I'm an NBA fan and I've been watching NBA since I was 8 years. And for me, ESPN's Top 10 NBA players list is quite reasonable imo.
But if I were to decide or make my on list, I would remove Wilt Chamberlain because he has the fewest championship rings on that list and ill replace him with Kobe Bryant.
Here's how I would rank them:
1. Bill Russell 2. Michael Jordan 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. LeBron James 5. Tim Duncan
6. Kobe Bryant 7. Magic Johnson 8. Stephen Curry 9. Larry Bird 10. Shaquille O’Neal
What’s shocking on this list is Shaq is on the 6th spot while Kobe is not on the list even though he is much better than Shaq in terms of impact and carrying the team.
I have no data about old players so I can’t remove any of them but only want to justify that Kobe is much better than Shaq in terms of contributions so he should be on higher spot.