Allen Iverson is one of the best (and most popular) NBA players of all time.
In February, the Hall of Fame point guard was a guest on Shaquille O’Neal’s podcast (The big podcast with Shaq).
This week they released a Pruning from the interview in which Iverson revealed his all-time NBA starting five (h/t HoopsHype).
Iverson: “Steph, Kobe, Mike, LeBron, Diesel (Shaq).”
It’s hard to argue against Iverson’s decisions.
Curry is considered by many to be the best point guard of all time.
The four-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors averaged 24.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game for his career, while shooting 47.3% of his field goals and 42.6% of his three-pointers.
Bryant won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Hall of Fame guard averaged 25.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game in his career and shot 44.7% from the field and 32.9% from three-point range.
Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time and won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
He averaged career points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game while making 49.7% of his shots from the field and 32.7% of his three-pointers.
James is another player who is in the conversation among the greatest of all time.
The four-time NBA champion averaged 27.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game for his career, shooting 50.6% of his field goals and 34.8% of his three-pointers.
And finally, O’Neal is arguably the most dominant player in NBA history.
The four-time NBA champion averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 blocks per game in his career.
