MahomesMccaffreyBtoNBA•Now that Steph Curry has a gold medal, who is the best American player without a gold medal?English
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2 months agoI guess Kareem but it’s unfair since he didn’t have a chance to play.
Too young in 1968 too old in 1972
I guess Kareem but it’s unfair since he didn’t have a chance to play.
Too young in 1968 too old in 1972
Kareem is the only top 10 of all time level legend who never played in the Olympics.
Bill russell big O and Jerry West all won olympic gold medals as NCAA players
Nash is a slightly better passer and a much better shooter
But Luka is by far the better scorer.
He pretty much scores twice as much as prime Nash.
Because their careers are still young.
There was a time DRose, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Kyrie, Ben Simmons all looked like the best player in their draft.
DRose won MVP then was injured and never looked the same. Took Russ almost 9 seasons to settle the debate.
Setph and Harden overtook Blake around 2015, 6 sessons in.
PG overtook John Wall around 2017, 7 seasons in.
Kawhi overtook Kyrie around 2017, 6 seasons in.
Jaylen Brown over took Ben Simmons in 2022, 6 seasons in because dude stopped playing basketball.
There’s a lot of uncertainties than might happen in the future.
What if Hali became one of the best PGs in the league, is he better than Ant?
What if Chet became unstoppable?