NBA's 75 Greatest Players List

[pwaldo]

https://ca.nba.com/news/nba-75-team-...61lgnpqf55ct3f

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Ray Allen
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
4. Carmelo Anthony
5. Nate Archibald
6. Paul Arizin
7. Charles Barkley
8. Rick Barry
9. Elgin Baylor
10. Dave Bing
11. Larry Bird
12. Kobe Bryant
13. Wilt Chamberlain
14. Bob Cousy
15. Dave Cowens
16. Billy Cunningham
17. Stephen Curry
18. Anthony Davis
19. Dave DeBusschere
20. Clyde Drexler
21. Tim Duncan
22. Kevin Durant
23. Julius Erving
24. Patrick Ewing
25. Walt Frazier
26. Kevin Garnett
27. George Gervin
28. Hal Greer
29. James Harden
30. John Havlicek
31. Elvin Hayes
32. Allen Iverson
33. LeBron James
34. Magic Johnson
35. Sam Jones
36. Michael Jordan
37. Jason Kidd
38. Kawhi Leonard
39. Damian Lillard
40. Jerry Lucas
41. Karl Malone
42. Moses Malone
43. Pete Maravich
44. Bob McAdoo
45. Kevin McHale
46. George Mikan
47. Reggie Miller
48. Earl Monroe
49. Steve Nash
50. Dirk Nowitzki
51. Hakeem Olajuwon
52. Shaquille O'Neal
53. Robert Parish
54. Chris Paul
55. Gary Payton
56. Bob Pettit
57. Paul Pierce
58. Scottie Pippen
59. Willis Reed
60. Oscar Robertson
61. David Robinson
62. Dennis Rodman
63. Bill Russell
64. Dolph Schayes
65. Bill Sharman
66. John Stockton
67. Isiah Thomas
68. Nate Thurmond
69. Wes Unseld
70. Dwyane Wade
71. Bill Walton
72. Jerry West
73. Russell Westbrook
74. Lenny Wilkens
75. Dominique Wilkins
76. James Worthy

They actually have 76 people for a top 75 list.....seems like they made it with 75 and it was too boring/predictable of a list so they just threw in Damian Lillard to get people to talk and debate it. Not really many others could be added to the list IMO and if you did a top 80 you would probably have everyone that everyone thinks is great included so not really many that are even in the discussion.

[bakemeister52]

Good list and I am not a Russell Westbrook fan but okay!

Bake

[70sbestcardboard]

complete joke that Carmelo is on that list
I agree that Lillard should probably not be on there
The only other I would question is Jason Kidd

[WilyWestbrook0]

Glad Dominique made it. I wonder what Carmelo has done that Vince Carter didn't do.

[pwaldo]

I wonder what Carmelo has done that Vince Carter didn't do.

Yeah there are about 5 still going guys that are maybe questionable picks and about 5 guys that probably could be on instead. Not really seeing much difference between the 2 groups other than the people who voted on the list are still current coaches/media members so they probably favored the guys still playing more because of that.

[key2win]

Having a tie is weird. What happened to the tiebreaker? Lol.

I can understand not taking out anyone from the original 50 from the 1996 list.

But some players didnt deserve to be on here, mainly because they havent been around long enough. AD is on my team and I dont think he has done enough to warrant a spot.

These are the questionable picks to me: Lillard, Kawhi, AD, Carmelo, and especially Pierce.

Players who have more accolades and should have been on list instead of the above 5 players: Mutombo, Ben Wallace, Dwight, T-Mac, Carter, and possibly Grant Hill.

[turnpipe]

The alphabetical order thing got me.

[WilyWestbrook0]

Having a tie is weird. What happened to the tiebreaker? Lol.

I can understand not taking out anyone from the original 50 from the 1996 list.

But some players didnt deserve to be on here, mainly because they havent been around long enough. AD is on my team and I dont think he has done enough to warrant a spot.

These are the questionable picks to me: Lillard, Kawhi, AD, Carmelo, and especially Pierce.

Players who have more accolades and should have been on list instead of the above 5 players: Mutombo, Ben Wallace, Dwight, T-Mac, Carter, and possibly Grant Hill.

I thought of T-Mac, too. I think his injuries kept him off. Same with Hill.

Lillard absolutely should not be on there.

[turnpipe]

Food for thought

[pwaldo]

Food for thought

Honestly since it was the NBA guys and NBA media that voted for this list and they were so dead silent on the Dwight Howard and transsexual prostitute story that was all over the internet I'm going to say that the off the field stuff hindered Howard here. He's basically become the black sheep of the NBA since then and you could honestly make the case that Howard should be on the list easily over 2 or 3 of the modern guys if you are basing it on what they have accomplished so far.