Dominating the low post offensively will earn All-Star appearances, All-NBA awards, possibly an MVP. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images). To create All-Time #NBArank, we put together a ballot … Since Davis has yet to play a game for the Lakers, I didn’t put him on this list of the franchise’s all-time best power forwards. -- Stein, Honors ... Ralph Sampson’s name can strike up basketball nostalgia from a time when the game was different. Josh Smith is starting. Top Five Power Forwards of All-Time.
MVP (2006-07), Finals MVP (2010-11), 13-time All-Star, 12-time All-NBA selection, Career stats Dominating the low post offensively will earn All-Star appearances, All-NBA awards, possibly an MVP. Hakeem Olajuwon is a shoo-in for the Houston Rockets all-time team, and one of the greatest players of all time. Elvin Hayes’ longevity (16 seasons) and rarely ever missing a game (played in 82 games eight seasons and never played less than 80) assisted him in reaching 4th all-time in total rebounds (16,279). Here are the 10 best power forwards in the history of the Lakers. Starting in San Diego and ending up in Houston, here are the top five small forwards to …
5 (1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998), Career stats Two-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA selection, two-time Defensive Player of the Year, eight-time All-D selection, Hall of Fame, Championships All-Time #NBArank rolls on with our countdown of the best power forwards in NBA history.
Malone averaged over 27 per game 7 times. Required fields are marked *. Barkley built a reputation as a strong, powerful player that grabs every rebound and finishes with authority around the rim.
In conclusion, to be the best of all-time at a position requires greatness in multiple aspects. Admittedly, with limited film and statistics, it is difficult to give a fair evaluation for Bob Pettit, Dave DeBusschere, Dolph Schayes, and to a lesser extent Elvin Hayes. Karl Malone cemented himself as not only one of the best scoring power forwards, but as one of the best scoring players of all-time. Karl Malone and Dirk Nowitzki weren’t far behind. -- Doolittle, Simply the greatest undersized big man we've ever seen. To the mainstream public, the Lakers are still very much LeBron James‘ team. -- Adande, In those seven seasons from 1991-92 to 1997-98, he had 33 games in which he pulled down at least 25 rebounds. -- Pelton, He outplayed Dwight Howard in the 2009 NBA Finals and had a good case for MVP in the 2010 Finals. If Barkley played as long as and took as many shots as Malone he would have finished his career with roughly 39,900 points, which would make him the highest-scoring player ever. Barkley never was great defensively, and certainly was nowhere near Malone’s level on that end. With Donatas Motiejunas returning to the Rockets rotation and interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff still hoping to find playing time for rookie Montrezl Harrell, the Rockets would seem to have more power forwards than they have playing time. With Clint (Capela, the Rockets' backup center) out some will have to play some five, but there's enough there to get everybody a run and then, as the game progresses ... whatever group plays the best with that guy on the floor is going to be on the floor.
Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West were the only players who got to the league before Pettit and averaged more career points than him. Power forwards grabbed boards. -- Stein, Dirk's one-legged, high-arcing fallaway from the mid-to-high post is on the short list of impossible-to-guard moves. As far as scoring projections, keep in mind that Malone also had a higher career average than Kareem, which — by your standard, not mine — means that we can give him credit as the better all-time scorer by simply projecting his career stats another couple seasons or games. Meanwhile, we are presenting the top 10 by position. Mastering the ability to put a ball into the hoop is an important skill. Barkley also only has 5 seasons over 25 PPG. Detroit Pistons (1986-1993), San Antonio Spurs (1993-1995), Chicago Bulls (1995-1998), Los Angeles Lakers (1998-99), Dallas Mavericks (1999-2000), Honors Here are our lists for the best point guards, shooting guards and small forwards. Pau Gasol, Vern Mikkelsen and A.C. Green were invaluable contributors to multiple championship teams in L.A., but they were always overshadowed by the Kobe Bryants, George Mikans and Magic Johnsons of the world. All-Time Houston Rockets on NBA 2K21 Founded in 1967, the Rockets in its history, had … Scoring is typically the first place a fan will look to determine a player’s ability.