Kevin Garnett is having a great career…

Karl Malone is the greatest power forward ever.  He redefined the position with his ability to score with his back to the basket and shooting the 12 – 15 jump shoot. As you can see below, Karl Malone is only behind Kevin Garnett in terms of block shots.

Malone played 18 years in a mid-market, the Utah Jazz, and the best player he played with is also a Hall of Famer, John Stockton. Malone never really played with an above average center. He was guarded often by the center not the power forward when he was on the offensive end.

I also believe, Tim Duncan is a better power forward than Garnett. Duncan overall game is better and he also helped a mid-market be a great organization. His nickname is “the Big Fundamental”. He won 4 NBA Championships with the San Antonio Spurs and they are in contention for a 5^th.

Name	Points	Rebounds	Assist	Steals	Blocks
K. Garnett	25 009	13 671	5172	1719	1954
K. Malone	36 928	14 968	5248	2085	1145
T. Duncan	23 300	12 949	3546	857	2585

Kevin Garnett is a great player who has filled out the statistic categories as you can see above. He is the only player in NBA history to put up the numbers in the 5 categories mentioned above.

This doesn’t make him the greatest power forward ever. Malone played 3 years and Duncan played 4 years in college before playing in the NBA. Garnett came straight from high school to the NBA.

I’m sure Garnett fans will mention his desire and leadership makes him a better player than Duncan. He is not as emotional as Garnett, but this doesn’t make Garnett a better leader than Duncan.

Karl Malone is number one followed by Tim Duncan and then Kevin Garnett.

Who are your top 3 power forwards all-time?

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Kobe Bryant the NBA greatest…

Kobe Bryant is the NBA’s greatest scorer to have never played college basketball. Some will say LeBron James is better than Bryant. I’m only talking about one aspect of basketball, which is scoring. LeBron James will be the greatest player to have never played college basketball.

Remember when the Charlotte Hornets drafted Bryant 17 years ago and he demanded to be traded? Who would have thought this player would eventually score over 30 000 points?

In the NBA history there have only been 4 members of this exclusive club: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (36), Karl Malone (36), Michael Jordan (38) and Wilt Chamberlain (35). Kobe Bryant is the youngest in the group to hit the 30 000 plateau at 34.

Bryant still has 63 games remaining to score a minimum of 25 points a game, which would add 1 575 points to his total. He could surpass Wilt Chamberlain by year’s end, Michael Jordan by the 30 game mark of next season, and Karl Malone in 4 years. At that point he would have one player left to surpass to become the greatest NBA scorer of all-time. This feat may take him until his 40’s to accomplish.

Bryant works really hard at his craft, keeps his body fit and has the desire to be the greatest scorer. I have no doubt he will be the NBA’s All-Time leading scorer.

Do you think Kobe Bryant will make it to number 1?

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