This article is about the top 5 NBA players of All time. There are a lot of debates everywhere about who are the best top five NBA players of all time. Before I start comparing my top five to a former basketball player in WMS(Aaron) I’m going to explain what makes a good basketball player. What I believe makes a good basketball player is not only their own capabilities on the court but also a play maker, and good leader who understands their teammates.

Tria’s Top 5:

My top five NBA players of all time are Lebron James as the number one, Kobe Bryant as the second best player of all time, Michael Jordan as the third, Stephen Curry as the fourth, and Bill Russell as the fifth best player of all time.

I like Lebron as number one because of his longevity and dominance throughout his whole career.

I picked Kobe Bryant as the second greatest of all time because I believe that he is the only one who can actually compete against Lebron James.

I picked Michael Jordan as the third greatest only because I believe that Lebron and Kobe would have a better career if they were in the same era.

I picked Stephen Curry as the fourth best ever basketball player of all time because he’s one of the greatest ever to shoot the ball.

I picked Bill Russel as the fifth greatest ever because of dominance in his era, and I also wanted to give him credit because of how many rings he has.

Aaron’s top 5: 

Aaron’s top five NBA players of all time are Lebron James as number one, Michael Jordan as the second, his third is Kareem-Abdul- Jabbar, his fourth is Kobe Brayant, and his fifth is Shaquille O’neal.

Aaron’s top five NBA players of all time aren’t very similar to my top five NBA players, but I agree with his number one, which was Lebron James. Lebron James is a very good basketball player like I said.

What makes a good basketball player is not only their capabilities on the court, but also their leaderships, unselfishness on the court. The real difference between his top five NBA players and mine is that Aaron has a lot of players  who dominate on offense and defense. Most of mine really dominate on the offensive side.