While some NBA media outlets are dialed into the 2022-23 NBA season for their annual exercise to fill the late September content desert that is ranking season, our sister site HoopsHype has its eyes on a bigger prize.
Drawing on the popular all-time NBA list released adjacent to the NBA’s version put together for the league’s 75th anniversary, HoopsHype has gone a step further and updated the list again for 2022. There’s quite a bit of change (including the absence of many Boston Celtics who made the last list), and to be frank, we are not fans of an all-time list that would see so much turnover a mere 365 days later.
Take a look for yourselves at the various Celtics greats who were omitted and where those who remain are ranked now, and let us know why we are wrong if you feel so compelled.
Can you name the players — and better yet, the seasons — Boston had a player named Finals MVP? https://t.co/cSQKtitGwp
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 21, 2022
Also receiving votes: Bill Walton
Also receiving votes: Kyrie Irving
Also receiving votes: Artis Gilmore
Also receiving votes: Sam Jones
Also receiving votes: Dave Bing
Also receiving votes: Bill Sharman
Also receiving votes: Dennis Johnson
No. 68 - Dave Cowens
No. 67 - Pete Maravich
No. 66 - Nate Archibald
No. 66 - Robert Parish
No. 56 - Ray Allen
No. 54 - Kevin McHale
No. 51 - Bob McAdoo
No. 50 - Paul Pierce
No. 42 - Dominique Wilkins
No. 41 - Gary Payton Sr.
No. 37 - Bob Cousy
No. 29 - John Havlicek
No. 18 - Kevin Garnett
No. 9 Shaquille O'Neal
No. 7 - Larry Bird
No. 5 - Bill Russell
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