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Should Steph Curry be a top 10 player? - Episode 5 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 5 includes players 19-6 hosted by Jon Krawczynski, Jay King and Kelly Iko 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.


6.  Wilt Chamberlain

7.  Shaquille O’Neal

8.  Tim Duncan

9.  Larry Bird

10. Kobe Bryant

11. Hakeem Olajuwon

12. Steph Curry

13. Oscar Robertson

14. Kevin Durant

15. Julius Irving

16. Jerry West

17. Karl Malone

18. Kevin Garnett

19. Moses Malone



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Host: Jon Krawczynski

With: Jay King and Kelly Iko

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht

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