As the League celebrates its 75th anniversary, there’s quite a few Top 75 lists out there already. In fact, we’ve got quite a few of our own, with SLAM’s Top 75 Players of All Time Special Issue and our Top 75 NBA Teams of All Time Special Issue (head to slamgoods.com if you haven’t copped yet!). We could’ve easily left it at that, but after checking out Tracy McGrady’s new Ones Basketball League, we started thinking about the best 1-on-1 NBA players of all time. So, we decided to have some fun with it and put together a bold list, categorized based on height (T-Mac’s suggestion) of all of the names that should be included in that conversation.
6-2 AND UNDER
1. Allen Iverson
A one-man revolution where the cross was just the beginning. He’s the master mixer on our list for a reason.
2. Kyrie Irving
Hang it in the Louvre. KAI’s game is its own art form.
3. Stephen Curry
The greatest shooter of all time needs just a sliver of space to make you pay, all while staring down the crowd as the ball drops through the net. Uncanny.
4. Derrick Rose
Athleticism that was unparalleled and the nonexistence of fear had D. Rose bullying the
