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who creates the list? Not ABC / Disney / NBA / NBA sports Jowrnalists i hope.
The NBA is going to upgrade their old top 50 list to 75 greatest list. There will be 25 new slots added. It's safe to say Duncan is guaranteed to make the list. With that being said does Manu or Parker crack any of the slots?
who creates the list? Not ABC / Disney / NBA / NBA sports Jowrnalists i hope.
Good question. I first want to find out if its 25 new people on top of the 50, or will some of the old 50 fall off to make room for more than 25.
I don't know, I think it would be tough:
Stone cold locks to be included in the next 25:
1. Duncan
2. Garnett
3. Bryant
4. James
5. Duant
6. Wade
7. Nowitzki
8. Iverson
9. Nash
10. Curry
11. Paul
12. Pierce
13. Kidd
14. Harden
15. Westbrook
16. Antetokuompo
17. Mourning
18. Leonard
Next 7 picks would probably be chosen from Manu, Tony, Carter, McGrady, Webber, Bosh, Gasol, Mutombo, Klay, Ray Allen, Davis, Melo, and Lillard.
Plus the NBA loves kissing China's ass so wouldn't surprise me to see Yao's broken down ass bump a more deserving player off the list.
Doubt Manu will make it. I'm not saying Parker was better, but he was more decorated with the type of accolades that sportswriters consider when they make such a list. But both are highly underrated so neither probably makes it.
They are keeping the original top 50 list as it is and are just adding 25 new people to make it 75 greatest of all time.
If its fair they both deserve to be .
Tony will make it since he was the first option in 2 nba championships.
Manu doubted since he is underatted
Parker's NBA accolades probably put him ahead of Manu, deserving or not. I'm not expecting either to make the final cut. It depends on who's casting the votes I suppose, but for the most part the league is all to happy to write off the Spurs.
Between the national media deciding post '14 that the "culture" and "system" that they mostly attribute to Pop, were the real stars of this operation and their disdain for the organization given how militiristic they are, I'd guess neither makes it.
Not sure how Mourning would be a lock, but Davis wouldn't be.
75 Greatest Players in NBA History : nba (reddit.com)
Mourning was a top MVP candidate for a while.
When was the last list released?
Start of the 96-97 season.
Manu most def but parker? WHo knows?
Davis has a strong argument for being as good or better than S bag, who people will pretend should be an automatic, but somehow he's not.
Manu isn’t even a top 200 nba player. Tony should be on the list tho
Disagree. We know both were great players, but Parker had more accolades. Bigger career scorer, more All-Stars, Finals MVP, 50-point game, etc.
Obviously Manu sacrificed a lot of that glory for the betterment of the team when he agreed to come off the bench for most of his career, and we got 4 rings out of it. Other than that, his biggest accomplishment is his gold medal but that's probably not going to count for an NBA list.
I'm not saying that Parker is or was the better player....but based on how the NBA tends to rank these things, I'm betting he will be put higher on an "all-time" list.
Tony certainly had a better NBA career, while Manu had a far better career outside the NBA. Lists like this tend to put more weight on total counting stats too.
https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_..._id2=ginobma01
Since this is an NBA-only list, I would expect Tony to be ahead of Manu in the pick order. I think Tony will make it, Manu is borderline.
Neither make it imo, though Parker should be on there by NBA accolades.
"A blue-ribbon panel of media, current and former players, coaches, general managers, and team executives will select a new 75th Anniversary Team, featuring the 75 greatest players of all time. The team will be announced in October."
Wonder if we'll ever find out who this group is.
Seriously doubt it will be Spurs friendly.
Altho Pop has now become a mainstream darling. Ironically.
oh yeah, the Team Tony v. Team Manu days....
They are Spurs players, they won't make it. The argument will be well they were All-Star level 2nd and 3rd options for a few years. Then when the argument about Duncan's ranking is made they will say, but he had Parker and Manu. You know how it goes.
they're putting melo over him. and over tony and manu.
Manu is the better player (who happens to be my all time favorite player), but Tony has the better accolades. It’snot fair but Tony makes it, while Manu maybe top 100.
That's why I find this entertaining when it comes to Duncan's legacy. Duncan is guaranteed to get in but we hear from the haters all the time when it comes to his all time rankings "He had Pop,Manu,Parker, blah blah and he was only good because of those guys." It will be interesting if both don't make it and still having this debate with the haters. Granted I do think both Manu/Parker should make it but it's going to be pretty borderline if they get in.
Three of the all time greats at their respective positions.
Hard to see any of these "best of" lists containing one (Duncan), in a dominant, dynastic era of Spurs basketball; without logically including both Tony and Manu.
Like others have said, not sure the media sees it this way but their resumes speak for themself.
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