The NBA's 75th anniversary selected the 75th superstar in history, but due to the same number of votes in this selection, a total of 76 stars were selected. Among them, there are 50 retired stars and 11 active stars selected, namely James, Curry, Durant, Harden, Alphabet Brother, Paul, Lillard, Davis, Leonard, Westbrook and Anthony.
We are categorized by their respective positions on the field, in no particular order:
Organized defenders for 16 men:
Bob Cush, Dave Bing, Walter Fraser, Oscar Robertson, John Stockton;
Isaiah Thomas, Lenny Wilkens, Chris Paul, Nate Archibald, Steve Nash;
Magic Johnson, Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Stephen Curry, Damien Lillard;
Russell-Westbrook
15 point guards:
Clyde Drexler, George Gervin, Hal Greer, Sam Jones, Allen Iverson;
Michael Jordan, Pete Malawich, Earl Monroe, Bill Shaman, Jerry West;
Ray Allen, Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, Reggie Miller, James Harden
Small Forwards 16:
Paul Argin, Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Larry Bird, Billy Cunningham;
Julius Owen, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, John Havelicick, Scotty Pippen;
James Worthy, Dominic Wilkins, Paul Pierce, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James;
Cameron Anthony
Big Forward 13:
Charles Barkley, Dave Debschell, Elvin Hayes, Jerry Lucas, Carl Malone;
Kevin McHale, Bob Petit, Dolf Sheath, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan;
Kevin Garnett, Dennis Rodman, Anthony Davis.
Center 16:
Karim Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Dave Cowens, Patrick Ewing, Moses Malone;
George McCann, Hakim Orajuwon, Shaquil O'Neill, Robert Parrish, Willis Reed;
David Robinson, Bill Russell, Nate Thurmond, Wes Unseld, Bill Wharton;
Bob McAdoo.
Since the moment the list was announced, fans have been arguing about it. Among them, the most controversial of the 11 active stars is Lillard, many fans agree that It is unfair that Lillard was selected and Howard was not selected, and we will compare the achievements of the two from the data, honors and team results.
Howard
Stats: Career-high 16.2 points, 12.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.
Honors: 8 All-Star, 5 rebounding, 2 blocking, 1 championship (2020), 8 team of the year, 5 defensive team of the year, 3 times defensive player of the year.
Team results: Led the Magic to the finals in 2009.
Lillard
Stats: Career-high he averaged 24.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 1 steal, and 0.3 blocks per game.
Honors: 6-time all-Star and 6-time Team of the Year.
Team results: Led the Blazers to the Western Conference Finals in 2019.
From the data point of view, due to the different positions played by Howard and Lillard, the former played the center and the latter played the defender. Both have excellent stats, with Howard scoring a little lower than Lillard's, but rebounding and blocking better than Lillard, who has higher assists and steals than Howard. In this regard, they are tied for the time being. But in terms of honors and team results, Howard is much better than Lillard, and the latter is not at all comparable to the former.
Overall, Howard is better, which is the voice of most fans, even many fans who are not Howard are upset for Howard, and everyone agrees that Howard is more worthy of being selected for the 75th.
Shane Young also tweeted for Howard, posting a comparison of Howard and Lillard's honors, and writing: "75 Lillard suppressed Howard, which makes no sense at all." ”
As we can see from the graph, howard and Lillard have received basically the same honors as we mentioned above. Howard is better than Lillard and deserves to be named to the Big 75!
What do you think?