SLAM Top 50 NBA Players

1. Kobe Bryant
2. LeBron James
3. Dwyane Wade
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Tim Duncan
6. Allen Iverson
7. Steve Nash
8. Carmelo Anthony
9. Chris Paul
10. Kevin Garnett
11. Yao Ming
12. Elton Brand
13. Gilbert Arenas
14. Shaquille O’Neal
15. Dwight Howard
16. Andrei Kirilenko
17. Tracy McGrady
18. Paul Pierce
19. Vince Carter
20. Chris Bosh
21. Pau Gasol
22. Ron Artest
23. Jermaine O’Neal
24. Amare Stoudemire
25. Tony Parker
26. Ray Allen
27. Shawn Marion
28. Chauncey Billups
29. Joe Johnson
30. Kirk Hinrich
31. Manu Ginobili
32. Ben Wallace
33. Michael Redd
34. Jason Kidd
35. Rip Hamilton
36. Jason Richardson
37. Jason Terry
38. Sam Cassell
39. Stephon Marbury
40. Antawn Jamison
41. Andrew Bogut
42. Mike Bibby
43. Josh Howard
44. Zach Randolph
45. Adam Morrison
46. Andrea Bargnani
47. Josh Smith
48. Chris Kaman
49. Darko Milicic
50. Boris Diaw

imo Darko, Bargnani, josh Smith, Adam Morrsion and Bogut shouldn't be there at all. Kirilenko is way too high and Caron Butler should be on the list as well as Baron Davis and Ben Gordan, also Gilbert should be higher...

Slam's opinions:
http://slamonline.com/online/2006/11/the-top-50-redux/

what bout curry?? milicic is here, but curry is FAaaaaaaaaaRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr beter! he's beter than kaman and bargnani WTF!

WTF? that list is horrible.

I agree with #1, thats it.

28. Chauncey Billups

worse than Chris Paul & Tony Parker, hahahah.

imo Darko, Bargnani, josh Smith, Adam Morrsion and Bogut shouldn't be there at all

i agree.....add instead Butler, Prince, Jefferson, Odom, Boozer, D Williams

what the hell is Marbury doing on this list anyways?

I ask where are the underrated players in the league on this list?

Odom, Marion, Rashard, etc.

and how could AK 47 were on 16?? he should be at 25 or smth!

OMFG WTF.

Adam Morrison shouldnt be there, Chris Webber pwns his anus.

Hey dont worry folks, SLAM magazine never really claimed to be a beakon of knowledge. Reading that magazine makes my head hurt most of the time.

Most of these are laughable.

Just the fact that Boozer isn't on there takes away all of its credibility.

gotta be one of the worst lists i have ever seen. sometimes i think people make these lists so bad just to get people to talk about them. either that or they take a bunch of hockey fans and have them vote of the top 50 players and see what happens.

Slam is sucha stupid magazine, so many things wrong. JKidd should be top 10, and Darko is on there and Emeka is not. Those are the 2 that make me the most mad.

Ok....nevermind what I said before. The topic is kind of misleading. I clicked the link and saw that this list was made a long time ago. The "Redux" part was adding

My top 10 regrets for being on the list at all or coming in way too high/low low are:

1. Bargnani
2. Darko
3. Hinrich
4. Kidd
5. Kirilenko
6. Pierce
7. Bosh
8. Marion
9. KG
10. T-Mac

Guys I wish we included:

1. Baron Davis
2. Lamar Odom
3. Caron Butler
4. Emeka Okafor
5. Ben Gordon
6. Rasheed Wallace
7. Carlos Boozer
8. Deron Williams
9. Richard Jefferson (sort of)
10. Peja (sort of)

As well as...

46. Andrea Bargnani - Okay. This was goofy. Our bad. This upset people.
49. Darko Milicic - Yeah, that was dumb.

That list is horrible, period. So many ridiculous picks, I can't take this serious at all.

Gilbert Arenas >>> Lebron James, you will see in due time

It should be important to note that the article was written on November 22nd, so a lot of them were based on guesstimation early into the season, but still, not having Boozer on there is pretty dumb.

I wouldn't even consider Wade a top 5 player before this season. This year he isn't even top 10. Lebron is top 4-5 at best.

1. Kobe
2. KG/Hibachi
4. Dirk
5. Lebron
6. TD(switch with Lebron if healthy)
7. T-mac(put to 4 and push everyone up if healthy)
8. Carmelo
9. Yao
10. Steve Nash/Shawn Marion/Jason Kidd

I don't know why Jason Kidd is so underrated and why Nash is so overrated. Kidd is the best true point guard in the league and a better player too.

Last edited by LakersRule24 on Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:50 am, edited 1 time in total.

