Celebrating 75: Cleveland again welcomes back NBA’s greats
2 years, 10 months ago

Celebrating 75: Cleveland again welcomes back NBA’s greats

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — The NBA is honoring its 75th anniversary team during Sunday’s All-Star Game, though the league likely won’t be able to duplicate the magic from 25 years ago in its return to Cleveland. “I mean, you think about, there’s a couple guys maybe had a gripe, but it’s going to be realistically like a who’s who of basketball royalty.” Pettit has tickets to New Orleans Pelicans games. During the NBA’s 50th anniversary team celebration players announced starting with the guards and ending with the centers, stepping up onto a platform with other greats who played their position. The NBA hasn’t said how many members of the 75th anniversary team will be at the game Sunday or how they will be honored.

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