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Netflix: Shaq reveals his top 10 greatest NBA players of all time 👀 Watch one of the all-time greats make his next play on Power Moves with Shaquille O'Neal premieres June 4.

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Promoting a documentary series streaming on Netflix, Power Moves with Shaquille O’Neal, Shaquille O’Neal went into revealing his all-time Top 10 list. Sharing his opinion on the best-ever NBA players, 53-year-old Shaq initially listed himself in tenth place, but quickly moved on to present his ten favorites. The turned-basketball analyst reserved first place for Michael Jordan. In addition, he did not name his partner in the brand new Netflix series, Allen Iverson. Shaq’s all-time Top 10: 1. Michael Jordan 2. Kobe Bryant 3. LeBron James 4. Magic Johnson 5. Bill Russell 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Larry Bird 8. Hakeem Olajuwon 9. Tim Duncan 10. Julius Erving

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Bill Cartwright: When I came to the league, uh, who are the guys that I admired? I'm playing against Wes Unseld. I'm playing against Dan Issel. Here's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Here's Jack Sikma. My second game I played against Julius Erving. And by the way, I blocked his shot. I couldn't believe I blocked his shot. So when I came to the league, those guys were my heroes. So now I come to Chicago, it's like what… People are like, "What was it like to play against Mike?" And I'm like, “He was a good young player." So to me, my heroes are the guys that I played and saw when I was a kid. Rest of you guys are just young kids. You guys are young kids. I couldn't be enamored by you young kids. Because I saw John Havlicek play, right? Bob Cousy. I met Bill Russell when I was in high school. So I was supposed to be impressed by these young guys? Get out of here. My heroes are behind me. 

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Jorge Sierra: Al Horford tied Julius Erving in playoff blocks for No. 14 all-time. He also moved ahead of Kevin Garnett in rebounds for No. 16 and tied Rasheed Wallace in threes at No. 33.

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Matt Barnes: What's the difference between those two in your opinion? Craig Hodges: Right hand. Barnes: Why? Hodges: Because Kobe would be going to the line to shoot two, MJ was going to shoot the and one. So a lot of them knocks that Kobe had to shoot with two hands when that knock would happen, MJ put that bad boy over here. You know what I'm saying? Stephen Jackson: Oh, that's the difference, huh? Okay. Hodges: That is the only difference, it’s that gripper. Him and Dr. J (Julius Erving).

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Jorge Sierra: Kawhi moved ahead of Julius Erving in playoff scoring. He's now No. 25 all-time. He passed Luka Doncic in assists at No. 80.

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Jorge Sierra: Rudy Gobert passed Kevin Love in rebounds last night. He's No. 49 in NBA history now. Also: Al Horford is now No. 52 in blocks ahead of Julius Erving and Greg Ostertag.

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Jorge Sierra: Kyrie Irving has passed Julius Erving and Glen Rice in scoring. He's No. 78 all-time now. Luka Doncic (age 25) moved ahead NBA75 selection Willis Reed for No. 276.

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Julius Erving on if you can build a sustainable winner around Joel Embiid: If he moves to playing one-third of the games, that's not going to happen. And he just got a new contract. You always say it’s not a guy’s fault if his body’s betraying him. But that’s an excuse. When you're running an organization and you're trying to chase for championships, you're trying to be the leader and inspire the other players, you have to find a way.

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Justin Termine: “When we talk to people from organization like yours they are proud of the organization. So we’ll talk to a Celtic, they’re proud of what they did. We’ll talk to a Knick, they’re proud. We’ll talk to the Lakers, they’re certainly proud. Sixers the same thing. What are you thinking as you see what’s taking place this year?” Julius Erving: “Yeah, it’s hard. It’s hard to swallow. We have a Big 3, but they hardly play together. That is the problem right there, so if you’re not playing together you’re probably not practicing together. So we’re really not in the building mode that shows light at the end of the tunnel. Coach is a great guy, and I just kinda feel for him because he doesn’t have what the organization has planned for, you know, guys that can play every night and care about playing every night and figure out a way, if they can’t play, to make a contribution some other way. So with Joel and Tyrese and Paul George, I mean, Tyrese is the most consistent factor there and I love watching him play and the effort that he puts forth and whatever. And if he, even if he's hurting a little bit, he's still putting forth the effort. Uh, you know, Joel, he's looking like playing half the games and maybe going to a third before going to two thirds. And Paul George, great talent. I don't know, once again, you're not getting it every night. And I'd like to, I played in the era when guys gave it every night.”

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Justin Termine: “Can you build a sustainable winner at some point around Joel Embiid as your main guy?” Erving: “Well, I mean, if he moves to playing a third of the games, that's not gonna happen. And he just got a new contract. So, you know, I mean, you always say it's not a guy's fault if his body is betraying him, but, you know, that's an excuse. And when you are running an organization and you're trying to chase championships and you're trying to be the leader and inspire the other players, then you have to find a way.”

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Tarter will find out next week if he is a finalist to be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. He's been nominated by some elite former pro basketball players, including Julius Erving (Dr. J), and legendary sports broadcaster Bob Costas. "I was so surprised and stunned when I found out. I had no idea it was coming – or even that it was a possibility to imagine," said Tarter. "I’m still not sure I can get my arms around it."

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Carter's family, his former Nets teammates, ex-coach Lawrence Frank, team president Rod Thorn and fellow Nets number retirees Julius Erving, Bill Melchionni and Buck Williams were on hand to see Carter become the seventh Nets player with his number retired. "This is truly something my family and I will cherish forever," Carter said during the ceremony. "To be the seventh number to go up is insane. It is an honor to be up there with you gentlemen. "No. 15 Carter is going up there, but we're going up there together."

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