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NBA's best deserved better reveal

Dribbling out the names of the league's 75 greatest players in three disjointed installments has done little to enhance excitement

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Marc Stein
Oct 21, 2021
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Only two-thirds of the NBA's official 75 Greatest Players list has been officially revealed, but we don't have to wait for Thursday night's final burst of 25 names to draw the following definitive conclusion:

This won't go down as one of the league's all-time greatest promotional efforts.

The NBA is typically ultra-slick with this stuff. The latest exampl…

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