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that´s exactly what I was thinking.

Answer to all of the above: Karl Malone

This season:

Jump Shot: dirk
Jump Range: J. Crawford
Outside Def.: rondo
Handling: CP3
Driving: Wade
Passing:Paul
Inside Shot: DHoward
Inside Def.: Gasol/Duncan (should have been DHoward too if not for his FPG)
Rebounding: DHoward
Shot Blocking:DHoward
Stamina: M. Ellis ^^
Free Throw: Nash
Experience: Anthony Carter

There´s no point in use averages in all categories but not use in jump range. LeBron would be a proficient, prominent jump range. 33% from deep is a killer for him.

if you judge who's legendary at jump range just from that long three pointer by lebron, then there's a better player at jump range. check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idk24QV8R-8&feature=re...

if you judge who's legendary at jump range just from that long three pointer by lebron, then there's a better player at jump range. check it out:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idk24QV8R-8&feature=re...)

I'd give it to this guy, then: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77uk1ejcpY)

Okay, here's my new vote for Driving:
(http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video...)

This is totally insane. I bet LeBron can't do this.

Jump Shot: L. James
Jump Range: K. Bryant

Lebron has better range than Bryant, who in turn probably has a better jump shot (at least right now) than Lebron does. So if anything, you have these backwards.

Outside Def.: K. Bryant

Kobe is not a legendary defender. Sorry, but he just isn't.

Driving: A. Stoudemire

really? I don't think you know what driving is. There are at least twenty or thirty players in the NBA _right now_ who are better at driving to the hoop than Amare. Stoudemire is an excellent finisher, but receving a bounce pass from Nash and going up for an uncontested dunk is not driving. Think Kobe. Think Lebron. Think Dwayne Wade. Those guys can take the ball outside the arc and go past 3 different guys on their way to the hoop.

Passing: S. Nash

No argument with this one.

Inside Shot: L. Bird

Nope. I love Larry bird. But even on the team he played with, he wasn't the best inside scorer, Kevin McHale was. Larry was great because (like Lebron James is doing now) he could do a bunch of things well, including things people didn't expect from his position. But he wasn't a "give me the ball on the low block and get out of my way" player, which is what a legendary Inside Shot player would be.

Well I guess you haven't looked at most posts... like mine:

Jump Shot: Steve Nash (already the best shooter ever, FG + 3PT + FT cumulative) / Ray Allen / Kobe Bryant
Jump Range: Lebron James / Chuck Person
Outside Def.: Gary Payton / Bruce Bowen
Handling: Pete Maravich / Rafer Alston
Driving: Lebron James / Dominique Wilkins / Allen Iverson
Passing: Magic / Nash / Stockton / Maravich / Bogues (best assist to turnover ratio ever)
Inside Shot: Shaq (almost 60% career avg)
Inside Def.: Ben Wallace / David Robinson / Tim Duncan / Hakeem Olajuwon / Many more
Rebounding: Wilt Chamberlain (Seasons of over 27 rpg)
Shot Blocking: Mark Eaton (3.50 bpg career avg)
Stamina: Wilt Chamberlain (47.2 mpg career avg)
Free Throw: Jose Calderon (2008-2009, 98.1%) / Steve Nash / Rick Barry / Mark Price
Experience: Oscar Schmidt (One of the best never to play in the NBA) / Robert Parish / Michael Jordan

This is an excellent list, one of the best I've seen. Any disagreement is mere quibbling. I wouldn't put Bruce Bowen on the list, and I find it odd that no one ever lists Scottie Pippen. Dennis Rodman belongs on any list for both rebounding and inside defense. That is not the same as saying he's better than Chamberlain. I would put Bogues on the Handling list.

Not sure why everyone is in love with Jose Calderon. He had that big streak, but I don't feel like he's even in the top 5 or 10 all time. This past year he shot 79% from the line. You're right on with Price Nash and Barry, but then you should have Reggie Miller and Larry Bird. Those guys all shot 88% or better for their _career_.

Still, one of the best lists on this thread. Kudos.