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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 4708375, member: 60"] IMO, Kawhi is better than Melo at his peak by a significant amount. Let me get really crazy, I think you can argue Kawhi was better *at his peak* than KD. Kawhi is arguably the greatest wing defender *at his peak* of all time and did it during the era where wings were the most important and talented players. I’m also someone who thinks Pippen is always criminally underrated. As it pertains to Melo v Kawhi, at their peak, there is no comparison for me. But if you count longevity and health, that’s a different discussion. Re your comment about being top 10, totally agree. Back to Melo, one other hot take (or maybe not so hot take) is that the best argument for putting him higher is that once the 2010s came around, he was playing in a league much more talented and better coaches than anything MJ or Bird/Magic played against in terms of depth. [/QUOTE]