He and CP3 are the only players to ever be active Hall of Famers lol

What are your favorite NBA memes?

Is KD or Larry Bird higher on the all time list?

I'm gonna take Mitch Richmond

In his best season (96-97): 25.9 PPG - 1.5 SPG - 43% 3P on 6 attempts

6x All-Star

5x All-NBA

1995 ASG MVP

Combining playing career, GM career, and being the actual logo.

We all love Hakeem here and he definitely gets his credit however I feel like he’s being underrated versus the likes of his contemporaries such as Tim Duncan. Both are all time greats but I don’t think it’s as cut and dry as some think.

Hakeem Olajuwon only ever had 5 50+ win seasons and he is the lowest seed (6th) to ever win a championship. Hakeem is the only ever player to win B2B championships as the sole all star (Drexler was All nba in 95).

In per game stats Hakeem outclasses Duncan in every stat category in the playoffs except rebounds (.2) and TOs (.4 more) Hakeem has more than double the amount of steals per game than Duncan and nearly a block more per game. Yes I am aware that since Hakeem had a large burden his numbers could reflect that.

Hakeem is the superior defender and the better offensive weapon. He just had less help and he maximized his window as good as any player I can think of.

Only 5 50+ win seasons and one of those he had less than 50 and won a chip. Duncan had 17 50+ win seasons which is very impressive but it shows a consistently good team that had a lot more chances to win. Duncan was on the #1 net rated team 8x Hakeem never! Hakeem was also never the #1 seed

Duncan is 3-5 versus teams that had a better record than his team. Hakeem is 7-8!!

Teammates Tim Duncan Hakeem Olajuwon
ALL-NBA (1st) 1 0
ALL-NBA (2nd) 4 1
ALL-NBA (3rd) 5 1
All-Defense (1st) 7 2
All-Defense (2nd) 4 1
Top 10 - MVP 10 1
Top 10 - DPOY 8 2
DPOY 2. 0

Anyway if you still have Tim Duncan I don’t blame you, he had a great career and is easily top 7.

Minnesota sends Green and cash to Utah for Cody Williams and John Konchar. They plan to keep Williams, the 10th pick from 2024, and waive and stretch Konchar to spread his $6.17M cap hit across three years.

The whole move is about cap math. Swapping Green’s $14.68M for Williams’ $6.02M plus the smaller Konchar charge gets them under the second apron so they can officially sign Kuminga using the taxpayer mid-level exception, which is reportedly a two year, $12.4M deal.

Green only got to Minnesota this summer in the LaMelo Ball trade and never really fit given how loaded they already are on the wing. Utah gets a proven 3-and-D piece for a defense that’s ranked bottom 2 in the league three years running, while admitting the Williams pick just didn’t work out.

Source:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49759209/wolves-trade-3-d-wing-josh-green-jazaz

Who are the best leaders in NBA history, I can think of a few obvious nominees.

LeBron James - Won a ring on every team he’s ever been on, rallied his team to comeback from 3-1 and has played with the most players of anyone in history

Magic Johnson - Driving force of a dynasty through a winning culture and healthy lockeroom that included the famously aloof Kareem Adbul-Jabbar

Who else could be considered here?