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Members of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during the halftime ceremony of the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. The NBA 75th Anniversary Team, also referred to as the NBA 75, [1] [2] was chosen in 2021 to honor the 75th anniversary of the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was the fourth and most recent anniversary team in the ...
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th) ABA All-Time Team; No. 32 retired by Philadelphia 76ers; New York City Basketball Hall of Fame inaugural class (1990) First-team All-American – USBWA ; Second-team All-American – NABC, UPI ; ACC Player of the Year (1965) 3× First-team All-ACC (1963–1965) As coach: NBA champion ; 4× NBA All-Star Game ...
The NBA 25th Anniversary Team was named in 1971. [5] Selections were restricted to retired players and were intended to be an all-time All-NBA Team, consisting of four guards, four forwards, and two centers. [6] [7] In 1980, eleven players were named to the 35th anniversary team, chosen by the Pro Basketball Writers Association. [8]
There was bound to be a bit of controversy with the NBA's 75th anniversary team, and some notable names were left off the list.
The NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team – released in full on Thursday night – had plenty of obvious and deserving selections. But there were a few head-turning omissions, as well. Believe it or not ...
Based on The Bill Russell Scale, Dwight Howard should have made the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team list.
He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. During his NBA career, Garnett was named to 15 All-Star Games, winning the All-Star MVP award in 2003. [n 2] He was named to the All-NBA Team nine times and the NBA All-Defensive Team 12 times. [6]
Thurmond was named a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985, one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, [2] and part of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. [ 3 ] Known to fans as " Nate the Great ", [ 4 ] Thurmond has had his No. 42 jersey retired by both the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers .