Neil Paine of FiveThirtyEight attempted earlier this week to find the 20 most valuable NBA players since the 1976-77 season using something that the site recently constructed and refers to as “Robust u200bAlgorithm (using) u200bPlayer u200bTracking (and) u200bOn-court/off-court u200bResults” (or RAPTOR for short). Paine compiled his unique GOAT list by averaging “a player’s career WAR with his best seven (nonconsecutive) seasons to balance between total and peak value.” (WAR = Wins Above Replacement Player)
Two of the greatest Spurs, Tim Duncan and David Robinson, made it onto Paine’s list.