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In celebration of the milestone season, the league unveiled its list of the 75 greatest players in NBA history.
Among the honorees areKareem Abdul-Jabbar,Carmelo Anthony,Charles Barkley,Larry Bird,Kobe Bryant,Stephen Curry,Kevin Durant,Kevin Garnett,LeBron James,Magic Johnson,Allen Iverson,Michael Jordan,Shaquille O’Neal,Scottie Pippen,Bill Russell,Dennis Rodman,Giannis Antetokounmpo, andDwyane Wade.
The organization boasted the accomplishments of the selected group in arelease, saying, “A total of 158 NBA championships and 730 NBA All-Star selections. A combined 110 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Awards. More than 1.5 million points scored.”
“From where I come from I’m simply LOST FOR WORDS!! BEYOND HONORED & BLESSED!! 🙏🏾 #ThekidfromAKRON🤴🏾⁶ #StriveforGreatness🚀 #NBA75💎,” James said in his own celebratorypost.
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On Friday, Wade alsoshared a videoof himself and wife Gabrielle Union, captioning the funny clip, “How we’re walking after hearing that I’ve been added to the NBA 75 Greatest Players Ever List!!!! 😳 😯 😁.”
Despite the big announcement, some basketball fans discussed athletes they believe were snubbed from the honor on social media, includingKyrie Irving,Pau Gasol,Klay Thompson, and more.
Thursday night, Thompson even expressed his anger after being left off the list, writing onInstagram,“Maybe I’m naive in my ability to play basketball, but in my head I’m TOP 75 all time.”
Klay Thompson/Instagram
The following day, he added another message on his Instagram Story that has since been deleted, writing, “Woke up this AM still pissed about this stupid a– list. Ga damn I can’t wait to hoop again. Sick of the disrespect. Winning isn’t everything to some people like it is to me I guess.”
Curry shared support for his Golden State Warriors teammate on his Instagram Story, reposting a quote about Thompson’s snub.
For the full NBA 75th anniversary team list go tonba.com
source: people.com
