NBA 75th-anniversary team: Are we mad about it?

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This week, the Over and Back Podcast reacts to the NBA’s 75th-anniversary team.

Jason Mann and Rich Kraetsch react to the 75th-anniversary team announcement.

Topics on this week’s show include: Thoughts on the NBA 75 rollout? What did we think about how the NBA announced the 75th-anniversary team and what are they going to do for All-Star weekend? We’ll also look at a brief history of anniversary teams including the inaugural 25th-anniversary team:

The 35th-anniversary team:

The NBA’s 50 Greatest Players announced in 1996-97 as well as our own 50 Greatest Players list we compiled in 2015.

We’ll also talk about players who appeared on multiple all-time teams including the four players who made the NBA 25, NBA 35, NBA 50, Over & Back 50 and NBA 75.

We’ll run down each of the players new to the NBA’s 75th-anniversary team and give quick thoughts on if they were no doubters for the list or if they deserve a discussion:

Lastly, we’ll cover some of the biggest snubs on the NBA 75th-anniversary team including Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard, Artis Gilmore, Manu Ginobili, Kyrie Irving, Tracy McGrady, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Nikola Jokic and Klay Thompson.

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