Basketball is the 3rd most popular sport of all time.It a great sport with lots of enthusiasm and power.Players should be strong and tall to score a goal on a
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10 feet high basket.Some players of this game has become historic with their great performance.They are considered as the legend of the game.Here is top five basketball player of all time:
1. Michael Jordan:
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Michael Jordan popularly known as MJ is the greatest basketball player of all time.He is a 6.6 feet giant.Michael Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN.Among his numerous accomplishments, Jordan holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game).Jordan is a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
2.Bill Russell:
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Bill Russell is a retired professional American basketball player.He is 6.10 feet tall.He is one of just two NBA players (the other being prominent rival Wilt Chamberlain) to have grabbed more than 50 rebounds in a game.Russell also scored 14,522 career points and provided effective passing.His professional career span was 1956–59.Russell is one of only seven players in history to win an NCAA Championship, an NBA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal. In Russell's honor the NBA renamed the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophy in 2009: it is now the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award.
3. Magic Johnson:
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Magic Johnson is an American retired professional basketball player and current president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).Johnson's career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA First and Second Team nominations. He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2.Johnson became a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame—being enshrined in 2002 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team".Johnson has numerous business interests, and was a part-owner of the Lakers for several years. Johnson also is part of a group of investors that purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012 and the Los Angeles Sparks in 2014.
4.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.In 2016, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
5.Larry Bird:
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Larry Bird is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since retiring as a player for the Boston Celtics, he was a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, but stepped down from the position of president following the first-round of the 2017 Eastern Conference playoffs.He is the only person in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.
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10 feet high basket.Some players of this game has become historic with their great performance.They are considered as the legend of the game.Here is top five basketball player of all time:
1. Michael Jordan:
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Michael Jordan popularly known as MJ is the greatest basketball player of all time.He is a 6.6 feet giant.Michael Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN.Among his numerous accomplishments, Jordan holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game).Jordan is a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
2.Bill Russell:
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Bill Russell is a retired professional American basketball player.He is 6.10 feet tall.He is one of just two NBA players (the other being prominent rival Wilt Chamberlain) to have grabbed more than 50 rebounds in a game.Russell also scored 14,522 career points and provided effective passing.His professional career span was 1956–59.Russell is one of only seven players in history to win an NCAA Championship, an NBA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal. In Russell's honor the NBA renamed the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophy in 2009: it is now the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award.
3. Magic Johnson:
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Magic Johnson is an American retired professional basketball player and current president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).Johnson's career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA First and Second Team nominations. He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2.Johnson became a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame—being enshrined in 2002 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team".Johnson has numerous business interests, and was a part-owner of the Lakers for several years. Johnson also is part of a group of investors that purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012 and the Los Angeles Sparks in 2014.
4.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.In 2016, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
5.Larry Bird:
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Larry Bird is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since retiring as a player for the Boston Celtics, he was a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, but stepped down from the position of president following the first-round of the 2017 Eastern Conference playoffs.He is the only person in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year.
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