50 Greatest Players in NBA History

The 50 Greatest Players in National Basketball As-sociation History (also referred to as NBAs 50th An-niversary All-Time Team or NBAs Top 50) were cho-sen in 1996 to honor the ftieth anniversary of the found-ing of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Thesefty players were selected through a vote by a panel ofmedia members, former players and coaches, and cur-rent and former general managers. In addition, the topten head coaches and top ten single-season teams in NBAhistory were selected by media members as part of thecelebration.[1] The fty players had to have played at leasta portion of their careers in the NBA and were selectedirrespective of position played.The list was announced by NBA commissioner DavidStern on October 29, 1996, at the hotel Grand Hyatt NewYork, the former site of the Commodore Hotel, where theoriginal NBA charter was signed on June 6, 1946. Theannouncement marked the beginning of a season-longcelebration of the leagues anniversary.[1] Forty-seven ofthe fty players were later assembled in Cleveland, dur-ing the halftime ceremony of the 1997 All-Star Game.[1]Three players were absent: Pete Maravich, who had diedin 1988, at forty;[2] Shaquille O'Neal, who was recoveringfrom a knee injury; and Jerry West, who was scheduledto have surgery for an ear infection and could not y.[3]At the time of the announcement, eleven players were ac-tive; all have subsequently retired. O'Neal was the last tobe active in the NBA, retiring at the end of the 201011season,[4] and the only member not currently in the Hallof Fame.

1 Players selected

1.1 Selection process

The list was compiled through unranked voting com-pleted by fty selected panelists. Sixteen of the panelistswere former players voting in their roles as players, thir-teen were members of the print and broadcast news me-dia, and twenty-one were team representatives: contem-porary and former general managers, head coaches, andexecutives. Of the last group, thirteen were former NBAplayers. Players were prohibited from voting for them-selves. Only three voting veterans (Bill Bradley, JohnnyKerr, and Bob Lanier) were not selected to the team.

1.2 Voters

1.3 List

Eleven players (Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, PatrickEwing, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Shaquille O'Neal,Hakeem Olajuwon, Robert Parish, Scottie Pippen, DavidRobinson and John Stockton) were active in the 199697season, during which the team was announced. O'Nealwas the last to be active in the NBA, retiring at the endof the 201011 season. All of the selected players exceptO'Neal have, as of 2015, been inducted into the NaismithMemorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Under current Hall ofFame rules, a player must be retired for ve years beforebecoming eligible for election and induction as a player;therefore, O'Neal will not be eligible until the inductionclass of 2017. Lenny Wilkens was the only member ofthe players list to have been selected as a member of thecoaches list. At the time of the list, only Pete Maravichwas deceased. Since then, Wilt Chamberlain, Dave De-Busschere, Paul Arizin, George Mikan, Bill Sharman andMoses Malone have all passed away.Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 201011season, the last in which any player on the 50 Greatest listwas active.

2 Top 10 Coaches in NBA History

Alongside the selection of the 50 greatest players, was theselection of the Top 10 Coaches in NBAHistory. The listwas compiled based upon unranked selection undertakenexclusively by members of the print and broadcast mediawho regularly cover theNBA.All 10 coaches namedwerealive at the time of the lists announcement, and four ofthemPhil Jackson, Don Nelson, Pat Riley, and LennyWilkenswere then active. Four have since died: RedHolzman in 1998, Red Auerbach in 2006, Chuck Daly in2009, and Jack Ramsay in 2014. Jackson was the last ofthe ten to coach in the NBA; he announced his retirementafter the 201011 season. Nelsonwas the onlymember tohave never won a championship as a coach, even thoughhe won ve as a player. Wilkens was the only member ofthe coaches list to have been selected as a member of theplayers list.

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3 Top 10 Teams in NBA HistoryAlso included in the NBAs 50th-anniversary celebrationwas the selection of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History.The list was compiled based upon unranked selection un-dertaken exclusively by members of the print and broad-cast media who regularly cover the NBA. Teams werechosen from among all single-season individual teams.Each team won the NBA championship, and they com-bined to average 66 wins per season. The 199596Chicago Bulls had the best single-season record in NBAhistory with 72 wins.Six out of the thirty NBA franchises (twenty-nine fran-chises at the time of announcement) had a team namedto the list; the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Bulls, the LosAngeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers had two teamsselected.Six players were on the roster of two teams on the listWilt Chamberlain with the 196667 Sixers and 197172 Lakers; James Edwards, Dennis Rodman, and JohnSalley with the 198889 Pistons and 199596 Bulls; andMichael Jordan and Scottie Pippen with the Bulls in both199192 and 199596. Three other individuals bothplayed for and coached honored teams, all of whom com-pleted this double with a single franchiseK. C. Joneswith the Celtics as a player in 196465 and coach in198586, Billy Cunningham with the Sixers as a playerin 196667 and coach in 198283, and Pat Riley withthe Lakers as a player in 197172 and coach in 198687.Phil Jackson, head coach of the Bulls from 1989 to 1998,was the only man to coach two teams that made the list.Although Jackson was under contract to the Knicks as aplayer in their 196970 championship season, he did notplay that season as he was recovering from spinal fusionsurgery.[66]

Players whose names are italicized were inducted afterthe announcement of the ten best teams. The Hall ofFamers listed for each individual team are solely thoseinducted as players, and do not include those inducted inother roles.

4 See also ABA All-Time Team

5 Notes a American Basketball Association (ABA) teamsother than those admitted into the NBA in 1976 arenot included; each year is linked to an article aboutthat particular NBA season.

b Each year is linked to an article about the NBAFinals in that year.

c Italicized record and winning percentage reect allgames played through the 201011 season; the pre-ceding record is that of the coach at the time of hisselection.

d Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hallof Fame as coach; Bill Sharman was inducted asboth a player and a coach

e A sixth player on this team, Sanders, was inductedinto the Hall as a contributor in August 2011.[77]

f Having been injured in the second game, Baylormissed the remainder of the 197172 season. Heretired at the beginning of the next season.[78]

6 ReferencesGeneral

The NBAs 50 Greatest Players. NBA.com.Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved August 30,2009.

Top 10 Coaches in NBA History. NBA.com.Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved Septem-ber 13, 2009.

Top 10 Teams in NBAHistory. NBA.com. TurnerSports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 13,2009.

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7 External links NBA.com: The 50 Greatest Players page NBA.com: Top 10 Coaches page NBA.com: Top 10 Teams page

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