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Which NBA players would have a "legendary" rating in a BB skill?

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From: Jeeves
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Date: 3/26/2010 8:56:57 AM
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Pick just one player in NBA history who would have/had a legendary rating for each BuzzerBeater skill.

Jump Shot: Michael Jordan
Jump Range: Larry Bird
Outside Def.: Alvin Robertson
Handling: Pete Maravich
Driving: Michael Jordan
Passing: Magic Johnson
Inside Shot: Hakeem Olajuwon
Inside Def.: Bill Russell
Rebounding: Dennis Rodman
Shot Blocking: Manute Bol
Stamina: Wilt Chamberlain
Free Throw: Mark Price
Experience: Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Those are my picks, what are yours?

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Date: 3/26/2010 9:09:00 AM
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Jump Shot: Durant
Jump Range: Peja
Outside Def.: Artest
Handling: Nash
Driving: Ellis
Passing: Nash
Inside Shot: Shaq
Inside Def.: Duncan
Rebounding: Wallace (at his prime)
Shot Blocking: Camby
Stamina: Iverson
Free Throw: Nash
Experience: Shaq

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Date: 3/26/2010 10:15:42 AM
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Jump Shot: MJ
Jump Range: Bird
Outside Def.: Kobe
Handling: Stockton
Driving: Lebron
Passing: Stockton
Inside Shot: Shaq
Inside Def.: Olajuwon
Rebounding: Rodman
Shot Blocking: Mutombo
Stamina: MJ
Free Throw: Price or Billups
Experience: Kareem

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Date: 3/26/2010 10:45:43 AM
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Jump Shot: MJ
Jump Range: Miller
Outside Def.: Pippen
Handling: A. Hardaway
Driving: Wade
Passing: Kidd
Inside Shot: Olajuwon
Inside Def.: Olajuwon
Rebounding: Barkley
Shot Blocking: Mutombo
Stamina: MJ
Free Throw: Dumars
Experience: Ewing

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Date: 3/26/2010 11:20:40 AM
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Jump Shot: Alex English /reggie miller
Jump Range: Bird /reggie miller
Outside Def.: Kobe/ Jerry Sloan
Handling: Pete maravich
Driving: Lebron/ MJ
Passing: Stockton / Magic
Inside Shot: Olajuwon
Inside Def.: Bill Russell
Rebounding: Rodman
Shot Blocking: Mutombo
Stamina: MJ / kobe
Free Throw: Stojakovic
Experience: Kareem / Bill Russel

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Date: 3/26/2010 1:04:45 PM
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Jump Shot: Larry Bird/Ray Allen
Jump Range: Pete Maravich
Outside Def: Bruce Bowen
Handling: Chris Paul
Driving: LeBron James/Michael Jordan
Passing: Ricky Rubio (soon-to-be)
Inside Shot: Shaquille O'Neal
Inside Def: Bill Russell
Rebounding: Dennis Rodman
Shot Blocking: Dwight Howard
Stamina: LeBron James/Kobe Bryant/Michael Jordan
Free Throws: Jose Calderon/Kevin Durant
Experience: Wilt Chamberlain

From: JohnnyB
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Date: 3/26/2010 2:17:25 PM
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Jump Shot: Jerry West/Reggie Miller/Pedja
Jump Range: West/Miller
Outside Def: Jordan/Kobe
Handling: Stockton
Driving: LeBron James/Michael Jordan
Passing: Magic/Nash
Inside Shot: Shaquille O'Neal/Akeem the dream/Jabbar (sky hook anyone?)
Inside Def: Bill Russell
Rebounding: Dennis Rodman
Shot Blocking:Mutobo
Stamina: Michael Jordan/AI
Free Throws: Nash
Experience: Jabbar/Robert Parish/They both played up to there early 40's.
Inside/outside D:Artest

From: Adam#4

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Date: 3/26/2010 2:26:21 PM
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Jump Shot:MJ
Jump Range:MJ
Outside Def:MJ
Handling: AI
Driving: AI
Passing: AI
Inside Shot: Dennis Rodman
Inside Def: Dennis Rodman
Rebounding: Dennis Rodman
Shot Blocking: Dennis Rodman
Stamina: AI
Free Throws: Jose Calderon
Inside/outside D: MJ

From: chihorn

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Date: 3/26/2010 2:57:19 PM
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Jump Shot:Reggie Miller
Jump Range:Craig Hodges
Outside Def:Michael Jordan
Handling: Tyrone "Mugsey" Bogues
Driving: Michael Jordan
Passing: Bob Cousy
Inside Shot: Artis Gilmore
Inside Def: Mark Eaton
Rebounding: Dennis Rodman
Shot Blocking: Mark Eaton
Stamina: Oscar Robertson
Free Throws: Rick Barry
Inside/outside D: (there is such a skill?) Scottie Pippen

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137503.10 in reply to 137503.9
Date: 3/26/2010 3:08:43 PM
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That's more like it! Some sense of history, plus realizing that the best players at a single skill often weren't particularly skilled at other stuff.

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Date: 3/26/2010 3:22:23 PM
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What can I say. I love this game and think I have a pretty good understanding of it, so I appreciate all sorts of players. Maybe I'll finally start getting a rep as in these Forums as someone whose opinion is educated?

My pick for ID was a tough one. Single-skill monsters at ID tend not to get a lot of minutes in the NBA since they make it so teams can't score, and scoring sells tickets. Also, interior defense is often based on defensive scheme. And often times the best ID players are also really good scorers, so they need to give up part of their defensive game for the sake of running the court more aggressively, but if they need to shut someone down on D, they sure can. Therefore, it's really hard to pick out who's really legendary at ID. I can see Dwight Howard maybe aspiring to the "legendary" level, but it's hard to say at this point in his career if he's there. It's easier to assign these labels in hindsight, so maybe he's legendary in ID, but we don't realize it yet.

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