Who is the best NBA player of all time? It’s not an easy question to answer. Is it the leading scorer in NBA history, LeBron James ? Is it the man with the most MVP awards, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ? The most championships ? Is it Michael Jeffrey Jordan ? Kobe Bean Bryant ? Comparing players from different eras is difficult. Rules change. The game and the league continuously evolves. Modern medicine and advanced training and recovery techniques have led to longer careers. There is no point speculating about hypotheticals even though it’s fun to question whether Wilt the Stilt would’ve dominated against a fleet of 7-footers or if Bill Russell would've won eleven championships with a 30-team league and a four-round postseason. We didn’t penalize someone for the era they played in. So, what factored into our rankings? Does dominance trump sustained excellence? Sorry LeBron, but rings matter. MVP’s matter, even though the voters sometimes get it wrong . Stats matter; numbers, after all, don’t lie.…