58. Bernard King

"Bahnard" King was 2011 NBA Playoffs Carmelo Anthony, except all the time! Hell he was 2010 NBA Playoffs all the time! Bernard King could score from anywhere on the court, his arsenal was filled with quality and quantity, perhaps Bernard's biggest asset was his quickness. Bernard had a first step rivaled only by David Thompson's, and a turnaround that caused nightmares! Bernard King was a player teams prepared for, but was still unstoppable, his turnaround was shot with the same intensity and speed on both sides, his pull-ups and stop and pops (to those of you unsure they are not the same) were the greatest of his era, he gave the art of two handed dunks CPR, making simple dunks look amazing, and his transition game that alone would have rivaled LeBron James and Dwyane Wade today! Bernard's career was tainted when he was stuck on a crappy Knicks team! If the only thing we took was apex's the top scorer's ever would be Michael Jordan, George Gervin, Shaquille O'Neal, Bernard King, Elgin Baylor, Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant (not exactly in that order). '84 Bernard King was unstoppable he took a championship Celtics team to game 7 with one of the crappiest supporting classes I've seen, David Thompson and Bernard King suffered similar fates, had either one come along in the "Say NO!" era we would be looking at top 30 players ever, maybe even top twenty but that's up for debate!

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61: Bob McAdoo
Bob McAdoo was on the NBA's greatest scoring forwards/centers. Bob McAdoo had an arsenal of post moves. Bob McAdoo was the 1975 NBA MVP as a member of the Buffalo Braves. When Bob McAdoo was a member the Lakers he became an unselfish player and started to work as a team player.

60: Robert Parish
Robert Parish was generally a quiet player on the court, But his talent was not. Being seven foot one and two hundred and forty four pounds he was right in the mix of the best big men to run the court. Robert Parish was apart of the big three in Boston which included Larry Bird and Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. Being part of the big three made Robert Parrish one of the most unselfish and greatest big man ever.



59: Paul Arizin
"Pitchin Paul" Arizin had one the best shooting form of all time. Paul did not try out for his high school basketball team until his senior year and unfortunately he did not make the team. He went to Villanova University. After a lot of hard work he made the team as sophomore. He set a record scoring eighty five points in a game a year later. Paul Arizin played ten NBA seasons and every year he was named an all star.







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62: Ray Allen

Resume: 15 years, 10 Star Quality, 4 Role Quality, 10 All-Stars...
Top 10 '05... Top 15 '01...
3 year peak: 22-5-4, 43% 3FG, 88% FT...
'01 Playoffs 25-6-4, 48% 3FG... '05 Playoffs 27-4-4... '08 Finals: 20-5-4,
Record: 22 threes, 8 threes one half... Career: 20-4-4 40% 3FG, 89% FT...
Career Leader: Threes...



"Ray Allen... Where do I start? I don't know where to start! Ray Allen, the greatest shooting form ever. In mu opinion Ray is the NBA three point king and one of the most underrated defenders of all time."






Ray Allen may be the active "Three Point King" but in mine and many other opinions he falls behind Reggie Miller and before anyone else, his D may have been underrated but now may be overrated, Ray is an average defender and an amazing scorer with  leading capabilities, Ray was moved around allot partly influenced by his underrated stats. He played historically in the '08 finals, is one of the greatest clutch shooters of        all-time, he has many skills but only a few elite. Ray should have never been a number 1 player on a team, like Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen, and John Stockton/Karl Malone, Ray also was a pretty good actor in He Got Game. Ray Allen, nothing big, just one of the greatest players in NBA history, 62nd to be exact.


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That was the original post I wrote but RayRay_34 created another.

"Ray is the greatest shooter, and a record breaker... his defense affected game even when he wasn't getting steals, and back in the day his behind the back to the stepback sequence was unstoppable... Ray Allen is CLUTCH! Yes he's the most clutch player in the game and one of the most clutch in history, and in my opinion is tied for most clutch three point shooter ever... Tied with Reggie Miller of course."

That was RayRay_34, he had a little trouble describing why he loves Ray so much, but we played a little NBA 2K11 and hundreds of memories popped into his head as he scored a Ray Allen three pointer sending us into overtime delaying an 18 point loss and 15-0 run with Gary Payton (at the hands of me, of course) and the 95-96 Sonics.

Let's get back to the point, letting you know why Ray Allen is the 62nd greatest basketball player in the history of  the sport. Ray never wavered in efficiency and still hits clutch shots when asked, his prime was amazing and had the most perfect jumper (not the one that would fit my style though) and did a lot with somewhere between nothing and the resemblance of a defensive hockey team with a +/- of -12. Ray was amazing in the ways he was a three point shooting machine, relentless scorer and he iced most of the games that featured him with the ball in his hands at the end of the game.


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66: Jerry Lucas: Lucas needed help to pad his rebounding stats, and he did it ripping down missed free throws and everything that he could, In my opinion Lucas should not have made the NBA's 50 at 50 especially over the likes of Gary Payton and Dennis Johnson!( Especially when he has a game that probably would have been role or sixth man potential, today I don't think he would even average an 18-8).

65: Adrian Dantley: Dantley is one of the players who will never been seen again (as in variations), Dantley was 6'3'' a herky jerky post player with more moves than Tim Duncan. There will never be another Adrian Dantley

64: Alex English: English was loved by everyone, was more predictable and even more consistent than #65, English was similar to Dantley but also was a team player. English was great.


63: Nate Archibald: Nate owned the original killer crossover and used it to his addvantage against a slower era of basketball, the thing is unlike Jerry Lucas his game and moves would have been just as effective in the new era if not more due to the rule changes, Nate was amazing, and if you can, look him up on YouTube.

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Sorry for my crappy acting/camera skills, I am just starting, have a cold and was half asleep during these. Anyways this was just a test, here are our first videos.

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