Ubani umdlali we-NBA omkhulu kunabo bonke owake waba khona?
Impikiswano ephathelene nokuthi ubani umdlali we-NBA omkhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni ngokuvamile igxile ekuchazeni ukuthi yiziphi izimiso okufanele zisetshenziselwe ukukala abadlali be-basketball. Izici ezifana nenani lama-championship anqobile, izindondo zomuntu ngamunye, izibalo zomsebenzi, ubude bokuphila, kanye nezinga lapho izinga lokudlala lomdlali libusa phezu kwabanesikhathi sabo yizindlela ezivamile zokunquma ukuthi ngubani umdlali we-NBA omkhulu kunabo bonke. Kodwa-ke, lo mbuzo uyinkimbinkimbi ngabanye abathi ukuqhathanisa abadlali ezizukulwaneni ezahlukahlukene akunakwenzeka, ngakho-ke impikiswano kufanele igxile ekutheni ngubani umdlali omkhulu kunabo bonke esizukulwaneni esithile.  Iwebhusayithi ye-NBA.com ithi "Ngokwamukelwa, uMichael Jordan ungumdlali webhasikidi omkhulu kunabo bonke". Irekhodi eliphelele likaJordan emidlalweni yokugcina, ukubusa phezu kwabaningi besikhathi sakhe (abaningi babo abangazange banqobe noma yiziphi iziqu phakathi neminyaka uJordan ayesebenza ngayo), futhi ephethe isilinganiso esiphakeme kakhulu sokushaya amagoli esizini ejwayelekile kuvame ukusetshenziselwa ukufakazela isimo sakhe njengomdlali we-NBA omkhulu kunabo bonke. Abanye abantu abakhulu okukhulunywa ngabo kaningi bahlanganisa uKareem Abdul-Jabbar, uWilt Chamberlain, noLeBron James.