said brand new list though
nothing will top that original top 50 moment
all those dudes were alive cept two
NBA Releasing top 75 all-time list in October
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said brand new list though
nothing will top that original top 50 moment
all those dudes were alive cept two
Some notable players (who made multiple All-NBA teams and/or are in the Hall of Fame) who were in the middle of their careers, just beginning their careers, or not in the NBA yet when the original 50 first dropped:
Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, Reggie Miller, Dikembe Mutombo, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Alonzo Mourning, Dirk Nowitzki, Ray Allen, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Ben Wallace, Steve Nash, Paul Pierce, Yao Ming, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Paul, Pau Gasol, Chauncey Billups, Kevin Durant, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Lamarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin, Steph Curry, Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Paul George, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Klay Thompson, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Draymond Green, Rudy Gobert, Joel Embiid, Nikolai Jokic.
That's 48 players. Obviously a guy like Kevin Love isn't going to make it, but there's a lot of names there that make you go "Do we push this guy out from the old list because this newer guy was better?"
remember shaq made the og top 50 even though he was in the league for four years
Absolut da poet ®
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First 10 in
Tim Duncan
Kobe
AI
KG
LeBron
Steph Curry
Durant
Wade
Giannis
Dirk
First 5 out ( if I had to take them out)
Mikan
Debushes
Dave Cowens
Paul Arizin
Bill Sharman
I can't see them replacing more than 5 and I struggled to name these 5
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Mikan can't be taken off. He's the OG big man.
No way they taking Mikan out, dude is legit the FIRST star Big Man, ever.
Dave DeBusschere had a legit career; 2 rings with the Knicks, 16, 11 career numbers
Dave Cowens lowkey had a slightly better career
I'm thinking guys like Lenny wilkins, bill walton, Earl Monroe are might be coming off
Lowkey, I can see no guys coming off to be honest
(Your list)
- Tim Duncan
- Kobe
- AI
- KG
- LeBron
- Steph Curry
- Durant
- Wade
- Giannis
- Dirk
I think we can come up with the other 15;
Maybe CP3, Manu, Tony P, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash (Two Time MVP lock)
T-Mac is hell stretch and Vince, too, though Vince had a 20 year career and the Dunk Contest
Yao, too
Alonzo Morning (Hall of Fame 2014) Maybe
Reggie might sneak in there
Worm, definitely Dwight
That's 25. Who am I missing?
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Damn I didn't realize Shaq was on the squad back then. Breh had JUST got to the Lakers. Dominant but 1996-97 seems too early to have Shaq that high on the list.
Obviously he belongs now...but back then
InstantKlassik
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It was scrutinized back then. I remember. And Shaq didn’t even show up to the ceremony in Cleveland.Damn I didn't realize Shaq was on the squad back then. Breh had JUST got to the Lakers. Dominant but 1996-97 seems too early to have Shaq that high on the list.
Obviously he belongs now...but back then
Don’t think you can justify taking off Mikan. Arizin either for that matter.
Yup. He was the most controversial pick and people shytted on it heavily. A lot of people felt like it was just a marketing pick on top of it being too early; to be fair, everyone criticizing it all recognized that Shaq WOULD become a top 50 player but just felt it was too early for him to have the honor.
Damn I didn't realize Shaq was on the squad back then. Breh had JUST got to the Lakers. Dominant but 1996-97 seems too early to have Shaq that high on the list.
Obviously he belongs now...but back then
The NBA had not seen nothing like Shaq since Wilt.
27 pts, 13 rb, 3 blocks, 2 ast a game on 60% shooting from 1992-93 to 1994-95
the numbers are stupidPeople forget how raw Orlando Diesel was
I still don't wanna see Luka on the list with like 30 guys that should be on this over him
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