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36.  James Harden (new to the list) 35. Steph Curry (new to the list) 34. Steve Nash (-4 from 2015) 33. Gary Payton (+2) 32. Patrick Ew...

We now enter a stretch in this analysis where we have to discuss what we are trying to do. Are we trying to evaluate who is the “best” playe...

Well, if we are going to try to get this thing done, or mostly done, by the end of April, we need to do a tier today.  So, here goes.  Tier ...

The Timberwolves went 47-35 and squeaked by Denver in Game 82 to win the #8 seed in the West.  They were immediately whacked by Houston 4-1 ...

In alphabetical order: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Larry Bird Kobe Bryant Wilt Chamberlain Tim Duncan  LeBron James Magic Johnson Michael ...

24.  Elgin Baylor -- now, Baylor is #3 all-time in points per game and #10 all-time in rebounds per game.  Baylor also had 10 healthy season...

We have 29 guys left to rank. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Charles Barkley Rick Barry Elgin Baylor Larry Bird Kobe Bryant Wilt Chamberlain ...

36.  James Harden -- Harden will be this year's MVP, and he has cleared 100 Win Shares on his career.  His teams have reached the Finals...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Charles Barkley Rick Barry Elgin Baylor Larry Bird Kobe Bryant Wilt Chamberlain Bob Cousy Stephon Curry Tim D...

I need to take this list of 19 guys and get down to 9 (drop 10 guys).  Then we will have our 36 guys. List Ray Allen -  145 Win Shares, ...

With 10 guys eliminated in the last Blog entry, we now have 46 guys left.  I deem 27 of those guys to be "absolute locks" such tha...

56 Guys Left - Gotta Drop 10 to get down to 46.  So, how?  I will identify the weakest links from the list of 56.  I have kept 27 guys where...

After the analysis set forth below, I had 61 guys left somehow (I don't really know how, I thought I had 60).   But, I see from the li...

Here is the list of 80 guys from which I am going to choose the 36 greatest.  For this Blog entry, I am going to apply some "subjecti...

From the list of 140 guys, I am going to have to cut down.  Barring some extraordinary circumstances (since it is my list, I get to determ...

I am not going to tell you that these are 100% exactly the top 140 players of all-time, but the top 36 guys are in this list somewhere.  We...

Here were the guys on my top 36 list from 2015:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ray Allen, Charles Barkley   Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Larry Bir...

I know that I have gone over this before, but rather than look it up and just regurgitate it, I thought since I am taking a new look in 20...

We start with the basic concept that "Most Valuable Player" implies that your team, without you, would not nearly be as good. N...

               I am compiling data for my revised Top 36 NBA Players of All-Time list, which I hope will arrive starting mid-April of 2018 ...