Wednesday night, Syracuse Orange sophomore Tyler Lydon teased us all with a statement of fact.
If you wanna see basketball players argue ask them who their top 5 NBA players are of all time
— Tyler Lydon (@Tyler_Lydon14) July 14, 2016
Naturally, we were all like, "Uh, who is yours?" Tyler did us all one better and posted the Top Ten All-Time NBA Player lists for himself, Frank Howard, Tyus Battle, and Matthew Moyer.
Who's got the better top 10? pic.twitter.com/kPCyUG00y0
— Tyler Lydon (@Tyler_Lydon14) July 14, 2016
Let's break it down in a fancy chart, shall we?
Ranking | Tyler Lydon | Frank Howard | Tyus Battle | Matthew Moyer |
1 | MJ | MJ | MJ | MJ |
2 | Kareem | Kareem | Kareem | Kareem |
3 | LeBron | LeBron | Kobe | LeBron |
4 | Kobe | Kobe | Magic | Kobe |
5 | Magic | Magic | LeBron | Magic |
6 | Bird | Shaq | Bird | Shaq |
7 | Wilt | Bird | Wilt | Bird |
8 | Duncan | Wilt | Russell | Duncan |
9 | Shaq | Duncan | Duncan | Russell |
10 | Russell | Steve Francis | Shaq | Wilt |
Okay.
Frank, we need have to a talk. Are you trolling us? Please tell us you're trolling us. Please make it clear that you don't actually think that Steve Francis is a better NBA legend that Bill Russell or Oscar Robertson or Bob Cousy or Charles Barkley or Karl Malone or Scottie Pippen or literally 100 other guys I could list out here. TELL US, FRANKLIN. SEND US A SIGNAL.
Otherwise, I see Tyler's point. There's a lot of squabbling to be done here. Personally, I think there's an interesting mix of recency bias (I feel like I might take Magic in his prime over Kobe but that's a debate for another day) as well as some anti-LeBron sentiment (from Tyus, if you ask me).
Tyler has put the whole thing up for a vote and thankfully most people realize Howard is crazy pants.
Who's got the better top 10 (see previous tweet)
— Tyler Lydon (@Tyler_Lydon14) July 14, 2016
How bout you?