1. Deron Williams- Went to school with him: even had a class with him. Was always a cool guy. Would stop and talk to everyone...which was everyone at the time since they were so good. James Augustine often would get pissed off and not talk to you if you were going to talk ball. Deron, Dee, Luther, and Rev would always stop and chat. Good people.
2. Chauncey Billups-I like his story. Amazing PG
3. Rip Hamilton-Liked him since i saw him in a wizards/nets exhibition in town.
4. Mike Bibby-Liked him since the days on the kings.
5.Dirk Nowitzki-I like seeing an almost 7 foot tall white man shoot 3s...so sue me
6. Yao Ming-I also love a gigantic asian man. Its good for the sport. 1.3 billion people cant be wrong
7. KG-He actually went to high school 30 minutes from my hometown before he played in chicago on that HS team
8. Steve Nash-There was a point when there was no stopping him. He'd steal the ball, shoot 3s, make any pass, and slash with the best of them. This was all in video games of course but still it made me pay attention to him in real life.
9. Lebron-I used to be a hater. The past couple years have turned me around. If there's a future in basketball: it is based on this beast of a human being.
10. Hedo Turkoglu-I knew he was good on that kings team back in the day. Nobody listened to me till he was on the magic...

Obviously that's present?
Past in no distinct order other than the #1 Slot
1. Jordan
2. Mugsy Bogues
3. Alonzo Mourning
4. David Robinson
5. Dell Curry
6. Dan Majerle
7. Dikembe Mutombo (my fantasy football team name is inspired by him this year)
8. Hakeem Olajuwon
9. Keith Van Horn (just always liked him, not sure why)
10. Larry Johnson (he was on my hornets...leave me alone)