A popular exercise among hoops fans is to try and rank the greatest players ever to grace the hardwood. After all, all-time starting fives, positional top ten lists and the like always make for great debate and water cooler chatter. In a move that surprised many, Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone was recently named in the all-time five list of an NBA icon.
In an interview with the New Orleans Times Picayune, four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal was asked which players he thought were the five greatest in the history of the game.