHAYES

1948-64 Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers
18.5 PPG, 12.1 RPG, 3.1 APG

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69° POSTO | CARMELO ANTHONY

2003-2011 Denver Nuggets; 2011-2017 New York Knicks; 2017-2018 Oklahoma City Thunder; 2018-2019 Houston Rockets; 2019-2021 Portland Trail Blazers; 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers
22.6 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 2.7 APG

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68° POSTO | RUSSELL WESTBROOK

2008-2019 Oklahoma City Thunder; 2019-2020 Houston Rockets; 2020-2021 Washington Wizards; 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers
22.9 PPG, 8.5 APG, 7.4 RPG

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67° POSTO | DENNIS RODMAN

1986-93 Detroit Pistons; 1993-95 San Antonio Spurs; 1995-98 Chicago Bulls; 1999 Los Angeles Lakers; 2000 Dallas Mavericks
7.3 PPG, 13.1 RPG

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66° POSTO | PAUL ARIZIN

1950-52, 1954-62 Philadelphia Warriors
22.8 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 2.3 APG

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65° POSTO | LENNY WILKENS

1960-68 St. Louis Hawks; 1968-72 Seattle SuperSonics; 1972-74 Cleveland Cavaliers; 1974-75 Portland Trail Blazers
16.5 PPG, 6.7 APG, 4.7 RPG

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64° POSTO | HAL GREER

1958-73 Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers
19.2 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 4.0 APG

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63° POSTO | ROBERT PARISH

1976-80 Golden State Warriors; 1980-94 Boston Celtics; 1994-96 Charlotte Hornets; 1996-97 Chicago Bulls
14.5 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 1.5 BPG

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62° POSTO | PAUL PIERCE

1998-2013 Boston Celtics; 2013-14 Brooklyn Nets; 2014-15 Washington Wizards; 2015-17 LA Clippers
19.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 3.5 APG, 1.3 SPG

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61° POSTO | DAVE COWENS

1970-80 Boston Celtics; 1982-83 Milwaukee Bucks
17.6 PPG, 13.6 RPG, 3.8 APG

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60° POSTO | SAM JONES

1957-69 Boston Celtics
17.7 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 2.5 APG

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59° POSTO | NATE ARCHIBALD

1970-76 Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City-Omaha Kings/Kansas City Kings; 1976-77 New York Nets; 1978-83 Boston Celtics; 1983-84 Milwaukee Bucks
18.8 PPG, 7.4 APG, 2.3 RPG

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58° POSTO | ELVIN HAYES

1968-71 San Diego Rockets, 1971-72, 1981-84 Houston Rockets; 1972-73 Baltimore Bullets, 1973-74 Capital Bullets, 1974-81 Washington Bullets
21.0 PPG, 12.5 RPG

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57° POSTO | WILLIS REED

1964-74 New York Knicks
18.7 PPG, 12.9 RPG

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56° POSTO | JAMES WORTHY

1982-94 Los Angeles Lakers
17.6 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.1 SPG

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55° POSTO | EARL MONROE

1967-71 Baltimore Bullets; 1971-80 New York Knicks
18.8 PPG, 3.9 APG

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54° POSTO | PETE MARAVICH

1970-74 Atlanta Hawks; 1974-79 New Orleans Jazz; 1979-80 Utah Jazz; 1980 Boston Celtics
24.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 5.4 APG

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53° POSTO | CLYDE DREXLER

1983-95 Portland Trail Blazers; 1995-98 Houston Rockets
20.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 5.6 APG, 2.0 SPG

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52° POSTO | GEORGE GERVIN

1976-85 San Antonio Spurs; 1985-86 Chicago Bulls;ha giocato anche 4 stagioni in ABA con Virginia Squires (1972-74) e San Antonio Spurs (1973-76)
26.2 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.8 APG

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51° POSTO | REGGIE MILLER

1987-2005 Indiana Pacers
18.2 PPG, 3.0 APG, 1.1 Steals PG, 1.8 3s PG

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50° POSTO | JAMES HARDEN

2009-2012 Oklahoma City Thunder; 2012-2021 Houston Rockets; 2021-2022 Brooklyn Nets; 2022 Philadelphia 76ers
25.0 PPG, 6.7 APG, 5.6 RPG

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49° POSTO | NATE THURMOND

1963-74 San Francisco/Golden State Warriors; 1974-75 Chicago Bulls; 1975-77 Cleveland Cavaliers
15.0 PPG, 15.0 RPG, 2.7 APG, 2.1 BPG

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48° POSTO | WES UNSELD

1968-73 Baltimore Bullets, 1973-74 Capital Bullets, 1974-81 Washington Bullets
10.8 PPG, 14.0 RPG, 3.9 APG

