When it comes to basketball conversations about who is the greatest of all time, it’s often a debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James. But when it comes down to top five of all time, both of them are usually a sure thing to be in it.
The X account, @MindOfBron, showed a live video of former Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson during a live stream with streamer PlayqueBoyMax, where Thompson revealed his shocking top-5 all-time NBA players and left Jordan off the list.
Klay Thompson revealing his top 5 all-time with streamer PlaqueBoyMax
Thompson began the list by listing former Lakers great Shaquille O’Neal as his center, then put Tim Duncan and LeBron James as his two forwards.
Struggling to decide with his hand rubbing against his head, Thompson ended up choosing Kobe Bryant over Jordan at shooting guard.
“I gotta go with Kobe at the two,” Thompson said. “I love Mike, but I just grew up watching Kobe. I got to play against him. 81 [point game,] twelve threes, you know, gold medals. God, I love MJ, but Kobe is like a carbon copy of Mike. Imma go, Kobe just cause that’s my era.”
Thompson then said he would put Steph Curry at point guard, and added that he is “loyal to my PG of the past.”
Immediately after Thompson’s top 5 was revealed, basketball fans across the internet commented on the post that had over 457.7 thousand views in a day and had mixed reactions about Thompson’s list.
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry react after scoring during the first quarter of a game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Jason Szenes for New York Post) Jason Szenes for New York Post
The X account @Kypsiw responded to the video and said: ” ‘Stayed loyal to steph’ no he just has common sense and knows steph is the greatest player ever at the position and it’s not relatively close.”
The account @GrindHard0990 commented, “NO JORDAN FOR A REASON…DUDE A– FR…”
The backlash on Thompson continued when the account @ThehoopCentral reposted the video, and the account @ItsMichaelJ commented a GIF of Jordan hysterically laughing with a tablet in his lap.
@AriiKruse1 commented, “Great lineup, but who takes the final shot in clutch moments?”
Thompson wasn’t the only one receiving backlash, as the account @Jay_Jay9517 commented on it, and took a shot at PlaqueBoyMax by saying, “These streamers are so lame, dude looks like he would rather be anywhere else than sitting next to one of the greatest NBA players of all time. .. not even engaged in the conversation.”
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