thinking basketball podcast my name is Ben welcome back to the finale of our top 40 series our top 40 careers

series that we have been making our way through during the summer.

We started what seems like months ago,

Cody with Honorable Mentions and Isaiah Thomas,

and we've made our way through a very fun exciting amazing list of players in NBA history

Last time we threw the the curveball not the honorable mention we talked about the guys who weren't on this list that

are on a lot of other lists I love that conversation today we have to put a bow we have to

put a ribbon on this entire thing and we have to talk about the

player with the most valuable career in NBA history based on this criteria and of

course this is the sort of Mount Rushmore, the goat candidates that you often see from the 1960s,

Bill Russell, from the 1970s, Karima Abdul Jabbar, from the 80s and 90s Michael Jordan and from the

2000s the 2010s the 2020s and the 2030s LeBron James who feels like he's been

playing forever at a high level.

It's getting a little ridiculous.

I know, how do you feel about this athlete longevity these days where Tom Brady is like 50

and he's playing football.

Roger Federer just retired from tennis. He played for like 19 years. I don't know what's going on.

What do you make of it? Well, I actually want to turn this around and ask you a question.

How are people making of Kareem in the late 80s?

That's what I want to know, because people had to have been watching him in like 87

and being like, what is going on?

How was this guy still like just destroying people with this hookshot?

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