Top 10 NBA Players

Top 10 NBA Players Now
While this list consists of the top 10 players now, the past is taken to account, but it is not a list of the best players who happen to be active. In parentheses is the player's previous rank posted on February 13.

# David (PR) - Mike (Previous Rank)
1. Kobe (1) - Kobe (3)
2. LeBron (2) - LeBron (1)
3. Duncan (4) - Garnett (2)
4. Nash (3) - Duncan (7)
5. Garnett (5) - Paul (6)
6. Billups (8) - Nash (5)
7. T. Parker (10) - Dirk (4)
8. Dirk (9) - Pierce (NR)
9. Paul (NR) - Wade (NR)
10. Kidd (6) - Camby (NR)

Top 10 NBA Careers Among Active Players
This is a list of the best active players taking into account their entire careers. Eligible players must have played during the 2007-2008 season. This is the first time we've done a list of this sort.

# David - Mike
1. Shaq - Shaq
2. Duncan - Duncan
3. Kidd - Kobe
4. Kobe - Garnett
5. Garnett - Iverson
6. Iverson - Kidd
7. Nash - T. Parker
8. Dirk - Billups
9. LeBron - Wade
10. Webber - Dirk


Top 10 NBA Franchise Players
This list is about which players you would pick to start a franchise. They must have played in an NBA game. We have not made a list of this sort before.

# David - Mike
1. LeBron - LeBron
2. Kobe - Kobe
3. Paul - Paul
4. D. Howard - D. Howard
5. T. Parker - D. Williams
6. D. Williams - Durant
7. Duncan - Wade
8. J. Smith - Anthony
9. Bosh - J. Smith
10. Prince - A. Stoudemire

Of course we have disagreements, which come across in our lists. I must say I have a bone to pick with one aspect of Mike's lists. I respect his view on the game and appreciate him for taking the time to make the lists.

But I don't understand how Mike has Tony Parker #7 on the career list, but not on the list of best players now. Parker recently turned 26 (he's a few months younger than me) and is just now hitting his prime. But somehow he has had a better career than Paul Pierce, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash, and Marcus Camby, even though they are deemed better than him now. I just can't wrap my head around that. Obviously, I think Parker is great, he's #7 on my list of best players now and #5 on my list of franchise players. But even I think Pierce has had a better career thus far than Parker, Dirk and Nash made my top 10 career list while Parker did not, and I might even have Camby higher than Parker (maybe). The two lists don't seem to gel on that point.