Greatest NBA Players Who Spent Their Entire Career with One Franchise
Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan is an American professional basketball player who has played his entire career for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.
William Felton "Bill" Russell was an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969. 11-1 what else you want
Larry Joe Bird is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Bird is a 3x champ, 1x ROTY, 1x Finals MVP, 3x 3PT Contest winner, all with the Boston Celtics. (1979-1992) It is complete asinine that Tim Duncan is above Larry Bird. Nothing against Duncan I view as a top 10 player of all-time and a top 25 defender. But Larry Bird is a top 5 player who makes brilliant passes gets double digit boards a game and can actually score 30 a year when he tries. And his defense is severely underrated. I'm telling you, you'll never see a player quite like Bird who can take the entire game of basketball to another level. Did I mention he has 3 consecutive MVPs (2 straight 2nd places after that and one before) and 5 NBA finals entered, winning 3 of them?
Also worth mentioning is that he is one of the best shooters of all-time shooting 38% from 3 point land and 84.4 % from behind the stripe. Stephen Curry, the deadliest shooter ever states that he emulated Larry Bird's shooting.
Overall Bird is the most exciting and overall best player not named Michael Jordan.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 13 seasons. No doubt he created the magic in Los Angeles, just like I do in Disney Parks in Florida. The 1986-87 season is in my mind, Magic's best season ever. He averaged 23.9 points per game, 12.2 assists per game and 6.3 rebounds per game all good enough to earn him his first NBA MVP award, and lead the greatest Los Angeles Lakers team of all time to the NBA Championship, one of 5 championships Magic would have in the NBA and yeah twice he led the NBA in steals (1981 and 1982) too.
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He Should be number 1. He was the leader of the greatest franchise in NBA History, The Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe Bryant (1978 - 2020) was an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Kobe Bryant has won 5 NBA championships with the Lakers and was the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history.
He Retired in 2016. He died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at age 41. Made 86 shots at one game. Or was it 83?
Anyway he's a legend
Jerry Alan West is an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. very rarity you have a player with great talent can successfully represent the U.S. Men's Basketball team in the Olympics, make the NBA Anniversary team 3 times, winning the NBA Championship and then after his career ended became a very successful executive with the same team he once played. Jerry west will always be A Laker yesterday today and forever.
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David Maurice Robinson is an American former professional basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association for his entire career.
John Houston Stockton is an American retired professional basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association, from 1984 to 2003. Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA ...read more.
Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim.
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili is an Argentine professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.
James Ager Worthy is an American sports commentator, television host, analyst, and former professional basketball player.
John Joseph "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA championships, four of them coming in his first four seasons.
Isiah Lord Thomas III is an American former basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association.
Robert Lee Pettit Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA.
Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.
Reginald Wayne Miller is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association career with the Indiana Pacers.