The 100 Best Players in Basketball History, Part 4

Previous installment is here. .  90 players to go. 

90.   Jason Terry 101.29 SG 1194 .085

He gets in there between Jimmy Jones and Mason. 

89. Dennis Rodman 101.53 PF 1080 .094

Right ahead of Hersey Hawkins.

88.   Tracy McGrady 101.77 G 986 .103

The first player with 100 wins and a .1/game average is TMac.  He’s right after Bosh.

87.   Kevin Johnson 102.21 G 840 .122

Mr. Michelle Rhee.  KJ is behind Johnston and that monster per game value, but no one else.

86.   Grant Hill 102.53 SF 1065 .096

Still better than Parker; that’s where Hill goes. 

85.   Jerry Lucas 103.31 PF 901 .115

Right below KJ, over 100 wins and .1+ per game. 

83.   Dwight Howard 104.44 C 758 .138

The per game’s just going to drop, but right now he’s clearly number two on the list. 

84.   Manu Ginobli 104.8 SG 884 .119

This is written during Warriors/Spurs Game 5; I’ll go in and edit at playoffs end, but right now, here Ginobli is and he’s going in second overall. 

82.   Ed Macauley 104.82 C 688 .152

Your new #1 is Macauley. 

81.   Vlade Divac 104.99 C 1255 .084

Ahead of Hawkins – below the Worm.

70 down.  80 left.  Here’s the list. 

1.       Ed Macauley

2.       Neil Johnston

3.       Dwight Howard

4.       Manu Ginobli

5.       Kevin Johnson

6.       Jerry Lucas

7.       Sidney Moncrief

8.       Chris Bosh

9.       Tracy McGrady

10.   Grant Hill

11.   Tony Parker

12.   Bob Cousy

13.   Dave Cowens

14.   Amare Stoudemire

15.   Alonzo Mourning

16.   Vern Mikkelson

17.   Bill Sharman

18.   Dennis Rodman

19.   Vlade Divac

20.   Hersey Hawkins

21.   Bob McAdoo

22.   Lenny Wilkens

23.   Shawn Kemp

24.   Jimmy Jones

25.   Jason Terry

26.   Cliff Hagan

27.   Anthony Mason

28.   Chris Mullin

29.   James Worthy

30.   Rashard Lewis

31.   Andre Miller

32.   Marques Johnson

33.   Bobby Dandridge

34.   Chris Webber

35.   Harry Gallatin

36.   Peja Stojakovic

37.   Joe Dumars

38.   Dale Davis

39.   PJ Brown

40.   Mark Jackson

41.   Charles Oakley

42.   Terry Cummings

43.   Sam Cassell

44.   Isiah Thomas

45.   Steve Smith

46.   Glen Rice

47.   Tim Hardaway

48.   Tiny Archibald

49.   Dennis Johnson

50.   Antawn Jamison

51.   Lou Hudson

52.   Dan Majerle

53.   Cedric Maxwell

54.   Michael Finley

55.   Derek Harper

56.   Calvin Murphy

57.   Marcus Camby

58.   George McGinnis

59.   Rod Strickland

60.   Lamar Odom

61.   Earl Monroe

62.   Nate Thurmond

63.   Cliff Robinson

64.   Byron Scott

65.   Dale Ellis

66.   Don Nelson

67.   Gail Goodrich

68.   Paul Silas

69.   Tom Chambers

70.   Kevin Willis

Mickey Mantle's Corked Bat

I assume Hall of Fame voters will mount a campaign to have him removed from Cooperstown.  

The 100 Best Players in Basketball History, Part 3

The previous installment is here.

We hit the top 100 for career value.  Here’s the first ten.

100.Andre Miller 97.95 PG 1178 .083

He’ll be below Worthy and above Dumars.  Below Lewis…the career value is enough to put him above Marques Johnson.

99.   Terry Cummings 98.12 PF 1293 .076

Below PJ Brown…but ahead of the guards that come next.

98.   Hersey Hawkins 98.22 SG 1057 .093

Look at the solid per game value on Hawkins, he’s going to rank high.  Between Sharman and McAdoo?  Let’s put him there.

97.   Sidney Moncrief 98.27 SG 860 .114

-Do we have a new leader?  Moncrief gets by Bosh…but not Johnston, that per game value is really very far above any of the other contenders. 

96.   Shawn Kemp 99.01 PF 1139 .087

Below McAdoo…ahead of Jones.

95. Lenny Wilkens 99.83 PG 1141 .087

You would not have guessed that the career most similar to Lenny Wilkens was the Rainman.

94.   Mark Jackson 100.08 PG 1427 .070

The first hundred win player…ahead of Cassell , ahead of Cummings…that’s it.

93.   Bob Cousy 100.71 PG 1033 .097

On this page, not as good as Moncrief.  Sorry Celtics fans.  Below Bosh too; fourth overall.

92. Charles Oakley 100.88 PF 1426 .071

Right above Cummings in that run of power forwards. 

91.   Tony Parker 102.2 PG 1045 .098

If Parker quits right now, before Game 5 in the Warriors series, he and Cousy will have had almost identical careers.

60 players down.  90 left.  Here’s where we stand.

1.       Neil Johnston

2.       Sidney Moncrief

3.       Chris Bosh

4.       Tony Parker

5.       Bob Cousy

6.       Dave Cowens

7.       Amare Stoudemire

8.       Alonzo Mourning

9.       Vern Mikkelson

10.   Bill Sharman

11.   Hersey Hawkins

12.   Bob McAdoo

13.   Lenny Wilkens

14.   Shawn Kemp

15.   Jimmy Jones

16.   Cliff Hagan

17.   Anthony Mason

18.   Chris Mullin

19.   James Worthy

20.   Rashard Lewis

21.   Andre Miller

22.   Marques Johnson

23.   Bobby Dandridge

24.   Chris Webber

25.   Harry Gallatin

26.   Peja Stojakovic

27.   Joe Dumars

28.   Dale Davis

29.   PJ Brown

30.   Mark Jackson

31.   Charles Oakley

32.   Terry Cummings

33.   Sam Cassell

34.   Isiah Thomas

35.   Steve Smith

36.   Glen Rice

37.   Tim Hardaway

38.   Tiny Archibald

39.   Dennis Johnson

40.   Antawn Jamison

41.   Lou Hudson

42.   Dan Majerle

43.   Cedric Maxwell

44.   Michael Finley

45.   Derek Harper

46.   Calvin Murphy

47.   Marcus Camby

48.   George McGinnis

49.   Rod Strickland

50.   Lamar Odom

51.   Earl Monroe

52.   Nate Thurmond

53.   Cliff Robinson

54.   Byron Scott

55.   Dale Ellis

56.   Don Nelson

57.   Gail Goodrich

58.   Paul Silas

59.   Tom Chambers

60.   Kevin Willis

Kobashi.

Thanks.

2013 MLB All Stars - At the Quarter Pole

Current All Star Starters+top reserves. I'll do this again at the 60 game mark and then do my full rosters, starters/reserves, at 80 games.

AL
C JMauer, CSantana
1B CDavis, JLoney
2B IKinsler, RCano
SS JPeralta JLowrie
3B ELongoria MMachado
LF VWells, MTrout
CF CCrisp, MSaunders
RF SVictorino, RRaburn
P CBuchholz, FHernandez,

NL
C BPosey, RMartin
1B PGoldschmidt, JVotto
2B CUtley, MCarpenter
SS JSegura, TTulowitzki
3B DWright, CHeadley
LF SMarte, JUpton
CF CGomez, DFowler
RF GParra, HPence
P MHarvey, CKershaw