NBA's 75th Anniversary Team
Here you have information about the selection made by the NBA in 2021 of the greatest players of its 75 years of history.
In 2021 and for the fourth time, the NBA selected the best players of its rich history to make an Anniversary Team. It had already been done for the 25th, 35th and 50th anniversaries.
Similar to the previous occasions, a panel of current and former NBA players, coaches, general managers and team and league executives, WNBA legends and media members voted without regard to position and didn't rank the selections. Also players couldn't vote for themselves.
All 50 players from the 50th Anniversary Team were selected for this new list and in fact it includes not 75 but 76 players due to a tie in the voting.
Some notable names that could have deserve to be included but didn't make the list are Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Vince Carter, Klay Thompson and Kyrie Irving among others.
This is the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team, made in 2021, ordered alphabetically:
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar *
- Ray Allen
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Carmelo Anthony
- Nate Archibald *
- Paul Arizin *
- Charles Barkley *
- Rick Barry *
- Elgin Baylor *
- Dave Bing *
- Larry Bird *
- Kobe Bryant
- Wilt Chamberlain *
- Bob Cousy *
- Dave Cowens *
- Billy Cunningham *
- Stephen Curry
- Anthony Davis
- Dave DeBusschere *
- Clyde Drexler *
- Tim Duncan
- Kevin Durant
- Julius Erving *
- Patrick Ewing *
- Walt Frazier *
- Kevin Garnett
- George Gervin *
- Hal Greer *
- James Harden
- John Havlicek *
- Elvin Hayes *
- Allen Iverson
- LeBron James
- Magic Johnson *
- Sam Jones *
- Michael Jordan *
- Jason Kidd
- Kawhi Leonard
- Damian Lillard
- Jerry Lucas *
- Karl Malone *
- Moses Malone *
- Pete Maravich *
- Bob McAdoo
- Kevin McHale *
- George Mikan *
- Reggie Miller
- Earl Monroe *
- Steve Nash
- Dirk Nowitzki
- Hakeem Olajuwon *
- Shaquille O'Neal *
- Chris Paul
- Robert Parish *
- Gary Payton
- Paul Pierce
- Bob Pettit *
- Scottie Pippen *
- Willis Reed *
- Oscar Robertson *
- David Robinson *
- Dennis Rodman
- Bill Russell *
- Dolph Schayes *
- Bill Sharman *
- John Stockton *
- Isiah Thomas *
- Nate Thurmond *
- Wes Unseld *
- Dwyane Wade
- Bill Walton *
- Jerry West *
- Russell Westbrook
- Lenny Wilkens *
- Dominique Wilkins
- James Worthy *
* these players were already in the 50th Anniversary Team