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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3856226, member: 1969"]
You can't have everyone in top tier even if they are all elite -- or even tier 2.   That is not insulting all time greats.    I am a Montreal Canadiens fan with 24 cups so it has a similar history (at least pre 1980) as the Lakers.  I would probably go with Rocket Richard and Jean Beliveau as the top tier.    Lafleur, Plante, Harvey, Morenz, Roy (need somthing semi-modern), Dryden, Moore.  They were all greats but they are not at the level of those 2, and some of them are ultimately going to be tier 3.   Sort of like Chamberlain.

Johnson, Bryant, and Jabbar are a separate class due to titles and longevity.

O'Neal is sort of stuck in the middle in my view.   Almost a tier by himself.   He is not at the level of the big 3, but he is well above the others in tier 2 and tier 3 (and certainly Lebron) in terms of impact and longevity.

So I suppose the argument can be that the gap between him and the "Big 3" is much less than the gap between him and the others in tier 2/tier 3, and for that reason he gets placed in tier 1.

Lebron does seem to be the one inconsistent on the list since it appears the tiers otherwise are based on performance + longevity.
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