Admin Popular Post capstone21 Posted July 30, 2021 Admin Popular Post Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 For 75th anniversary the NBA is going to name the top 75 players … if nique is not named I will be done with the league. It was BS he wasn’t named to the top 50 for the 50th anniversary 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 in the last 25 years or so, has there been 25 players that would go in front of him? We know there are some locks like Kobe , Lebron, Curry, Duncan , Dirk , and Durant, but is there an argument for 25 guys? There's guys like Paul Pierce who is nowhere good as Nique but he has a ring. So you know how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 I still can’t believe NIque was left out of the top 50 and at the time he was the 9th in scoring in NBA history and a 9 time all star ️. That’s just wrong. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobrathbun4pres Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 If scalabrine isnt top 10 im boycotting 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud2nique Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, bobrathbun4pres said: If scalabrine isnt top 10 im boycotting White mamba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 im gonna try to name the next 25 of the 75 1. Nique should be a lock since he was done dirty the first time. 2. Lebron 3. Kobe 4. Duncan 5 Garnett 6. Kidd 7. Payton 8. Durant 9. Allen 10. Curry 11.Mutombo 12. Wade 13. Harden 14. Iverson 15. R.Miller 16 A.Gilmore 17. Westbrook 18. Pierce 19. Leonard 19. Nash 20. Paul 21.McGrady 22. Carter 23. Irving 24. Giannis, 25.Ming Possible adds .Dumars, Ginobili , Parker, Billups, B.Wallace. R.Wallace, Mourning, Dantley , Howard, Lillard, A.D, Rose, Webber G.Hill . T.Hardaway, A.Hardaway, etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLHawks3 Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 As long as Nique is recognized, I'll be happy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted July 30, 2021 Moderators Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 I've been working on this baby for weeks now! I still got a LOT of old-timers, and even a couple guys I squeezed in from back in the day that didn't make the Top 50 cut in '96. I leaned heavy on Win Shares for the old list, and if you made the NBA Top 50 back then and are still Top 75 in WS now, you get in without a second thought. That's 29 of them already. Now my problem is I've got legendary modern wings and centers that, due to combos of injury/illness and/or insufficient postseason success at their Superstar peaks, won't make my Top 75 cut. There's a bunch of them, and only one spot I've yet to fill. I'll figure it out. But my #1 criteria for making this team is: Is your name Dominique Wilkins? ~lw3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_dirt Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, pimp said: 16 A.Gilmore My avatar for years here was a photo of Kentucky Colonels legend Artis Gilmore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted July 30, 2021 Moderators Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, pimp said: im gonna try to name the next 25 of the 75 1. Nique should be a lock since he was done dirty the first time. 2. Lebron 3. Kobe 4. Duncan 5 Garnett 6. Kidd 7. Payton 8. Durant 9. Allen 10. Curry 11.Mutombo 12. Wade 13. Harden 14. Iverson 15. R.Miller 16 A.Gilmore 17. Westbrook 18. Pierce 19. Leonard 19. Nash 20. Paul 21.McGrady 22. Carter 23. Irving 24. Giannis, 25.Ming Possible adds .Dumars, Ginobili , Parker, Billups, B.Wallace. R.Wallace, Mourning, Dantley , Howard, Lillard, A.D, Rose, Webber G.Hill . T.Hardaway, A.Hardaway, etc I got most of these Top 25 in my 35 adds so far. I agonized over Artis, and left him off only because NBA probably won't count his peak ABA years from the early 70s in their consideration. Yao is in my bubble big list with Zo, Sheed and Bosh (in no order). The 96-Shaq-style pick, for an active but not fully accomplished center in his prime, will go to either Embiid or Jokic. ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted July 30, 2021 Moderators Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 We litigated this in a prior thread, but when we looked at the panel who was selected to make the 50 All-Time selections, there was hardly anyone you could really point to as someone who would have watched a lot of Hawks basketball. Very heavy on the Northeast/Midwest/California contingents. Then with TNT, Hubie was the only exception that stood out to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted July 30, 2021 Moderators Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 One in particular is Hawks Blasphemy, one not-so-much, but here are my Top-75 ousters, among the players that made Top 50: (alphabetical order) Nate Archibald Dave Bing Billy Cunningham Dave DeBusschere Jerry Lucas Pete Maravich Earl Monroe Bill Sharman Nate Thurmond Lenny Wilkens That's just ten guys out, and then I went and added three previously-retired/soon-to-retire guys (Adrian Dantley, Joe Dumars, Dennis Johnson) to narrow the list of new adds even more. ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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