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#4 Allen Iverson
Though there will always be a discussion about Allen Iverson's position in the NBA, shooting goes better with the game of this HOF guard than anything else.
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Iverson was a game-changer on the court and off it too. His NBA career was great; he did not win an NBA title, but that was not a shame, as his team went down to the 2001 LA Lakers.
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Iverson averaged 27 points, four rebounds and six assists per game during his 14-year NBA career. For a 6' tall player, his numbers and style of play were unique. He was a fearless penetrator who did not back down from any defender.
Iverson's best campaign was in the 2000-01 season when he won the NBA MVP award and led his team, the Philadelphia 76ers, to the NBA Finals.
In the Finals, Iverson gave the 2001 Lakers their only loss of the Playoffs with 48 points, five rebounds, six assists and five steals, but Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were eventually too much for Iverson and co. to handle.
#3 Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Wade had the third-best NBA career of any shooting guard in the league's history.
Wade won three NBA titles with the Miami Heat while also earning Finals MVP recognition in 2006 after a stellar run in the NBA Playoffs. He averaged 35 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals in a six-game finals series to help Miami win its first NBA title.
He is a 13-time NBA All-Star and has earned All-NBA distinction on eight occasions during his career. For the Big-Three era at Miami with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Wade took a back seat to James, but the team won two straight titles in 2012 and 2013.
Wade averaged 22 points, five rebounds and five assists during his career, and his 23.5 PER ranks third in NBA history among all shooting guards.
#2 Kobe Bryant
Winning five titles as the best or second-best player in your team will usually help you in any ranking.
The late great Kobe Bryant's career was close to perfection, and he earned his spot among the greatest players in the history of the game. In fact, Kobe Bryant is considered the greatest in history by many.
During his glorious 20-year career with the LA Lakers, Bryant helped the team build two different dynasties.
In his early years, Bryant formed a unique duo with Shaquille O'Neal that helped the Lakers land three straight championships from 2000 to 2002.
After a few less prolific seasons for the Lakers (but with impressive individual performances from Bryant), the player reached the NBA Finals after winning the 2007-08 NBA MVP but lost to the Boston Celtics in six games.
However, in the next two years, Bryant and the Lakers were unstoppable. The team won consecutive championships by beating the Orlando Magic and Boston respectively in the Finals.
Bryant was named the Finals MVP on each occasion as he completed a winning legacy that is only rivaled by a few other players in NBA history.
Bryant retired in 2016 in style, scoring 60 points in the final game of his all-time great career. He scored 33,643 points in his career and will forever be remembered as a unique player and a great man.
#1 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is the undisputed greatest shooting guard in NBA history and is the undisputed greatest player of all time for many.
Jordan had one of the most glorious NBA careers ever. He is the all-time leader in PER, career points per game average and Finals MVPs, winning a whopping six in as many NBA Finals appearances.
He is also one of three players to have won the NBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season (Hakeem Olajuwon and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the others).
Jordan also holds the record for most points scored in a single NBA Playoffs game, scoring 63 in game two of the first-round series between Chicago Bulls and the 'unbeatable' 1986 Boston Celtics.
The player averaged 30 points, six rebounds and five assists per game during his legendary career. He won a record ten scoring titles, went to 14 All-Stars, made the All-NBA teams 11 times and the All-Defensive teams on nine occasions.
Apart from his six Finals MVP awards, Jordan was also a five-time regular-season MVP winner.
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