ESPN list is so all over the place. With recency bias, esp. KD and Steph are WAY too high. If you extrapolate their career trajectories, sure. But that's a bit myopic. Stockton is too high. I hate KG, but he's ahead of Robinson and Stockton. Dirk at #17 is reasonable, though he has a far better case at 11-15. There's some good stuff in certain RealGM threads with heavy analytics comparisons that favor Dirk VERY well (I've seen him in the Top 10 even occasionally). Personally, I have him at 12.
(No Order)
MJ
Russell
Wilt
KAJ (asshole)
Jordan
Bird
TD
Shaq
Magic
Hakeem
LBJ
Dirk (right above the 4some of Kobe, West, Dr. J, Big O).
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