70.Tony Parker 69.Bernard King 68.Pete Maravich 67.Alex English 66.Dave Cowens 65.Pau Gasol 64.Earl Monroe 63.Alonzo Mourning 62.Dennis Rodman 61.Robert Parish
60.Willis Reed 59.Bob McAdoo 58.Manu Ginobili 57.Clyde Drexler 56.Ray Allen 55.Vince Carter 54.Paul Pierce 53.Gary Payton 52.Tracy McGrady 51.James Worthy
50.Wes Unseld 49.Reggie Miller 48.Bill Walton 47.George Gervin 46.Dominique Wilkins 45.Anthony Davis 44.Elvin Hayes 43.Rick Barry 42.Russell Westbrook 41.Bob Cousy
40.Chris Paul 39.Walt Frazier 38.Bob Pettit 37.Patrick Ewing 36.Kevin McHale 35.Jason Kidd 34.George Mikan 33.John Havlicek 32.James Harden 31.Isiah Thomas
20. Kevin Garnett 19. Dirk Nowitzki 18. Moses Malone 17. Karl Malone 16. Jerry West 15. Julius Erving 14. Kevin Durant 13. Stephen Curry 12. Hakeem Olajuwon 11. Oscar Robertson
10. Shaquille O'Neal 9. Kobe Bryant 8. Tim Duncan 7. Larry Bird 6. Wilt Chamberlain 5. Magic Johnson 4. Bill Russell 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2. LeBron James 1. Michael Jordan
Overrated? Underrated? Our experts debate the top 74 players in NBA history
1. What's your biggest takeaway from the rankings?
Dave McMenamin: I remember how big of a deal the NBA at 50 celebration was for the league's golden anniversary in 1996. Twelve of those 50 players not only don't make our top 50 but don't make our top 74. That means we have 38 from the original list chosen by the league and 36 new faces, which speaks to the advancements in the league in the past two decades but could also suggest some recency bias.
2. Which player most deserved to make the top 74 but didn't?
Lopez: It feels like Chris Webber should be on the list. A five-time All-NBA selection,如果有90 年代有四大中鋒,90年代跨2000 年也有四大前鋒,T.D、K.G、Dirk 和 Chris Webber ,很明顯的,少了 Chris Webber。
McMenamin: What if I told you there was a guard with 10 rings, five All-Star appearances and a career scoring average of 18.9 PPG in the playoffs and he wasn't on this list? It would have to be a mistake, right? Sam Jones, known as "Mr. Clutch" by Boston Celtics fans, has a pretty compelling case to make it. Sam Jones 是傳奇,難道以前的王朝比較不被認同 ? 能贏得冠軍的主將,都應該被尊重。
Pelton: Dolph Schayes. For better or worse, our voting panel largely ignored the 1950s, with George Mikan the only player in the top 74 who retired earlier than 1965. That worked against Schayes, a 12-time All-NBA pick who earned that honor every season in the 1950s.
MacMahon: I've already mentioned a couple of active players who were glaring omissions, so I'll go to an earlier generation and pick Adrian Dantley.
Bontemps: I know Dwight Howard's reputation has taken a hit the past few years, but it is absurd that he did not make this list. 嗯,74 大球星有沒有草莓獸 ? 大家認為呢 ?
3. Which player in the top 74 is ranked too high?
McMenamin: Dennis Rodman Pelton: Pete Maravich. MacMahon: This might not help with my ambitions to make more appearances on The Jump, but it's hard to justify Tracy McGrady's spot at No. 52 overall, Bontemps: If this were a list of the 74 most important players in the history of the sport, or the 74 to make the biggest impact on it, Vince Carter would merit inclusion.
4. Which player in the top 74 is ranked too low?
Pelton: Clyde Drexler MacMahon: Compare the six wings between No. 49 and 57 -- Reggie Miller, Tracy McGrady, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter, Ray Allen and Clyde Drexler -- and explain to me how Drexler was the lowest-ranked among that group. 滑翔翼被看扁,有人也看不下去,受到非人荼毒之後,期望值都下降了。
Lopez: He hasn't had the team success or individual accolades of other point guards (although you can argue he should have had an MVP in 2007-08), but Chris Paul should be in the point guard cluster around 28-31 with John Stockton, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash and Isiah Thomas instead of the one at 39-41 with Walt Frazier and Bob Cousy.