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class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><img sizes="(min-width: 85.375em) 44.8125em, (min-width: 64em) 47.75vw, (min-width: 48.063em) 65.10vw, 100vw" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="" class="lazyload responsive" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212im_/https://cdn.nba.net/nba-drupal-prod/styles/landscape_320w/s3/2017-11/1997-50-greatest-players-group.jpg?itok=F0BX3f45 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212im_/https://cdn.nba.net/nba-drupal-prod/styles/landscape_640w/s3/2017-11/1997-50-greatest-players-group.jpg?itok=erD7ETyp 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212im_/https://cdn.nba.net/nba-drupal-prod/styles/landscape_1045w/s3/2017-11/1997-50-greatest-players-group.jpg?itok=GAztdfUa 1045w, https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212im_/https://cdn.nba.net/nba-drupal-prod/styles/landscape_1280w/s3/2017-11/1997-50-greatest-players-group.jpg?itok=TF1PnnxM 1280w, https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212im_/https://cdn.nba.net/nba-drupal-prod/styles/landscape_2090w/s3/2017-11/1997-50-greatest-players-group.jpg?itok=O5k9C0cw 2090w" data-src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-sizes="(min-width: 85.375em) 44.8125em, (min-width: 64em) 47.75vw, (min-width: 48.063em) 65.10vw, 100vw" typeof="foaf:Image"/></div></div></div><p class="article__detail--inline-caption"> The NBA's 50 Greatest Players gather during the 1997 All-Star Game. </p></div><div class="paragraphs"><div class="field-wrapper field field-node--field-article-body field-name-field-article-body field-type-entity-reference-revisions field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><div class="paragraph__text"><div class="field-wrapper field field-paragraph--field-text-slice field-name-field-text-slice field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item"><p><strong>NBA at 50: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/features/nba-at-50-top-10-teams/">Top 10 Teams</a>聽|聽<strong>50 Greatest Players</strong> |聽<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/nba-at-50/top-10-coaches">Top 10 Coaches</a></p><p>One hundred and seven NBA championship rings. More than 400 hundred NBA All-Star Game selections. Nearly one million points scored.</p><p>So boasts the collective resume of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, selected by a blue-ribbon panel of media, former players and coaches, current and former general managers and team executives. NBA Commissioner David Stern announced the 50 Greatest Players at a press luncheon on聽<strong>Oct. 29, 1996</strong>, in New York City.</p><p>Joining Stern in the unveiling of the 50 Greatest Players, which tipped off the League's season-long NBA at 50 celebration, were four prominent members of the list -- Wilt Chamberlain, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, George Mikan and Bill Russell.</p><p>The announcement was made at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, which occupies the site of the former Commodore Hotel, where the original NBA charter was signed on June 6, 1946.</p><p>Panelists were asked to select the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, without regard to position. Voters did not rank their selections and former players were not allowed to vote for themselves.</p><p>At the start of the 1996-97 season the 50 players had accumulated 107 NBA Championships, 49 Most Valuable Player Awards, 17 Rookie of the Year honors, 447 All-Star Game selections, 36 scoring titles, 923,791 total points and 410,327 total rebounds.</p><h4>50 Greatest Players in NBA History</h4><ul><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.comhistory/legends/profiles/kareem-abdul-jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/nate-archibald">Nate Archibald</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/paul-arizin">Paul Arizin</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/charles-barkley">Charles Barkley</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/rick-barry">Rick Barry</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/elgin-baylor">Elgin Baylor</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/walt-bellamy">Walt Bellamy</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/dave-bing">Dave Bing</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171114192212/http://www.nba.com/history/legends/profiles/larry-bird">Larry Bird</a></strong></li><li><strong><a 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