Why was Dwight Howard not named on NBA 75 team? Which players could he have replaced?

In celebrations of their 75th anniversary, the NBA released a list featuring the 75 greatest players in the league's history. A panel of media members, current and former players, coaches and team executives selected the team. Many players felt they had missed out including former Orlando Magic legend Dwight Howard who was not included in the list. He took to social media and called the NBA "disrespectful" as he did not make the NBA 75 team. Dwight Howard definitely has a point as his CV looks more like a top 50 player let alone top 75. When ranking his various stats the LA Lakers centre ranks an all-time eighth in field-goal percentage, 11th in rebounds, 13th in blocks, and managed all that being 44th in minutes played. The question comes down to 'who should Dwight Howard replace on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team?' Well, the first that comes to mind is Paul Arizin, sure he was a great player in his time but Howard is definitely ahead of him. Then there's Damian Lillard, the Trail Blazers legend has only six All-NBA selections to his name and has never reached the NBA Finals so there is no argument that can be made for him being selected over Howard. Anthony Davis is another player that can be argued about making the list, while he is an incredible player the question is if Howard should replace him? Yes. And here are the stats that say so: Stat/Accolade Howard Davis All-Star 8 8 All-NBA 8 4 First Team All-NBA 5 4 All-Defensive 5 4 Defensive Player of the Year 3 0 Points (career) 19,118 13,496 Rebounds (career) 14,277 5,780 Blocks (career) 2,192 1,325 Rebounds leader (seasons) 5 0 Blocks leader (seasons) 2 3 NBA Championships 1 1 NBA 75 Team The names are in alphabetical order. As a result of a tie, the team features 76 players 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2. Ray Allen 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo 4. Carmelo Anthony 5. Nate Archibald 6. Paul Arizin 7. Charles Barkley 8. Rick Barry 9. Elgin Baylor 10. Dave Bing 11. Larry Bird 12. Kobe Bryant 13. Wilt Chamberlain 14. Bob Cousy 15. Dave Cowens 16. Billy Cunningham 17. Stephen Curry 18. Anthony Davis 19. Dave DeBusschere 20. Clyde Drexler 21. Tim Duncan 22. Kevin Durant 23. Julius Erving 24. Patrick Ewing 25. Walt Frazier 26. Kevin Garnett 27. George Gervin 28. Hal Greer 29. James Harden 30. John Havlicek 31. Elvin Hayes 32. Allen Iverson 33. LeBron James 34. Magic Johnson 35. Sam Jones 36. Michael Jordan 37. Jason Kidd 38. Kawhi Leonard 39. Damian Lillard 40. Jerry Lucas 41. Karl Malone 42. Moses Malone 43. Pete Maravich 44. Bob McAdoo 45. Kevin McHale 46. George Mikan 47. Reggie Miller 48. Earl Monroe 49. Steve Nash 50. Dirk Nowitzki 51. Hakeem Olajuwon 52. Shaquille O'Neal 53. Robert Parish 54. Chris Paul 55. Gary Payton 56. Bob Pettit 57. Paul Pierce 58. Scottie Pippen 59. Willis Reed 60. Oscar Robertson 61. David Robinson 62. Dennis Rodman 63. Bill Russell 64. Dolph Schayes 65. Bill Sharman 66. John Stockton 67. Isiah Thomas 68. Nate Thurmond 69. Wes Unseld 70. Dwyane Wade 71. Bill Walton 72. Jerry West 73. Russell Westbrook 74. Lenny Wilkens 75. Dominique Wilkins 76. James Worthy Image: AP

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Why was Dwight Howard not named on NBA 75 team? Which players could he have replaced?

Orlando Magic legend and current LA Lakers centre Dwight Howard was not included in the NBA 75 Team. He took to social media and called the NBA 'disrespectful'.

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