It should be important to note that the article was written on November 22nd, so a lot of them were based on guesstimation early into the season, but still, not having Boozer on there is pretty dumb.

You guys didn't read my post....

The list was written at the beginning of last summer. They revised it two months ago with the list I posted.

You guys didn't read my post....

The list was written at the beginning of last summer. They revised it two months ago with the list I posted.

Ahhh, now I understand. I did read your post, but didn't quite understand it at first.

Theres no way Darko should be above BoBo Diaw, even if it is 1 place..
And Josh Howard should be higher.. and put Butler on there.

The fact that Ray Allen is only 26 shows that it means nothing. He is easily one of the top 10 players in the NBA.

The fact that Ray Allen is only 26 shows that it means nothing. He is easily one of the top 10 players in the NBA.

I agree that Allen should definetly be higher up, as for the top ten i'm not so sure. Who would you take out for him to replace?

The fact that Ray Allen is only 26 shows that it means nothing. He is easily one of the top 10 players in the NBA.

Ray Allen's 31.

These rankings are morefor last season than this season.
Last season Bryant was the best,I think the MVP was just stolen from him,but this year he's less a scorer,more a passer,and the funny thing is the Lakers being like the 5th best team in the West. LeBron was a beast,and he still carries a weak team to the top of the East,with goot numbers,yet he became lazy,he's not so highlighted(he is bery highlighted,not like last year though). On the other hand,Wade has been absolutely wonderful this season,carrying a veteran weak team that is very tired from a long season,to a respectable 18-21 record,when Shaq is injured. Great aswell is Gilbert Arenas,the leading scorer(with Melo being ahead,but with less points,and when he returnes he will definitely score less than so far)of the NBA,and a player who made at least 10 shots with 3 or less seconds left in a Quarter. other honorable mentions of players Who've been good this season(and better than last)are Melo,Dirk,Josh Howard,Steve Nash(he deserves MVP this year,last year it was Kobe's),Ray Allen,Tracy McGrady(MY MAN)Carlos Boozer and there are still more.

And that's it with BSing for this weak,I'll just finish with a Wade>>>>>>>LeBron and walk away. WALK,away.

These rankings are morefor last season than this season.
Last season Bryant was the best,I think the MVP was just stolen from him,but this year he's less a scorer,more a passer,and the funny thing is the Lakers being like the 5th best team in the West. LeBron was a beast,and he still carries a weak team to the top of the East,with goot numbers,yet he became lazy,he's not so highlighted(he is bery highlighted,not like last year though). On the other hand,Wade has been absolutely wonderful this season,carrying a veteran weak team that is very tired from a long season,to a respectable 18-21 record,when Shaq is injured. Great aswell is Gilbert Arenas,the leading scorer(with Melo being ahead,but with less points,and when he returnes he will definitely score less than so far)of the NBA,and a player who made at least 10 shots with 3 or less seconds left in a Quarter. other honorable mentions of players Who've been good this season(and better than last)are Melo,Dirk,Josh Howard,Steve Nash(he deserves MVP this year,last year it was Kobe's),Ray Allen,Tracy McGrady(MY MAN)Carlos Boozer and there are still more.

And that's it with BSing for this weak,I'll just finish with a Wade>>>>>>>LeBron and walk away. WALK,away.

Why do so many people think Wade>Lebron?

These rankings are morefor last season than this season.
Last season Bryant was the best,I think the MVP was just stolen from him,but this year he's less a scorer,more a passer,and the funny thing is the Lakers being like the 5th best team in the West. LeBron was a beast,and he still carries a weak team to the top of the East,with goot numbers,yet he became lazy,he's not so highlighted(he is bery highlighted,not like last year though). On the other hand,Wade has been absolutely wonderful this season,carrying a veteran weak team that is very tired from a long season,to a respectable 18-21 record,when Shaq is injured. Great aswell is Gilbert Arenas,the leading scorer(with Melo being ahead,but with less points,and when he returnes he will definitely score less than so far)of the NBA,and a player who made at least 10 shots with 3 or less seconds left in a Quarter. other honorable mentions of players Who've been good this season(and better than last)are Melo,Dirk,Josh Howard,Steve Nash(he deserves MVP this year,last year it was Kobe's),Ray Allen,Tracy McGrady(MY MAN)Carlos Boozer and there are still more.

And that's it with BSing for this weak,I'll just finish with a Wade>>>>>>>LeBron and walk away. WALK,away.

Why do so many people think Wade>Lebron?

Because Wade draws more "bullshit should be no calls" fouls.

And also LeBron introduced the infamous "5-step" no call move.

Oh and lakerskobe247 post made my left eye drop and my right eye red.