Andrew Perna at RealGM has released his list ofTop Ten Careers of Players Picked Sixth--and our boy Roy is at #10.
The entire list:
10. Roy
9. Shane Battier
8. Downtown Freddie Brown
7. Hersey Hawkins
6. Antoine Walker
5. Kenny Smith
4.奥兰多杰瑞
3. Adrian Dantley
2. Lenny Wilkens
1. Larry Bird
Now, this is a *career* achievement award, so the three active players on the list (Roy, Battier, and to lesser etent, 'Toine) probably have room to move up. Roy is better than Battier today overall (though Battier's a far better defender); and I see Roy vaulting up to #4 rather swiftly. The top 3 are all HOFers, and Bird is of course the best at his position. (LeBron may challenge him one day as best-ever SF, but not yet).
I can see Roy eventually being considered a better player than Dantley--who was a bit of a one trick pony, but damn he did that one think (score) well. Wilkens playing career occurred mostly before I was born--I know him far better as a coach than as a player.