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47° POSTO | RAY ALLEN

1996-2003 Milwaukee Bucks, 2003-07 Seattle SuperSonics; 2007-12 Boston Celtics; 2012-14 Miami Heat
18.9 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.1 SPG, 2.3 3PG

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46° POSTO | JERRY LUCAS

1963-69 Cincinnati Royals; 1969-71 San Francisco Warriors; 1971-74 New York Knicks
17.0 PPG, 15.6 RPG, 3.3 APG

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45° POSTO | BOB MCADOO

1972-76 Buffalo Braves; 1976-79 New York Knicks; 1979 Boston Celtics; 1979-81 Detroit Pistons; 1981 New Jersey Nets; 1981-85 Los Angeles Lakers; 1986 Philadelphia 76ers
22.1 PPG, 9.4 RPG

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44° POSTO | BILL WALTON

1974-79 Portland Trail Blazers; 1979-84 San Diego Clippers, 1984-85 LA Clippers; 1985-87 Boston Celtics
13.3 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.2 BPG

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43° POSTO | JASON KIDD

1994-96, 2008-12 Dallas Mavericks; 1996-2001 Phoenix Suns; 2001-08 New Jersey Nets; 2012-13 New York Knicks
12.6 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 8.7 APG, 1.9 SPG

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42° POSTO | GARY PAYTON

1990-2003 Seattle SuperSonics; 2003 Milwaukee Bucks; 2003-04 Los Angeles Lakers; 2004-05 Boston Celtics; 2005-07 Miami Heat
16.3 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 6.7 APG, 1.8 SPG

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41° POSTO | WALT FRAZIER

1967-77 New York Knicks; 1977-79 Cleveland Cavaliers
18.9 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 6.1 APG

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40° POSTO | PATRICK EWING

1985-2000 New York Knicks; 2000-01 Seattle SuperSonics; 2001-02 Orlando Magic
21.0 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 2.4 BPG

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39° POSTO | KEVIN MCHALE

1980-93 Boston Celtics
17.9 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.7 BPG

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38° POSTO | RICK BARRY

1965-67 San Francisco Warriors; 1972-78 Golden State Warriors; 1978-80 Houston Rockets; ha giocato anche 4 stagioni in ABA con Oakland Oaks (1968-69), Washington Capitols (1969-70) e New York Nets (1970-72)
23.2 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.1 APG

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37° POSTO | STEVE NASH

1996-98, 2004-12 Phoenix Suns; 1998-2004 Dallas Mavericks; 2012-14 Los Angeles Lakers
14.3 PPG, 8.5 APG; 42.8 3P%

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36° POSTO | DOMINIQUE WILKINS

1982-94 Atlanta Hawks; 1994 LA Clippers; 1994-95 Boston Celtics; 1996-97 San Antonio Spurs; 1999 Orlando Magic
24.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.3 SPG

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35° POSTO | BOB PETTIT

1954-55 Milwaukee Hawks, 1955-65 St. Louis Hawks
26.4 PPG, 16.2 RPG, 3.0 APG

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34° POSTO | BOB COUSY

1950-63 Boston Celtics; 1969-70 Cincinnati Royals
18.4 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 7.5 APG

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33° POSTO | KAWHI LEONARD

2011-2018 San Antonio Spurs; 2018-2019 Toronto Raptors; 2019-22 LA Clippers
19.2 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.8 SPG

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32° POSTO | SCOTTIE PIPPEN

1987-98, 2003-04 Chicago Bulls; 1999 Houston Rockets; 1999-2003 Portland Trail Blazers
16.1 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 5.2 APG, 2.0 SPG

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31° POSTO | ALLEN IVERSON

1996-2006, 2009-10 Philadelphia 76ers; 2006-08 Denver Nuggets; 2008-09 Detroit Pistons; 2009 Memphis Grizzlies
26.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 6.2 APG, 2.2 SPG

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30° POSTO | DWYANE WADE

2003-16, 2018-19 Miami Heat; 2016-17 Chicago Bulls; 2017-18 Cleveland Cavaliers
22.0 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 5.4 APG, 1.5 SPG

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29° POSTO | CHRIS PAUL

2005-2011 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets; 2011-2017 Los Angeles Clippers; 2017-2019 Houston Rockets; 2019-2020 Oklahoma City Thunder; 2020-22 Phoenix Suns
18.2 PPG, 9.5 APG, 4.5 RPG, 2.1 SPG

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28° POSTO | GEORGE MIKAN

1948-49 (BAA), 1949-54, 1956 Minneapolis Lakers
23.1 PPG, 13.4 RPG, 2.8 APG

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27° POSTO | ISIAH THOMAS

1981-94 Detroit Pistons
19.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 9.3 APG, 1.9 SPG

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26° POSTO | JOHN HAVLICEK

1962-78 Boston Celtics
20.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.2 SPG

