This is probably one of the few things that can frustrate me when I talk about basketball. Comparing players across eras. There will never be a comparison between older era players vs more current era were the older doesn't get overrated and the current doesn't get underrated. You really give Wade, Kobe, Dirk, and Shaq the short end of the stick. For one, Oscar Robinson should absolutely not be #2. His stats are so inflated it's rediculous. Dave Bing? REALLY? He shouldn't even sniff top 5 SG of all time. He for one has literally 0 argument at all of guy like Kobe and Wade. None in a million years. Also Kobe>>>>>West. West's stats are only slightly better, but take championships into account and Bryant is without a doubt better than West.
SG:
1. Jordan
2. Bryant
3. West
4. Wade
5. Robinson
On Power Fowards if you have Malone and Barkley in your top 5 you sure as heck should have Dirk.That championship he has alone but's him above the two in my opinion not to mention he had a historic run. We are on a Hawks forum and Petit was a good player, but much like Robinson his stats are inflated. The era he played in was nothing compared to todays game and was pretty much a cake walk. Based on that alone I don't like him at #3. Back to Malone, he may have a statistical advantage, but we have to remember he played with arguably the best PG of all time in Stockton. Plus Malone was a huge choker come playoff time. You could tell me you'd rather have Malone lead your team in the playoffs than Dirk.
My PF top 5:
1. Duncan
2. Kevin Garnett
3. Dirk
4. Karl Malone
5. Charles Barkley
Last real gripe is how can a top 10 player all time in Shaq be only the 5-7 best center? It makes no sense at all. I would take Shaq over Russell all day because all those championship he won when there was only 8 teams in the league, arguably over Wilt. Wilt's stats were inflated but they were just so rediculous you can kinda overlook that. I would take Shaq over Malone ALLLLLL DAY as well as Mikan and over Hakeem as well but thats a bit closer.
My top Centers:
1. Jabar
2. Wilt
3. Shaq
4. Russell
5. Hakeem
The other two lists in can live with. I would only put the 1 and 2 on both SF and PG and maybe put Pippen a bit higher on SF.