Honorable Mention: Elgin Baylor Career Statistics 27.4 PTS, 13.5 REB, 4.3 AST, 22.7 PER Honors 10x All-NBA (10x First Team), 11x All-Star, Rookie of the Year The Boston Celtics supremacy during the 1960s didn’t hurt anyone more than it hurt Elgin Baylor. After 14 seasons, this 11-time all-star and 10-time All-NBA’er retired without ever winning an NBA championship. To make matters worse, After retiring just 9 games into the 1972 season, it was that same year that the Lakers

Honorable Mention: Tracy McGrady Career Statistics 19.6 PTS, 5.6 REB, 4.4 AST, 22.1 PER Honors 7x All-NBA (2x First Team), 7x All-Star, 2x Scoring Leader Tracy McGrady is one of the greatest ‘what if’ stories in NBA history. Blessed with immense talent and all of the necessary physical tools, T-Mac could ball as well as anyone on any given night. Unfortunately, a combination of poor body care and the task of dragging objectively bad Orlando teams to the NBA playoffs, McGrad

Honorable Mention: John Stockton Career Statistics 13.1 PTS, 10.5 AST, 2.2 STL, 21.8 PER Honors 11x All-NBA (2x First Team), 5x All-Defense, 10x All-Star It’s over. It’s done. 2017 marks the year that John Stockton is no longer a top 5 point guard in NBA history. Regardless, Stockton is arguably the greatest play-maker in NBA history. All substance and very little flash, Stockton actually participated in post-season basketball every single season of his 19 year career. Stoc

Nick Fay, Harris Wichard and Jonathan Ebrahimi discuss the follow NBA topic: OTG’s Player Rankings - Top 5 Point Guards - Top 5 Shooting Guards - Top 5 Small Forwards - Top 5 Power Forwards - Top 5 Centers The Top 5 Teams in the NBA - Who’s at the top? - What do these latest injuries mean? - Are the Utah Jazz a top 5 team? The 8th Seed (East and West) - Who would you like to see get the eighth seed? - Who is the biggest threat to the top? Jump-Ball - Brand new segment - Fast

If you couldn’t tell, we like top 5s at OTG …. A LOT. So we asked some of our most knowledgeable writers for their top 5 greatest NBA players of all-time. Enjoy! Mike Ricci (@MikeRicci5): 1.Michael Jordan 2.Tim Duncan 3.LeBron James 4.Larry Bird 5.Bill Russell MJ is the greatest, there shouldn’t be any arguments there. In a post-MJ league, Duncan has been the standard for excellence and is my pick for second greatest player in league history. Boring? Sure. But only if you cou

Nick Fay and Harris Wichard talk NBA basketball. Episode Breakdown -DeRozan's start to the season -DeMarcus Cousins' attitude -Bulls hot start- -Which team can reach 70 wina? -Predictions for tonight's game -Draymond Green thrash talk -Ray Allen retirement #NBA #NBABasketball #podcast #Podcast #TheOutletsWeeklyPod #Rankings #Top5

This episode Nick Fay and Harris Wichard are joined by Matthew Handel. Episode Breakdown - Top 5 Point Guards in the NBA - Is James Harden the best two guard in the league? - Better player, Stephen Curry or Kevin Durant - Predictions for tonight's games - Surprise NBA teams #NBA #NBABasketball #podcast #Podcast #TheOutletsWeeklyPod #Rankings #Top5

The OTG staff gives you their top 5 NBA coaches! Tweet us your thoughts @otgbasketball #NBA #NBABasketball #Top5 #Rankings #Coaches

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*Photo via Getty Images Everyone wants to be a guard. Guard play has become so contagious that we see small forwards to even center – sized players infected with “Guarditis”. Yes, it’s a real disease that I made up this very moment (just go with it), which affects hundreds of innocent players around the globe every day. No longer are the pure centers of the NBA dominating like they did in recent past; with guys like Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, Patrick Ewing, David Robi

