Top 10 Best Jazz Players of All Time - Final Round!! **VOTE NOW**

[Jazz Spazz]

To think if Gordon Hayward had stayed he would likely be in the top 5 of this thing by now. And we would have had an excellent chance at at championship. Mitchell/Hayward/Gobert is a pretty strong big 3.

I agree, it would have been a good group if he stayed. He left though and is tearing it up in... what city is he in now? I forget.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I hate that I had to leave off some of my favorite players and one or two that had great stats.

I kept Ingles on my list because I had to. He was elite in some things, he kept the locker room from imploding for longer than he should have, he was easy to listen to in interviews and on the radio, he was hilarious, and I love the difference he has made in the autism community.
All of that made it so I had to put him over Boozer, Hayward, Okur, Bailey, Millsap, Malone, Truck, Favors, Dantley, and others. Maybe it's a little bit of recency bias.

 

[Eminence]

Dantley/AK/DWill/Donovan/Hayward/Hornacek/Stockton/Karl/Eaton/Gobert.

Lol, I did wind up leaving Pistol off in 11th.

 

[Release the Kraken]

Too many good players, I was forced to leave Griffith and Eaton out. Wait, I don’t remember seeing Pistol Pete’s name!!!
Do over!!!!
J/k I’m good with my picks including Faves and AK47!

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Hard for me to leave off pistol, just such a unique player, love watching his games.

 

[Udidthizz]

I got to 8 pretty quickly with Stockton, Malone, Eaton, Pistol, DWill, AK, Rudy and Don. Then it got hard. Gave the nostalgia vote to Griffith, in part because he was in an old dos computer game I used to play. Final vote because he’s not only been an excellent player for many years, but also a personal favourite and all around good dude: Favors.
Had to leave some deserving guys off the list, but that’s inevitable.

Thanks for doing this btw, LogGrad98! It’s been fun!

 

[Chargers Jazz Angels]

Stockton
Malone
Horny
AD
Golden Griff
Pistol Pete
Eaton

Should all have their number retired. That is 7 and Gobert is the greatest center in jazz history.

That means 2 only , IMHO, to vote for. One went to thurl.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I know this isn't about building a roster, but I kinda went that way anyway.

Ingles>Dantley

 

[LogGrad98]

Hard for me to leave off pistol, just such a unique player, love watching his games.

Same. I love to think about what he might have been had he played in the era of the 3 point shot with modern training techniques and such. He did so much with just what he had available to him. I think he would have nearly been a taller Steph with better handles and better moves around the basket and better play-making, which is terrifying to think about (if you are the opponent).

 

[LogGrad98]

Wow, with 40 voters so far, we have NO consensus votes. 2 people felt Stockton and Gobert should not be included and 1 person felt Malone should not be included. Very interesting to see. I am surprised honestly. I thought we have about 4 or 5 that should have been consensus, in Stockton, Malone, Gobert, Mitchell, Williams and maybe AD, but I knew the recency thing would knock AD down a few notches.

 

[LogGrad98]

40 seemed like a good number to do a recap for so far in the vote. Here is the list in current (40 votes) vote order, separated into top 10 and bottom 10, with the number of votes:

Top 10
K. Malone (39)
Stockton (38)
Rudy (38)
D Will (35)
Mitchell (34)
Pistol Pete (30)
Dantley (26)
AK47 (25)
Eaton (25)
Horny (21)

The rest
Hayward (16)
Boozer (13)
Griff (10)
Ingles (10)
Okur (8)
Millsap (7)
Big T (4)
Favors (4)
Truck (3)
J. Malone (1)


I think that top 10 could hang against some pretty good teams. Interested to see where we end up, and if we can get to over 60 voters. Kind of tells you we have about 60 people registered on JazzFanz that are active enough to at least vote. Let's keep it going folks!!

 

[Jazz Spazz]

bump


Where is a mod to sticky this?

I must have missed the other post, maybe you deleted it.

LogGrad98 said:
Thanks Mods for breathing new life into my thread and making it stick.
I don't know what I'd do without you guys. I won't give you any backhand compliments until tomorrow.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

40 seemed like a good number to do a recap for so far in the vote. Here is the list in current (40 votes) vote order, separated into top 10 and bottom 10, with the number of votes:

Top 10
K. Malone (39)
Stockton (38)
Rudy (38)
D Will (35)
Mitchell (34)
Pistol Pete (30)
Dantley (26)
AK47 (25)
Eaton (25)
Horny (21)

The rest
Hayward (16)
Boozer (13)
Griff (10)
Ingles (10)
Okur (8)
Millsap (7)
Big T (4)
Favors (4)
Truck (3)
J. Malone (1)


I think that top 10 could hang against some pretty good teams. Interested to see where we end up, and if we can get to over 60 voters. Kind of tells you we have about 60 people registered on JazzFanz that are active enough to at least vote. Let's keep it going folks!!

I didn't vote that way, but it's probably the actual top 10. I think this experiment of yours is working.

 

[JazzGal]

How in the world does anyone leave Stockton and Malone off their vote? That makes zero sense, unless they are 20 years old.

I went with Dantley/Boozer/Griffith/Williams/Mitchell/Stockton/Malone/Eaton/Maravich/Gobert

I feel like the Utah Jazz wouldn't exist without Maravich. While I didn't get to watch him play, I've seen all the others (except Robinson). I picked the ones who in some way moved the team in a more positive direction, not just the players that were really good.

Now if we did a Most Loved Jazz Players of All Time List, mine would look a bit different.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

How in the world does anyone leave Stockton and Malone off their vote? That makes zero sense, unless they are 20 years old.

I went with Dantley/Boozer/Griffith/Williams/Mitchell/Stockton/Malone/Eaton/Maravich/Gobert

I feel like the Utah Jazz wouldn't exist without Maravich. While I didn't get to watch him play, I've seen all the others (except Robinson). I picked the ones who in some way changed the team in a more positive direction, not just the players that were really good.

Now if we did a Most Loved Jazz Players of All Time List, mine would look a bit different.

That should be next.

 

[Ron Mexico]

This will get some hate. But wow , this list really sucks. How many teams have had this little talent.

 

[LogGrad98]

This will get some hate. But wow , this list really sucks. How many teams have had this little talent.

Yet this level of success? It's a double-edged sword.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Yet this level of success? It's a double-edged sword.

0 championships, but I do agree with your sentiment.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

This will get some hate. But wow , this list really sucks. How many teams have had this little talent.

Sacto, Charlotte, Memphis, NO, Washington, Orlando, OKC, Minny.

Off the top of my head.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

This will get some hate. But wow , this list really sucks. How many teams have had this little talent.

Calling bull crap on your bull crap. We have two all time greats. Much and Gobert are premier players today Pistol and Dantley are also HOF players. Eaton one of the all time leaders in blocks.

Don’t be a dumbass there’s just as much talent here as the average franchise. I mean they aren’t the Lakers or Celtics, but few teams come close to that.