What I mean is some people will have them top 5, some won’t even have them in the top 50. Crazy exaggeration, no player is probably like that, but who comes closest to mind?
Kobe, pip, steph, hakeem, russell
On the top end probably Kobe. There are probably other players with wider spreads but there are people who place Kobe in their GOAT argument and act like people are completely crazy when they don’t despite almost every other “source” labeling him as a fringe top 10 guy. Ranking 8-14 or so is basically just splitting hairs, but we have people who constantly lump him in that top 3 and it just seems like quite the reach.
Overall probably Isiah Thomas. His career comparison if we just view all players equally is MAYBE a top 50 all-time career. But we have people arguing him for top 20, I’ve heard the question asked on NBA Radio “are we underrating Zeke for not mentioning him in our top 10”… Personally I feel like his career might be the most overrated in league history and his rankings tend to vary quite a bit because of that.
Chris Paul
For current, Jimmy buckets is pretty polarizing
Moses Malone. If you didn’t see him play, he’s probably not brought up at all, but those that saw him, he’s in their top 20.
Kobe should be in the low 20s
John Stockton, though by and large he’s just criminally forgotten about
Kevin Garnett. Some people have him top 10 (myself included) others don’t think he makes the top 30
Allen Iverson
No lebron? His delusional haters will put him as worse than a role player and then the real world puts him at 1 or 2.
Both Stockton and Malone
Rick Barry. Highly underrated but by his own doing.
Iverson
Oscar Robertson
KD, if you know ball he’s not in the top 15. If you have no clue he’s probably in there for you.