POLL Who are the top 5 passers in NBA history (you are allowed 5 votes, for those that rode the short bus)

[armadillooutlaw]

You probably meant Erick Dampier.

Yeah. I did, sarcastically.

 

[DJ]

Yeah. I did, sarcastically.

EricK

LOL.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Have to disagree. Williams was just flashy, he isn’t anywhere near the top of the list.

Williams really doesn’t even belong on this list.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

Magic, Bird, Stockton right off the bat.

 

[Picklerick 2.0]

2 people voting MJ is pretty hilarious to me.

He would be an example of 1 of the wrong answers. Definitely not one of the best passers of all time.

It's a casual answer, not an accurate one.

 

[Ron G]

Anyone leaving Oscar Robertson and Bob Cousy off is voting without historical knowledge of the game.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Anyone leaving Oscar Robertson and Bob Cousy off is voting without historical knowledge of the game.

Cousy is an option. Putting him out of the top 5 isn’t crazy. He wasn’t near a top 5 passer of all-time

 

[tlance]

Anyone leaving Oscar Robertson and Bob Cousy off is voting without historical knowledge of the game.

Wrong.

Today’s players are just a lot more skilled.

 

[Ron G]

Wrong.

Today’s players are just a lot more skilled.

When rating a player, the era in which they played and how much better than their peers they were needs to be a major consideration. Cousy was not a scorer which makes his accomplishments as a passer/assist man even more remarkable.
50 years from now people will not think Magic, Bird, LeBron, MJ and others were really that good.

One year Oscar Roberston averaged a triple double. Now a triple double makes headline news. Double Doubles are almost always made up of points and rebounds, it is assists or steals that are hard part.

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Cy Young, Walter Johnson probably could not make a major league roster today and yet they are some of greatest of all time. If asked in a poll today who are the greatest hitters and pitchers only Ruth might be mentioned by today's fans.

 

[tlance]

When rating a player, the era in which they played and how much better than their peers they were needs to be a major consideration. Cousy was not a scorer which makes his accomplishments as a passer/assist man even more remarkable.
50 years from now people will not think Magic, Bird, LeBron, MJ and others were really that good.

One year Oscar Roberston averaged a triple double. Now a triple double makes headline news. Double Doubles are almost always made up of points and rebounds, it is assists or steals that are hard part.

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Cy Young, Walter Johnson probably could not make a major league roster today and yet they are some of greatest of all time. If asked in a poll today who are the greatest hitters and pitchers only Ruth might be mentioned by today's fans.

In your opinion.

If I am ranking the best 5 passers of all time, I will do just that.

Cousy was better than his peers, but his peers were pretty terrible by todays standards.

 

[DJ]

In your opinion.

If I am ranking the best 5 passers of all time, I will do just that.

Cousy was better than his peers, but his peers were pretty terrible by todays standards.

Exactly.

 

[msgkings322]

50 years from now people will not think Magic, Bird, LeBron, MJ and others were really that good.

Bruh

 

[Ron G]

In your opinion.

If I am ranking the best 5 passers of all time, I will do just that.

Cousy was better than his peers, but his peers were pretty terrible by todays standards.

Mr. tlance, I am going to guess that you are under 40 and possibly under 30 years old.

 

[SJ76]

Wrong.

Today’s players are just a lot more skilled.

Yet none of the top 5 in this poll are playing today.


Lol

 

[msgkings322]

Mr. tlance, I am going to guess that you are under 40 and possibly under 30 years old.

Dude after that last bit I quoted you on, you have zero NBA credibility. It's one thing to give the old timers their due. But be realistic, have you ever watched a game from 1962? It's Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, and a bunch of mostly white guys with real jobs to pay the rent.

 

[Ron G]

Dude after that last bit I quoted you on, you have zero NBA credibility. It's one thing to give the old timers their due. But be realistic, have you ever watched a game from 1962? It's Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, and a bunch of mostly white guys with real jobs to pay the rent.

As I posted, in 50 years people won't think today's great were very good.

 

[msgkings322]

As I posted, in 50 years people won't think today's great were very good.

Yes I know you posted that. And that's bizarre.

 

[tlance]

Mr. tlance, I am going to guess that you are under 40 and possibly under 30 years old.

Wrong

 

[tlance]

As I posted, in 50 years people won't think today's great were very good.

You are probably right about that.

People get better at things over time.

In 50 years, the best players will probably make today’s best look relatively unimpressive.

However, there is virtually no chance the gap will be the same as it is between modern basketball and basketball of the 60s.

Basketball is a global game today and salaries make it a destination job.

In Cousy’s day players legitimately had to consider taking other 9-5 type careers where they might be better off financially.

 

[tlance]

Yet none of the top 5 in this poll are playing today.


Lol

And I voted for all of the top 4.

Point being, they are all modern era.

Today’s players aren’t getting votes over pure PG’s like Stockton and Kidd because today’s point guards are scorers.

There are very few true PGs left in the game.

Still a vast canyon in terms of skill level from a guy like Kidd to an old time player like Cousy.

And Kidd isn’t as skilled overall as the top lead guards today.

But I will take him as a passer. Which is what this poll is about.