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Aug 28
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Is Michael Jordan better than LeBron Jam...

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The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 6 includes players 5-1 hosted by David Aldridge, Joe Vardon and Law Murray of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.


1.  Michael Jordan  

2.  LeBron James

3.  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

4.  Bill Russell

5.  Magic Johnson



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Host: David Aldridge

With: Joe Vardon and Law Murray

Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht


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