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Nine teams passed on Paul Pierce
Boston acquired Paul Pierce with the tenth selection in 1998’s NBA draft and it was inexplicable then just as now. Nine different teams thought they’d selected the top overall prospect and only Dallas’ gamble was correct. The draft wasn’t a cautionary tale, nobody was in on a
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Useless rabbits
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In the garden with Michael
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Top 75 players in NBA history
PREVIOUSLY: Reworking the NBA’s Top 50 list : The Next 25 1. Michael Jordan — probably literally “wanted it more.” 2. LeBron James — just holding this spot down for Bronnie. 3. Bill Russell — was eating an ice cream sandwich when I met him, and what kind of a jerk interrupts a
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The Next 25
The NBA re-formatting its old Top 50 list into a new Top 75 list feels like a cop-out. The NBA intended 1996’s collection as a forever-list when it was published, that’s why voters included Shaq after only four seasons, why switch saddles in 2021? Don’t switch Shaq
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Chicago Bulls do not trade draft pick
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Reworking the NBA's Top 50 list
In 1996 a catalogue of respected voters created the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players list, and for an era with only one-to-two screens per house and 24 hours between van deliveries of printed content, the list made some noise. People complained. Why was Shaq there. The list hit before Shaquille
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Following up on Carmelo
unrelated to the Harmonica Incident
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Udonis, Joe Smith, malice, a Palace
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The Reverse Udonis Haslem
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