Dirk Nowitzki scored the 23,000th point tonight, placing him into an elite group of NBA players that has to be considered just about the best 23 NBA players from history. Most of them only need one name. One of them only needs two letters. The full list:
1. Kareem (38,387)
2. Mailman (36, 928)
3. Jordan (32,292)
4. Wilt (31,419)
5. Shaq (28,596)
6. Kobe (28,232) (active)
7. Moses (27,409)
8. Elvin Hayes (27,313) (..and the streak of one-namers comes to an end)
9. Hakeem (26,946)
10. Oscar Robertson (26,710)
11. Dominique (26,668)
12. John Havlicek (26,395) (hey, twelfth place isn't bad for a white guy)
13. Alex English (25,613)
14. Reggie Miller (25,279)
15. Jerry West (25,192)
16. Patrick (Ch)Ewing (24,815)
17. The Answer (24,368)
18. Sir Charles (23,757)
19. KG (23,442) (active)
20. Robert Parish (23,334)
21. Adrian Dantley (23,177)
22. Elgin Baylor (23,149)
23. Dirk (23,008) (active)
Just for a little bit of perspective:
24. Ray Allen (22,438)
48. Ricky Rubio (114)
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