On October 22, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the complete list of 75 superstars, due to the problem of the same number of votes, so the number of final selected people was 76 people, although the credibility of the "jury" composed of 88 authoritative judges was sufficient, but the list was announced and caused some controversy. Howard's defeat (three-time defensive player, five-time rebounding champion, two-time block king, eight-time All-Star, one-time championship) was the most stifling, and the Warriors' Klay Thompson also publicly complained that he didn't think some of the 75 superstars were better than himself.
The NBA's list of 75 superstars is a complete successor to the list of 50 superstars selected in 1996, and the five pearls of the 50 major awards, Wilkins, McAdoo, Payton, Rodman, and Reggie Miller, were also selected into the list of 75 superstars.
In addition to the NBA's 50 list and the five top 50, the 21st century superstars have 21 people selected: Kobe, Duncan, James, Curry, Durant, Iverson, Wade, Nowitzki, Garnett, Kidd, Pierce, Nash, Anthony, Paul, Lillard, Harden, "Thick Brow" Anthony Davis, "Alphabet Brother" Giannis Antetokounmpo, Leonard, Westbrook, Ray Allen. Among them, there are 11 active players in the NBA, namely: James, Curry, Durant, Harden, Alphabet Brother, Paul, Lillard, Davis, Leonard, Westbrook and Anthony.
Controversial recent relics of the 75 superstars' defeat include Howard (three-time defensive player, five-time rebounding champion, two-time blocker king, eight-time All-Star), Maddy (two-time NBA scoring champion, seven-time All-Star), Mutombo (four-time best defensive player, eight-time All-Star, second in NBA all-time overall block list), Tony Parker (four-time champion, 2007 FMVP), Rose (youngest MVP in history), Vince Carter (career total score exceeded 25,000 points, eight All-Stars), and Ben Wallace (four-time best defensive player, one overall champion), Billups (2004 FMVP), Klay Thompson (three-time championship), Gasol (the second in a row with the Lakers), Bosh (the three-time winner of the heat's two giants), Irving (one-time champion and one of the sharpest scorers of our time), Ginobili (the best sixth-man in history, four-time champion)...
In addition, Hall of Fame members Walter Bellamy, Bob Ranier, Joe Dumas, Grant Hill, Adrian Dantley, Alex Inglish, Bernard King, Artis Gilmore (ABA era superstar), Yao Ming (representative of Asian players) have also been stifled.
Among them, Yao Ming's defeat is controversial but also reasonable. Some people believe that Yao Ming is the representative of the entire Asian basketball, and the NBA should not only consider the achievements of players on the field, but should consider the overall influence, such as the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, which made Yao Ming inducted into the Hall of Fame at the first time.
The current list of NBA 75 superstars covers players from the remaining four continents of the five continents, but the Asians have not been selected, the NBA should be more humane, and the selection of Yao Ming into the list will help the NBA break the ice in China, and Yao Ming should be considered at the reasonable level. But some people believe that the NBA's 75 superstar list has a higher gold content than the Hall of Fame, Yao Ming's NBA career lacks hard honors such as championships and the best team first team, and he has been selected for the eight-time All-Star Game by popularity alone.
It should be pointed out that the list of 75 superstars is not manipulated by the NBA official, but by 88 authoritative judges, and the NBA official selects 88 judges from retired stars, legendary coaches, executives, active stars, and well-known media people. A screenshot of the list is as follows:
Among them, retired celebrities and authoritative old media people occupy the main force, they respect history very much, think that the evaluation of a player must be combined with their era, so the list of the top 50 superstars can be completely retained, and also added the five relics of Wilkins and other five beads from the top 50 to the list of 75 superstars, but the lost active stars Howard, Klay Thompson and others obviously feel that they have not been respected by their predecessors. Perhaps, these people's regrets will not be compensated until the NBA's 100th anniversary is selected as a top 100 superstar.