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Text Volume Chapter 1,292 Rhythm Master The seventh shooting guard among the top 50 superstars, there is no suspense. Everyone unanimously recommended Hal Grier to be selected.

To modern fans, Grier is just an unusual last name.

But if we were to select a superstar career in the NBA from the 1950s to the present in every decade, they should be as follows:

50S: Bob·Ye breaks Green Kai’s tenth consecutive championship·Pettit

60S: Hal Greer.

70S: Wes Unseld.

80S:Bill Walton.

90S: Clyde Drexler.

00S: Dirk Nowitzki.

10S:

Back to Greer, he made his debut playing for the Syracuse Nationals, the predecessor of the Philadelphia 76ers. Moreover, he only played for this team throughout his career. He played one man for one city, and was selected to the All-Star 10 times and 7 times.

He was selected to the All-NBA team for the first time and won the championship with the team in 1967. In 1972, he was forced to become frustrated by the 76ers, the worst team in history, and chose to retire.

He has experienced everything in this team and is complete in every sense.

The eighth person started, and the scene got out of control.

Except for the center position, there are 9 quotas for each of the other four positions.

In other words, there are only two spots left for the second position.

The candidates include George Gervin, Earl Monroe, Dale Ellis, and Pete Maravich.

Among these four people, Gervin scored the most, Monroe had the most influence in popular culture, Maravich was the most disappointing, and Ellis lacked the capital to be selected.

Unless he has overwhelming championship numbers like Miller and Sharman, winning one championship alone will not be enough for Ellis to completely overpower Gervin and Maravich.

Not to mention Ellis, even Monroe, who also had a championship, did not beat Gervin in this round of voting.

Monroe and Maravich, two players who are very entertaining to watch, received more support from reporters, while Gervin was unanimously supported by coaches and players.

Louis has seen Gervin's peak tail.

To be honest, he didn't like Gervin's style of play.

But the selection was not based on his preferences.

Although he gave his vote to Monroe, Gervin was still selected into the top 50 with a clear advantage.

For the last spot at the shooting guard position, Louis didn't argue and wrote Ellis' name on his starting hand.

He did this not to set the pace.

Compared with Monroe and Maravich, Ellis does not have any more advantages except for the title of historical three-point champion.

Of course, he has a championship that Maravich never had, but people now would say that if Ellis were replaced by Maravich or Monroe in their prime, the Knicks would still win.

Anyone who witnessed that championship would speak directly to the person who raised this point of view. However, since Ellis only participated in that championship, the Knicks won the championship for six consecutive years.

It is completely normal for people today to think that way, because the professional abilities of ordinary spectators can only allow them to use the control variable method, which is easy to cause problems, to judge the importance of players, but things are always changing.

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If the 1988 Knicks didn't have Ellis, they would definitely have one less championship.

Definitely.

But on this occasion, no one agreed with this statement.

They are playing a debate game.

Among the coaches attending the meeting was Monroe's Knicks teammate Phil Jackson.

At the same time, Jackson is also a direct descendant of Louis.

Today, he is sitting next to Louis.

But Jackson is not a person who likes to argue with others.

Jackson is remembered fondly by many old New Yorkers as the perfect team

As a member of the team, I really want to say something to my old teammates.

At one point, Maravich's supporters had the upper hand.

In terms of personal honors, Maravich was selected to the All-NBA Team four times, while Monroe was selected only once.

In terms of All-Star appearances, Maravich has one more All-Star appearance than Monroe.

But Monroe has a championship that Maravich doesn't have.

Moreover, for most of his career, Monroe's teams were more competitive than Maravich's.

Jackson watched the group of people discussing endlessly, then turned to look at Louis:

Louis was modest.

In fact, he has quite a say.

Louis watched Monroe play at Richfield Stadium when he was a child, and after joining professional basketball, he also came into contact with Maravich in the twilight of his career.

He liked both of them quite a lot.

Especially Monroe, he is not only a Knicks legend, but also one of Louis' allies in the league.

