Last week, I laid out my plan for blog articles over the next few weeks, putting together “best of the decade” teams from the best players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In case you missed it, make sure to check out last week’s post about the best players from the 1960s. Also, something I might not have mentioned clearly last week, each player…
Read MoreThe debate over who is the greatest basketball player of all time is what I call “the impossible question” and will rage on for centuries. A definitive answer will most likely never be reached because of one simple fact: not every era is the same. NBA basketball has taken many forms over its existence, each valuing a different skill set than the one before. In Bill Russell’s age, size was everything. Being taller than your opponents gave…
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