Who was the biggest omission from the NBA's 75th anniversary team?

[OrangeBlueSkies]

There is no clear, definitive 76th greatest player in NBA history.

[Moonbeam]

Adrian Dantley is one of the most under appreciated and acknowledged players in NBA history. We're talking about a guy that AVERAGED 30+ppg during his prime (4 year period) while shooting 55+% from the field which is just unheard of from none elite centers. What hurt Dantley was that his teams didn't win any championships (he was on mostly just horrendous teams during his prime years) and his direct to the point personality. From an individual accomplishment standpoint he blows everyone else on this list out of the water and it's not really even close. Yeah, really...that's what I mean about Dantley being one of the least appreciated players ever.

I agree that Dantley is underappreciated and was one of the greatest scorers of all-time...no question. But the guy was a locker room cancer and played just about as bad of defense as can be allowed.

"Locker room cancer" is way over the top. I grew up as a Piston fan and from top down, that organization sang his praises while he was there. His departure in 1989 was contentious at the time even among some of the Piston players. And in the playoffs, Dantley was being actually praised for his defense in 1987 and 1988, insisting he could guard Bird, for instance. On the Jazz, Layden turned on him because of the holdout, but has taken the lion's share of the blame for things going south with Dantley in the ensuing years.

I think Dantley should absolutely be in the NBA's 75 list, along with many of the other guys here.

[CHAMPi0N]

Why is Danny Green and Tristan Thompson on this list???

It's Danny Green and Klay Thompson.

Obviously, the guy who should have made the cut is Danny Green.

[njknicks]

Ginobili.

100% Manu Ginobili - arguably top 5 international player of all time.

With all due respect to the modern day NBA players over past two decades -- Manu thrived & excelled both in the NBA & Internationally ( dedicating himself year round for nearly 2 decades to the NBA & Argentina )

Just some of his accomplishments :

4x NBA champion
2x Italian League MVP
Euro League MVP
2x NBA all star
6th man of the year NBA
3x Italian league / Euro league champion
Olympic gold / bronze
FIBA gold, bronze

Not to mention his advanced stats are on par with Kobe and Wade. Only reason his raw numbers aren't as high is because he came off the bench. There's a reason he was the 2nd best player on championship teams. His defence was incredible as well, extremely underrated.

YES - you hit the nail - most incredible of all is that he was a 2nd round pick ( 57th!!! ) - perhaps the biggest draft steal in NBA history