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The 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, also referred to as NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, were chosen in 1996 to honor the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was the third anniversary team in the league. [1]
The 50th Anniversary team includes: 17 players who earned National Player of the Year honors a total of 22 times. [3] Ralph Sampson is the only three-time winner in the conference's history. [4] 27 players who earned consensus first-team All-America honors a total of 38 times. 18 players who were three-time first-team All-ACC selections.
As of 2022, Miller was one of three players in ACC history to win ACC tournament MVP in consecutive seasons. [17] In 2002, Miller was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team as one of the fifty greatest players in Atlantic Coast Conference history. [18] In 2022, Miller was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame. [3]
In 2002, Ferry was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) 50th Anniversary men's basketball team honoring the fifty greatest players in conference history. Drafted into the NBA in 1989 as the second overall pick, Ferry played one season for Italian league's Il Messaggero (now Virtus Roma ) after refusing to play for the Los Angeles Clippers .
All 50 players from the 50th anniversary team made the 75th anniversary list. Eleven current players were added to the list, and the previous list's biggest snub, Dominique Wilkins, made this version.
NBA Most Valuable Player FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP 15× NBA All-Star (1993–1998, 2000–2007, 2009) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000, 2004, 2009) 8× All-NBA First Team (1998, 2000–2006) NBA Rookie of the Year NBA 50th Anniversary Team Summer Olympics Gold: 1996 FIBA Basketball World Cup Gold: 1994 FIBA Hall of Fame (2017) [173] 2016
One of basketball's all-time greats, Cunningham was elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and honored by selection to both the NBA's 50th and 75th Anniversary Teams as one of its legendary players, as well as to the ABA All-Time Team.
Elvin Ernest Hayes (born November 17, 1945), nicknamed "the Big E", is an American former professional basketball player and radio analyst for his alma mater Houston Cougars. He is a member of the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams , and an inductee in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .