Wait....Kobe is close to Jordan....NOT in this world. Sorry if you think that, you've either not watched Jordan or you know nothing about basketball. Kobe patterned his game to be a likeness of MJ not the other way around. It would be like saying Stacy King is better than Wayman or Taylor was as good as his brother...it really isn't as close as you think...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0BQKX_lszY
I'd take Pippen over Durant because Pippen passed, scored, rebounded and was one of the game's best defenders. Durant is a 6'10 Allen Iverson or as we called it growing up.....A black hole, not a good thing to be. Durant averages what 1-2 assists? Pippen could light the scoreboard up when he needed to. It depends if you want a complete team player or just a scorer. I'd want the guy that is multi-faceted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9ZoLHJDTU...It
I know everyone loves Blake (and I do too) but Barkley was better. I'm sorry it's true. Blake is a rookie though so we'll wait to see what happens in 10+ years. The thing that might sway it to Blake's favor is the 3 inches he has over Barkley, even then I'd take Barkley. Let's not forget that big men were everywhere back then and Barkley still dominated at 6'6. There's not many bigs these days and Blake's game would struggle against the Hakeem's, Ewing's, Daughtery's, Robinson's, Rodman's, Nance's, Mutombo's, Shaq's or the Grandmama's of yesteryears. I'm sorry but it's easier for a 6'10 (i.e. Blake/LaMarcus) guy to dominate these days compared to back then. That's why you see these bigs getting high-priced, in most cases not warranted, contracts these days. There just isn't any dominant guys in today's game. Howard? Please that dude is 6'10-6'11 and would get schooled by those guys I listed....Barkley once grabbed 33 rebounds at 6'6...Again it's not a one on one contest, it's the best player or who you would rather go to (basketball) battle with. I did say "Barkley would take Blake to school"...I just meant Barkley's game was so much more versatile than Blake's and Barkley could teach Blake the in and outs of how to be an effective post...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvSI2DRvF0
I agree that Stockton couldn't hold Rose, but we're not talking about one on one....we're talking who had the better game (for a PG)...Stockton is one of the, if not the, best PGs ever. Everyone raves about Rondo...Rondo is basically a poor man's Stockton except Rondo rebounds while Stockton had the luxury of being able to shoot. Stockton is significantly better than Nash was/is and Nash won MVPs. Stockton didn't need to score often...he had the 2nd best scorer in history on his team...Let me know when Rose drops 28 assists. After all isn't it the PGs main objective to distribute/facilitate the ball?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbqdxlZr4_0
Malone vs Amare....style of game? Malone would score in a half-court set, full-court, D'Antonio styled offense...check the charts...only Abdul-Jabbar can claim to have scored more. Amare isn't on Karl's level in any offense. Amare came into the league as a high-riser, got injured and turned into a jump shooter/dunker....Malone had everything Amare has and so much more....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_yozMkcXFs
Howard is WAY stronger than the Admiral. If it's a weightlifting contest, I'd give the nod to Howard. Unfortunately it's not. Admiral could shot midrange jumpers, hooks...and played stellar defense....think DHoward will ever score 71 point? Howard is basically Kevin Willis (sorry if you don't know who that is)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRB4qIzDXy0
There I posted videos for the youngsters in the crowd.
