Centers' Little Helper

Dennis Hans, unrenowned former adjunct professor of mass comm and American foreign policy, relentlessly exposed the Bush administration’s “techniques of deceit” BEFORE the Iraq war, when it could have made a difference (see links). For decades he has fought baseball’s discrimination against lefthanded infielders and promoted his ingenious clockwise solution. A lifelong advocate for a flowing, non-brutal, flop-free NBA, he now champions the cause of its second-class citizens: the centers.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

NBA’s 60 Greatest

This weekend, as the NBA holds its All-Star game and celebrates its 60th anniversary, TNT will mark the occasion by adding to the league's roster of all-time greats. The NBA produced its list of the 50 greatest in 1996, when the league turned 50. TNT's "experts" — Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, the flopper twins Doug and Reggie, and a few others will put their heads together and come up with 10 current and former players who deserve to be added to the 50 greatest.
I've beat TNT to the punch with my list, just posted at HoopsHype. Mo Cheeks, DJ, Gus Johnson, Adrian Dantley and Artis Gilmore may be shafted by the strange, inscrutable Basketball Hall of Fame, but they all get credit from the expert who, in a just world, would matter most: me. I only wish I had room for such stylish and distinctive scorers as Alex English, Bernard King and Bob McAdoo, who are among the many near misses and honorable mentions I cite in the piece. It was particularly hard to choose among Dantley, English and King, three small-forward scoring machines. I probably should have put King at least a group higher in my hierarchy of near misses. In his prime, he was phenomenal and unstoppable with his quick-release J, as one emailer has already reminded me.

7 Comments:

At 6:49 PM, Blogger beautiful cynic said...

You know, we would have said the same thing about these players after their first 2-3 years in the league:

Grant Hill
Penny Hardaway
Vince Carter
Alonzo Mourning

there's a lot that can happen before Wade and LeBron are worthy of that kind of listing. No Garnett?

 
At 8:00 PM, Blogger Dennis Hans said...

it's a crap shoot, but TNT's ground rules called for considering young players. Wade and LeBron are built strong, but anything can happen. Just ask Zo. KG is close, but no cigar.

 
At 1:17 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are a moron. Wade and Lebron in front of Kobe for the new top 20-25 basketball players. You are into the 'new' style of play...that likes players that have never won. Great choice. Kobe is on a worse team than either of those kids and trying to make his team better. Those two have better teams. Moron.

 
At 3:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I must agree the previous posts put up on this blog. Lebron and Wade are good, but they still have a lot to prove. I honestly think he put that in there to get people to respond like we are. But Dan should know in his right mind that those two kids do not belong yet in the top 60 players of all time. Maybe when they come around to the top 75 they will be a shoe in. Neither one has won a championship or an mvp yet. Nor has either one made first team all nba.
I think when they meant younger players they were talkin about people like kobe, kg, mcgrady, ray-ray, vince. Not your recently drafted studs such as lebron, melo, and wade. Just some food for thought.

 
At 3:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

reggie miller not on the list what up with that.

 
At 11:08 AM, Blogger Artis Advocate said...

Artis Gilmore not in the Hall? I don't understand. Isn't it time to make this right?

 
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