*Photo via USA Today 1̶.̶ ̶F̶ ̶L̶e̶b̶r̶o̶n̶ ̶J̶a̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶2̶.̶ ̶C̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶c̶ ̶G̶a̶s̶o̶l̶ ̶3̶.̶ ̶S̶F̶ ̶K̶a̶w̶h̶i̶ ̶L̶e̶o̶n̶a̶r̶d̶ 4. PF LaMarcus Aldridge Portland Trail Blazers, (Unrestricted Free Agent) 2015 stats – 23.4 ppg, 1.7 aspg, 10.2 rpg, FG -46%, 3-point FG – 35%, 0.7 stls, 1.0 blks, 1.7 tov Strengths LaMarcus Aldridge is simply one of the best scoring forwards in the NBA. Aldridge can fill it up, operating from 15-feet and in and sports a game that will make fellow Al

*Photo via Reuters 1. Marc Gasol, Center, Memphis Grizzlies 17.4 PPG, 3.8 ASP, 7.8 RPG, 49.4% FG, 1.6 BLK, 2.2 TOV Unrestricted Free Agent Let’s end this unneeded debate once and for all: Marc Gasol is the best center in the NBA, period. Gasol has a plethora of skills that are unmatched by anyone of his position. Most impressive of these are in his offensive arsenal- he is a legitimate back-to-the-basket-center, he can hit an outside jumper, and has incredible court vision wi

*Photo via USA Today The Cleveland Cavaliers swept the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2007. There were many players who played great, but the top five are as follows: 1. Lebron James The best player on the planet, Lebron James had a great series and led the Cavs to the sweep. He averaged 30.2 points per game, 11 rebounds per game, and 9.25 assists per game during the series and had an astounding Game 3 as he scored 37 poin

*Photo via USA Today James Harden has come a long way from being the Sixth Man of the Year with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Harden has become the face of the Houston Rockets franchise while leading the way to three straight playoff appearances. We’ve seen his points, rebounds and assists get better and better; leading into this season where Harden finished second in MVP voting. With this being said, is James Harden a top five player in the league? Before we go in depth on whet

*Photo courtesy AP 1. Stephen Curry Stephen Curry is having a great series so far, including a 40-point explosion Saturday night. Curry has hit at least five three-pointers every game in the series, It obvious he's playing well as he knocked down his 64th three-point shot in this years' postseason. Curry is the best player in this series as he is averaging 35.6 points per game showing the world why he is the MVP. 2. James Harden The runner-up in the MVP race had a horrible ga

*Photo via AP 1.Kristaps Porzingis (19, 6’11, 220lbs, Latvia, Projected 5-8) The Latvian power forward thought he was ready for the NBA last season entering into the 2014 draft as an 18 year old, and was projected to go 15th overall. He received interest from the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76er’s (according to draftexpress.com.) He pulled out of the draft and has seen his stock rise to a potential lottery pick in this year’s draft, thanks to his solid play over in Spain,

*Photo via USA Today For the second consecutive round in these playoffs, the top seeded Atlanta Hawks find themselves in a tight series. The Washington Wizards, who quickly disposed of the Toronto Raptors, continued rolling defeating the Hawks 104-98 in game one. John Wall had 18 points and 13 assists, but that is the last time we’ve seen the Wizard’s All Star point guard, who, in that game, fractured his left wrist in multiple places. Wall had been playing superb, and would

*Photo via Getty Images Without a doubt, the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. the Chicago Bulls is a more entertaining and notable series than the Washington Wizards vs. the Atlanta Hawks, the four remaining teams in the Eastern Conference playoffs. In the Wizards and Hawks series, I’m pretty sure that even the most casual NBA fan will have trouble naming the Hawks’ starting five. In addition, it’s difficult to watch this series going forward due to the fact that John Wall, one of the

*Photo via AP Who’s impressing? Through game 3, with the Memphis Grizzlies leading the Golden State Warriors in the series 2-1, which players are impressing? Below are the top 5 players in this series, ranked from lowest to highest, for… you know… drama. 5. Stephen Curry – PG – Golden State Warriors Yes, Curry SHOULD probably higher on this list. Curry SHOULD be number one on this list. Curry SHOULD have his team up 3-0. But you know what? None of those things are true.

*Photo via Getty Images This is a ranking of the top five players in the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers series. This ranking is based off their current play, not their body of work. *I'm excluding Chris Paul due to the fact he is injured and has played limited minutes in the series. 1.Blake Griffin- Griffin is arguably having the best postseason in the NBA right now. He has filled up stat sheets on the “regular” and even grabbed a few triple-doubles. It is clear Gri