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Found August 15, 2012 on FootBasket:
PLAYERS: Colin Cowherd,  Magic Johnson,  Larry Bird,  Hakeem Olajuwon,  Kobe Bryant,  Scottie Pippen
TEAMS: Detroit Pistons,  Los Angeles Lakers
Former Detroit Pistons "Bad Boy" member John Salley has said it before that Michael Jordan isn't the best ever.

And he will say it again.

Going on ESPN Radio with Colin Cowherd, Salley still goes with his statement and saying that even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were better than him.

"I love Michael. I'm a Michael Jordan fan, like everyone else. I just don't think he's the greatest player ever. I think the greatest player I ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next was Larry Bird. Then Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The hardest guy I ever had to guard? Hakeem Olajuwon. .... The greatest player I ever played with? I played with Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen .... Isiah Thomas is the greatest player I've ever played with."

What do you think of Salley's comments?

Josh Dhani is the founder of FootBasket. You can read more about him at his website. Follow him on Twitter @joshdhani.
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