The 100 Best Players in Basketball History, Part 9

Previous installment is here.

40 players left.  We are getting down to it.

40. Horace Grant 138.23 PF 1335 .104

He’ll go ahead of Chet Walker..and Marion…and Lanier, that career value really starts to spread as we move up the list.  He winds up just behind McHale.  Odom is out of the top 100, Tony Parker (for now?) out of the top 50. 

39. Patrick Ewing 140.51 C 1322 .106

Ewing’s ahead of Grant; does he get McHale…yup.  Ewing gets all the way to Bellamy. Strickland is out of the top 100, Grant Hill out of the top 50.

38. Steve Nash 141.51 PG 1122 .126

Still ahead of CP3.  All the way to #2. McGinnis out of the top 100; English out of the top 50.

37. Chauncey Billups 141.65 PG 1170 .121

Maybe the most underappreciated all time great; he’s just under Nash by an inch. Camby out of the top 100, TMac out of the top 50.

36. Rick Barry 142.1 SF 1125 .126

Barry and Nash with super similar numbers. 

35. Adrian Dantley 143.21 SF 1028 .139

Look how great Dantley was – he’s clearly the new number two. Harper/Murphy out of the top 100; Greer and Wallace out of the top 50.

34. Bob Pettit 147.79 PF 880 .168

And now Robert E Lee Pettit zips right past Dantley.  Michael Finley out of the top 100, Bosh out of the top 50.

33. Scottie Pippen 148.66 SF 1386 .107

Where to put Pippen…how about right between Barry and Billups.  Maxwell out of the top 100, Moncrief out of the top 50. 

32. John Havlicek 150.99 SF 1442 .105

Hondo gets by Pippen.  Majerle out of the top 100; Otis Thorpe out of the top 50. 

31. Clyde Drexler 151.07 G 1231 .123

Drexler goes by Dantley; he’s the new number three as we finish this section. 

Hudson out of the top 100, Bobby Jones from the top 50.

30 left – that means everyone currently in the top 20 is one of the 50 greatest basketball players who ever lived.  That means Dantley.  Billups.  Grant.  Gasol.  All in that 50 best players ever list.

1.       George Mikan

2.       Bob Pettit

3.       Clyde Drexler

4.       Adrian Dantley

5.       Steve Nash

6.       Rick Barry

7.       John Havlicek

8.       Scottie Pippen

9.       Chauncey Billups

10.   Walt Frazier

11.   Chris Paul

12.   Walt Bellamy

13.   Patrick Ewing

14.   Dwyane Wade

15.   Kevin McHale

16.   Horace Grant

17.   Paul Arizin

18.   Pau Gasol

19.   Bob Lanier

20.   Shawn Marion

21.   Chet Walker

22.   George Gervin

23.   Elgin Baylor

24.   Bailey Howell

25.   Zelmo Beaty

26.   Elvin Hayes

27.   Wes Unseld

28.   Dominique Wilkins

29.   Ed Macauley

30.   Neil Johnston

31.   Dikembe Mutombo

32.   Buck Williams

33.   Jeff Hornacek

34.   Larry Nance

35.   Jack Sikma

36.   Vince Carter

37.   Dwight Howard

38.   Rasheed Wallace

39.   Bill Laimbeer

40.   Terry Porter

41.   Maurice Cheeks

42.   Detlef Schrempf

43.   Elton Brand

44.   Manu Ginobli

45.   Kevin Johnson

46.   Eddie Jones

47.   Sam Jones

48.   Allen Iverson

49.   Jerry Lucas

50.   Sam Perkins

51.   Bobby Jones

52.   Otis Thorpe

53.   Sidney Moncrief

54.   Chris Bosh

55.   Hal Greer

56.   Ben Wallace

57.   Tracy McGrady

58.   Alex English

59.   Grant Hill

60.   Tony Parker

61.   Bob Cousy

62.   Dave Cowens

63.   Amare Stoudemire

64.   Alonzo Mourning

65.   Vern Mikkelson

66.   Bill Sharman

67.   Dennis Rodman

68.   Vlade Divac

69.   Hersey Hawkins

70.   Bob McAdoo

71.   AC Green

72.   Lenny Wilkens

73.   Shawn Kemp

74.   Jimmy Jones

75.   Jason Terry

76.   Cliff Hagan

77.   Anthony Mason

78.   Chris Mullin

79.   James Worthy

80.   Rashard Lewis

81.   Andre Miller

82.   Marques Johnson

83.   Bobby Dandridge

84.   Chris Webber

85.   Harry Gallatin

86.   Peja Stojakovic

87.   Joe Dumars

88.   Dale Davis

89.   PJ Brown

90.   Mark Jackson

91.   Charles Oakley

92.   Terry Cummings

93.   Sam Cassell

94.   Isiah Thomas

95.   Steve Smith

96.   Glen Rice

97.   Tim Hardaway

98.   Tiny Archibald

99.   Dennis Johnson

100.                        Antawn Jamison