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Chris Hu on 08 June 2015
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TheGoldenBoy said:
Chris Hu said:
Lets the all time great NBA team old rule style (12 man roster) would be:
Starting five:
PF Tim Duncan
SF Larry Bird
C Wilt Chamerlain
PG John Stockton
SG Michael Jordan

Bench
PF Bill Russel
SF LeBron James
C Shaquile O'Neal
PG Magic Johnson
SG Kobe Bryant
PF Karl Malone
C Kareem Abdul Jabar

So not putting Stockon in the all time top ten is totally ridiculous he pretty much would be a starter on almost everyones all time NBA team and if not he would be in the top 5 bench players. Titles are all well and good but please have a look at his all time assist and steal numbers no one else is even close and nobody else will come close to those on top of all that he is one of the most durable players of all time he only missed four games in his first thirteen seasons and 22 in his entire career. In his 19 year career there are only two season where he didn't play in all the games he missed four games in the 1989-90 season and eighteen games in the 1997-98 season. Best passer of all time best pure point guard of all time one of the best defenders of all time and one of the most durable players of all time the only knock against him is that he never played on a team that had enough all around talent to win a title. Anyone that doesn't put him in the all time top ten player just doesn't know much about basketball overall. Winning titles is about having a great team around you.

Apparently reading comprehension is difficult for you. What part of Top 10 list does not equate to building the greatest team do you not understand? No one, except for Utah Jazz homers, put John Stockton in their Top 10 lists. Hell, I don't think I've ever seen a player say Stockton is Top 10.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1795233-10-greatest-nba-players-of-all-time
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2232060-br-nba-legends-100-ranking-the-greatest-players-of-all-time (Stockton is 23)
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/lists/Top-10-players-in-NBA-history#photo-title=Best+of+the+best&photo=30219323
http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/slam_500_greatest.html (Stockton is 22)
http://sporteology.com/top-10-greatest-nba-players-time/ (Stockton is 26)
http://www.ibtimes.com/top-50-greatest-nba-players-all-time-where-jordan-kobe-lebron-bird-land-basketball-1952638 (Stockton is 32)

These are just a few lists and none of them have Stockton even close. But I'm sure them and everyone is wrong and you're right . . .

That last line was sarcasm by the way.

I'm not a Utath Jazz homer his numbers speak for themselves.  Most career assist, most career steals, second highest career assist average, best career assist to turnover margin, lead the league in assist for nine straight years, two time steals leader, won two gold medals, averaged a career double double with points and assists, one of the most durable players of all time, made it into the postseason every year he played, ten time nba all star, made the nba all defense 1st, 2nd or 3rd squad 16 times.