Before the final voting session began, Louis made a summary:

Garcia Lynn watched as Louis took control of the selection process.

In his view, whenever such a stalemate occurs, Louis's opinion can play a decisive role.

After the shooting guard evaluation, the small forward position is relatively simple.

Small forward can be regarded as the second most talented position in NBA history.

The first five people selected were Larry Bird, Benjamin Wilson, Julius Erving, John Havlicek, and Elgin Baylor.

The sixth person to be selected is Paul Arrikin, the Warriors legend of the 1950s.

Followed by Rick Barry, Scottie Pippen, Dominic Wilkins.

It is worth mentioning that Wilkins, as a player selected at the buzzer, was extremely controversial before the voting results came out.

Because he was competing against Billy Cunningham.

Wilkins was more capable as a player, while Cunningham was a core member of the 1967 team that wiped out the Celtics dynasty.

But unfortunately, after retiring, Cunningham formed a huge conflict with Louis as a coach.

When Cunningham was a guest commentator on CBS, whenever he met Louis' team, he basically turned into a hater on the spot.

Louis usually doesn't care about gossip in commentary, but now that he has a chance to take revenge, of course he has to support Wilkins, who is not related to him.

It was Louis' full support that made this unsuspicious vote suspenseful.

When the votes were tied, Garcia Lynn made the decision on behalf of the league:

Another top 50 superstar from the past life was blown off the stage of honor by the wings of the time traveler.

The most exciting thing is undoubtedly the choice of power forward.

Since the power forward lacks a super ruthless player who can dominate an era, all nine spots are discussed on the spot.

The first one selected was Kevin McHale, who was touted by the New York media as one of the top three forwards in history.

McHale's six-year career with the Bulls can basically be ignored.

In his six-year career with the Knicks, only the first two years could be called elite level. It happened to be those two years when he won an MVP and a championship.

championship, and then won five consecutive championships with the team.

A player whose peak was short-lived but had numerous championships was promoted to the top of the pyramid in the fourth position by the media.

Then there is Bob Pettit, who is currently recognized as the number one power forward in history, followed by the two evergreens Karl Malone at the fourth position and Dennis Rodman who was carried in by Louis -- not really.

It is said that Rodman cannot enter through voting, but considering that his image is too bad and he will definitely be attacked in the voting period, in order to avoid accidents, it is better to let him enter directly to save worry.

The fifth person selected is the popular spicy chicken Danny Manning.

Although Kemp's disastrous performance in the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals ended the Knicks' dynasty, he also succeeded in getting revenge last year. Through a similar recency effect as Miller, he was selected into the top 50 as the sixth man at power forward.

The seventh position belongs to ancient giant Dolph Schayes.

The eighth spot went to Karl Malone's predecessor, Elvin Hayes.

Then there's the final spot at power forward.

There were actually four people vying for it: Charles Barkley, Dave DeBusschere, Hank Gathers, and Jerry Lucas.

This time, Louis didn't fight.

He silently filled in Dave DeBusschere's name and waited for the results to come out.

Although Barkley was a player under him, DeBusschere had a deep personal relationship with him.

Before Louis joined New York, he set several conditions: rebuild, destroy, and trade the entire team; trade for Floyd, who is ready to fight, and get the draft rights to select Stockton; deliberately delayed the signing until August.

In this way, even if Louis was holding a bad hand, the New York media, which was very unfriendly to him at the time, could not say anything.

All these things were carried out by DeBusschere alone, and he was naturally responsible for the infamy.

But he suffered all these hardships, but did not wait for the moment when the Knicks revived. Due to physical reasons, DeBusschere resigned in Louis' second season in New York, and then Elgin Baylor had the opportunity to take over.

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In the end, with two championships, two All-NBA selections, six All-Defensive selections, and eight All-Star honors, DeBusschere won steadily and became the power forward selected into the Top 50 at the buzzer.

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At this point, except for center, all the other four positions have been voted for.

If Curry's resume is not so unpopular, I think he is the answer to the 10S superstar. This championship in 2022 is as legendary as the 14th Spurs.

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