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25° POSTO | DAVID ROBINSON

1989-2003 San Antonio Spurs
21.1 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.4 SPG, 3.0 BPG

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24° POSTO | JOHN STOCKTON

1984-2003 Utah Jazz
13.1 PPG, 10.5 APG, 2.2 SPG

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23° POSTO | KARL MALONE

1985-2003 Utah Jazz; 2003-04 Los Angeles Lakers
25.0 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.4 SPG

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22° POSTO | CHARLES BARKLEY

1984-92 Philadelphia 76ers; 1992-96 Phoenix Suns; 1996-2000 Houston Rockets
22.1 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.5 SPG

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21° POSTO | KEVIN GARNETT

1995-2007, 2015-16 Minnesota Timberwolves; 2007-13 Boston Celtics; 2013-15 Brooklyn Nets
17.8 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 1.4 BPG

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20° POSTO | ELGIN BAYLOR

1958-60 Minneapolis Lakers, 1960-72 Los Angeles Lakers
27.4 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 4.3 APG

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19° POSTO | JERRY WEST

1960-74 Los Angeles Lakers
27.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 6.7 APG

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18° POSTO | GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO

2013-22 Milwaukee Bucks
21.6 PPG, 9.3 RPG, 4.6 APG, 1.3 BPG

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17° POSTO | DIRK NOWITZKI

1998-2019 Dallas Mavericks
20.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 1.3 3PG

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16° POSTO | STEPHEN CURRY

2009-22 Golden State Warriors
24.3 PPG, 6.5 APG, 1.7 SPG, 42.8 3FG%

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15° POSTO | MOSES MALONE

1976 Buffalo Braves; 1976-82 Houston Rockets; 1982-86, 1993-94 Philadelphia 76ers; 1986-88 Washington Bullets; 1988-91 Atlanta Hawks; 1991-93 Milwaukee Bucks; 1994-95 San Antonio Spurs; ha giocato anche due stagion in ABA con gli Utah Stars (1974-75) e Spirits of St. Louis (1975-76)
20.6 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 1.3 BPG

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14° POSTO | JULIUS ERVING

1976-87 Philadelphia 76ers; ha giocato anche cinque stagioni in ABA con Virginia Squires (1971-73) e New York Nets (1973-76)
22.0 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 3.9 APG

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13° POSTO | HAKEEM OLAJUWON

1984-2001 Houston Rockets; 2001-02 Toronto Raptors
21.8 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 3.1 BPG

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12° POSTO | KEVIN DURANT

2007-08 Seattle SuperSonics, 2008-16 Oklahoma City Thunder; 2016-19 Golden State Warriors; 2019-22 Brooklyn Nets
27.1 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 4.2 APG, 1.1 BPG

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11° POSTO | SHAQUILLE O'NEAL

1992-96 Orlando Magic; 1996-2004 Los Angeles Lakers; 2004-08 Miami Heat; 2008-09 Phoenix Suns; 2009-10 Cleveland Cavaliers; 2010-11 Boston Celtics
23.7 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 2.3 BPG

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10° POSTO | KOBE BRYANT

1996-2016 Los Angeles Lakers
25.0 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 4.7 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.4 3s PG

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9° POSTO | OSCAR ROBERTSON

1960-70 Cincinnati Royals; 1970-74 Milwaukee Bucks
25.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 9.5 APG

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8° POSTO | TIM DUNCAN

1997-2016 San Antonio Spurs
19.0 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 3.0 APG, 2.2 BPG

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7° POSTO | LARRY BIRD

1979-92 Boston Celtics
24.3 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 6.3 APG, 1.7 SPG

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6° POSTO | BILL RUSSELL

1956-69 Boston Celtics
15.1 PPG, 22.5 RPG, 4.3 APG

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5° POSTO | WILT CHAMBERLAIN

1959-62 Philadelphia Warriors, 1962-65 San Francisco Warriors; 1965-68 Philadelphia 76ers; 1968-73 Los Angeles Lakers
30.1 PPG, 22.9 RPG, 4.4 APG

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4° POSTO | MAGIC JOHNSON

1979-91, 1996 Los Angeles Lakers
19.5 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 11.2 APG, 1.9 SPG

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3° POSTO | KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

1969-75 Milwaukee Bucks; 1975-89 Los Angeles Lakers
24.6 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 3.6 APG

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2° POSTO | LEBRON JAMES

2003-10, 2014-18 Cleveland Cavaliers; 2010-14 Miami Heat; 2018-22 Los Angeles Lakers
27.1 PPG, 7.4 APG, 7.5 RPG, 1.6 SPG

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1° POSTO | MICHAEL JORDAN

1984-93, 1995-98 Chicago Bulls; 2001-03 Washington Wizards
30.1 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 5.3 APG, 2.3 SPG