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Is Kyrie Irving best number 2 ever? - Episode 1 Basketball 100
The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 1 includes players 100-80 hosted by Jared Weiss, Mike Vorkunov and Tony Jones of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.
80. Kyrie Irving
81. Pete Maravich
82. Manu Ginobili
83. Spencer Haywood
84. Grant Hill
85. Vince Carter
86. Chris Bosh
87. Tony Parker
88. Dennis Johnson
89. Paul Arizin
90. Nate Thurmond
91. Jayson Tatum
92. Bernard King
93. Bill Sharman
94. Artis Gilmore
95. Sidney Moncrief
96. Lenny Wilkens
97. Dave DeBusschere
98. Dave Bing
99. Jimmy Butler
100. Draymond Green
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Host: Jared Weiss
With: Tony Jones and Mike Vorkunov
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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