Who was the leader of the pistons? Was it Billups or Big Ben? Billups was the offensive General. Ben was the defensive presence. Same concept in Boston. Pierce is the leader of that team while KG is the defensive soul. Same idea in Chicago. Look what Rodman accomplished on the Bulls, and on the Pistons....
Russel is better than Rodman, yeah, but Rodman is also one of the greatest defensive players of all time and rebounders. It takes a lot more than that to be on the top 10 of all time. You have to be the main threat on both sides of the floor. Interesting point about Bird but his offenisve ability made up for his defense. I found it interesting that no one mentioned Dr. J. A guy that was aboslutely dominate on both sides of the floor.