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Should Steph Curry be a top 10 player? - Episode 5 Basketball 100
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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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