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First Things First

HIGHLIGHT: Reaction to all-time NBA player rankings

First Things First

Fox Sports

Basketball, Football, Sports

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Watch clips on YouTube! Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FIRST THINGS FIRST YOUTUBE CHANNEL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The guys react to the latest list ranking the 100 best NBA players ever. What do Nick, Brou and Wildes think? Listen and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right now, it's time for a no huddle basketball edition. Bleacher reports top 100 players ever.

0:07.6

The top.

0:09.7

Oddly, we're not discussing it.

0:11.5

Jordan LeBron, Kareem, Magic, Bill Russell, followed by Shaq, a little bit high.

0:17.1

Duncan, Bird, Will, Steph, Kobe, Akima Lijuan.

0:20.8

We're focusing on 10 and 11 there, Brew. Do you agree with? Duncan Bird, Will Steph, Kobe, Akima Laijewan.

0:20.8

We're focusing on 10 and 11 there, Bru.

0:24.1

Do you agree with Steph being ranked higher than Kobe?

0:28.4

Are we even by saying higher or lower?

0:30.2

Higher, higher.

0:31.2

Higher higher.

0:32.2

Yeah, I know it's counterintuitive, but it's, I'm not there.

0:36.4

I'm not, I look, with all due respect to Steph, I'm not ready to put him ahead of Kobe.

0:42.9

One of the big reasons is the defense.

0:45.5

You know, Kobe obviously was a very good defender and made all defensive teams several times.

0:51.8

Steph, that's a weakness of his game.

0:55.0

And what, you know, look, a lot of players that played against Kobe have him in the goat

1:02.0

conversation.

1:03.0

Neither myself nor Nick does, but they have him in the goat conversation because he was such

1:10.0

a killer.

1:14.0

And Steph is too in a different way.

1:18.4

But I will tell you, with my little basketball experience, because I'm not trying to compare it to these guys, but when you are facing a player that is just going for your throat

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