Originally posted by Irishman12:
At one point in his career, I thought he was the best all around player in the game (not of all time, but in the league at that time). Scottie did it all & was a GREAT player. He was just handicaped so much in Houston, that it was the beginning of his downfall! 
I will agree that Scottie was a great player at one point, but he relied too much on MJ. I think that Scottie should NOT have been one of the 50 greatest players. There were a number of people who did not make that list that were better than Scottie, they just didn't happen to play alongside a certain #23.
If there was a second fiddle hall of fame, Scottie would definitely make it on the first ballot, as would Kevin McHale.
