What’s In My Closet? NBA 50 Greatest Edition

Snagged this poster during All-Star Weekend '97 in Cleveland. It's the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. Was going over it the other day and wondering how different it would look today? Would Kobe Bryant bump someone off? Who'd get cut? Would Tim Duncan squeeze into the picture? Steve Nash? Our own Dirk Nowitzki?...
By Richie WhittMarch 19, 2009
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Snagged this poster during All-Star Weekend ’97 in Cleveland. It’s the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players.

Was going over it the other day and wondering how different it would look today? Would Kobe Bryant bump someone off? Who’d get cut? Would Tim Duncan squeeze into the picture? Steve Nash? Our own Dirk Nowitzki?

Then I got to counting the number of guys who spent some of their careers in Dallas …

Give it a look. Give me a guess.

As usual, the winner will get a free subscription to the Dallas Observer and this here Sportatorium.

 

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Richie Whitt

Richie Whitt has been a columnist, reporter, broadcaster and blogger covering Dallas’ sports scene for more than 40 years. He wrote the Observer‘s sports column 2005-2011 and has reported sports on TV, radio and online. You can read his latest work a <a href=”https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/author/richie-whitt”>SI.com.

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