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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 4283990, member: 767"] Something I struggle with in thinking about all time rankings is I think it's almost a certainty the overall lvel of play has been steadily increasing (a huge amount, I doubt it, but I think the average player in 1990 was better than the average player in 1980 who better than 1970 etc for whatever reason) but then most people's top 5 or 10 list is heavily populated by guys from the 60's and the 80's. Not to pick on any list (i havent made one), but I kind of struggle with my belief in the above paragraph and then a top 5 that has say, Jordan, Lebron, Kareem, Bird, and Magic. Not sure I can reconcile my belief that the level of play has gotten better over time with the idea that 4 of the 5 best players of all time were all active in 1985. But maybe my belief is wrong [/QUOTE]