About this episode

The episode ranks players 30-21 in NBA history and discusses notable players and their legacies.

The nerds continue their series ranking the Top 50 players in NBA history as they take on Nos. 30-21, discussing why Chris Paul is the best player never to win a title over other legends like Steve Nash and Charles Barkley and strongly disagreeing over the placements of David Robinson, Moses Malone and Luka Doncic.  Timestamps 00:00:18 - List Recap (#50-#31) 00:02:26 - Anthony Davis 00:11:41 - John Havlicek 00:15:35 - Luka Doncic 00:37:36 - Scottie Pippen 00:45:42 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 00:52:01 - Moses Malone 01:06:58 - Kawhi Leonard 01:12:04 - Rick Barry 01:18:06 - Steve Nash 01:31:05 - Dwyane Wade 01:41:34 - Charles Barkley 01:49:09 - Karl Malone 01:56:50 - Chris Paul 02:17:06 - David Robinson 02:25:27 - List Recap (#30-#21) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Nerd Sesh

Topics covered

• NBA history
• player rankings
• basketball legends
• discussions
• top players

Keywords

• NBA
• top players
• Chris Paul
• Steve Nash
• Charles Barkley
• player rankings
• basketball

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