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The NBA released the remaining 25 players of the league's 75th anniversary team Thursday night on TNT.
Here is the official release from the NBA, which lists all 75 players that made the team and the people that voted on the NBA's top 75 players of all-time team:
"A total of 158 NBA championships and 730 NBA All-Star selections. &nbsp;A combined 110 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Awards. &nbsp;More than 1.5 million points scored.
Those are just some of the collective accomplishments of the players who comprise the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, which was announced across TNT and ESPN from Oct. 19-21 as the league tipped off its landmark 75th Anniversary Season.
The NBA 75th Anniversary Team was selected by a blue-ribbon panel of current and former NBA players, coaches, general managers and team and league executives, WNBA legends and sportswriters and broadcasters. &nbsp;Voters were asked to select the 75 Greatest Players in NBA History without regard to position. &nbsp;Panelists did not rank their selections. &nbsp;Current and former players were not allowed to vote for themselves.
As a result of a tie in the voting, the 75th Anniversary Team features 76 players. &nbsp;Team highlights include:
&bull; Eleven active players have been named to the 75th Anniversary Team: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Carmelo Anthony, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, James Harden, LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook.
&bull; All 50 members of the NBA 50th Anniversary Team, which was named in 1996, have been selected to the 75th Anniversary Team.
&bull; The 75th Anniversary Team includes four players who played in the first NBA All-Star Game in 1951 (Paul Arizin, Bob Cousy, George Mikan and Dolph Schayes), the first winner of the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award (Bob Pettit for the 1955-56 season) and the first winner of the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award (Jerry West for the 1969 NBA Finals).
&bull; Bill Russell joins Cousy, Mikan and Pettit as the only four players who have been named to all four NBA Anniversary Teams: the 25th Anniversary Team (10 players named), 35th Anniversary Team (11 players named), 50th Anniversary Team and 75th Anniversary Team. (The 25th Anniversary Team was the only one of the four teams that did not allow for the inclusion of active players at the time.)
&bull; Six international players from six countries and territories have been selected to the 75th Anniversary Team: Antetokounmpo (Greece), Tim Duncan (U.S. Virgin Islands), Patrick Ewing (Jamaica), Steve Nash (Canada), Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) and Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria).
&bull; The five NBA legends who are serving as ambassadors for the 75th Anniversary Season are part of the 75th Anniversary Team: Clyde Drexler, Magic Johnson, Nowitzki, Pettit and Oscar Robertson. Representing different eras of the league&rsquo;s history, the ambassadors will make appearances throughout the 2021-22 season and have a significant presence at NBA All-Star 2022 in Cleveland.
The NBA 75th Anniversary Team is listed below in alphabetical order, followed by the list of voters. &nbsp;The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm Ernst &amp; Young LLP. &nbsp;For player profiles on each member of the 75th Anniversary Team, click here and visit NBA.com/75."
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<td style="text-align: center; width: 149.879%; height: 27px;" colspan="4" width="691">NBA 75TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Clyde Drexler</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Damian Lillard</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Scottie Pippen</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Ray Allen</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Tim Duncan</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Jerry Lucas</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Willis Reed</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Giannis Antetokounmpo</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Kevin Durant</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Karl Malone</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Oscar Robertson</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Carmelo Anthony</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Julius Erving</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Moses Malone</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">David Robinson</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Nate Archibald</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Patrick Ewing</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Pete Maravich</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dennis Rodman</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Paul Arizin</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Walt Frazier</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Bob McAdoo</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Bill Russell</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Charles Barkley</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Kevin Garnett</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Kevin McHale</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dolph Schayes</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Rick Barry</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">George Gervin</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">George Mikan</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Bill Sharman</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Elgin Baylor</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Hal Greer</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Reggie Miller</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">John Stockton</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dave Bing</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">James Harden</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Earl Monroe</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Isiah Thomas</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Larry Bird</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">John Havlicek</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Steve Nash</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Nate Thurmond</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Kobe Bryant</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Elvin Hayes</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dirk Nowitzki</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Wes Unseld</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Wilt Chamberlain</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Allen Iverson</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Hakeem Olajuwon</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dwyane Wade</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Bob Cousy</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">LeBron James</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Bill Walton</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dave Cowens</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Magic Johnson</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Robert Parish</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Jerry West</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Billy Cunningham</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Sam Jones</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Chris Paul</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Russell Westbrook</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Stephen Curry</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Michael Jordan</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Gary Payton</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Lenny Wilkens</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Anthony Davis</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Jason Kidd</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Bob Pettit</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dominique Wilkins</td>
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<td style="width: 27.0755%; height: 23px;" width="173">Dave DeBusschere</td>
<td style="width: 27.5653%; height: 23px;" width="173">Kawhi Leonard</td>
<td style="width: 19.6609%; height: 23px;" width="173">Paul Pierce</td>
<td style="width: 75.5776%; height: 23px;" width="173">James Worthy</td>
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<td style="text-align: center; width: 170.677%;" colspan="4" width="719">NBA 75TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM VOTING PANEL</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Tim Duncan</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Jack McCallum</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">David Robinson</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Marv Albert</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">David DuPree</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Brian McIntyre</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Bill Russell</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">David Aldridge</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Wayne Embry</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Ann Meyers</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Bob Ryan</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Sam Amick</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Julius Erving</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Yoko Miyaji</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Bill Simmons</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Giannis Antetokounmpo</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Patrick Ewing</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Earl Monroe</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Sam Smith</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Steve Aschburner</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Walt Frazier</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Steve Nash</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Stephen A. Smith</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Charles Barkley</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">George Gervin</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Rachel Nichols</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Marc Spears</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Rick Barry</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Russ Granik</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Dirk Nowitzki</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Erik Spoelstra</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Howard Beck</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Becky Hammon</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">John Stockton</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Dave Bing</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Elvin Hayes</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Robert Parish</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Hannah Storm</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Sue Bird</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Ernie Johnson</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Candace Parker</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Sheryl Swoopes</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Carol Blazejowski</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Magic Johnson</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Chris Paul</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Isiah Thomas</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Mike Breen</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Sam Jones</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Bob Pettit</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Rod Thorn</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Doris Burke</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Michael Jordan</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Scottie Pippen</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Rudy Tomjanovich</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Jerry Colangelo</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Steve Kerr</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Gregg Popovich</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Peter Vecsey</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Doug Collins</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Bob Lanier</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Shaun Powell</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Bill Walton</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Cynthia Cooper</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Kara Lawson</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Ahmad Rashad</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Rick Welts</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Bob Costas</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Lisa Leslie</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Willis Reed</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Jerry West</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Dave Cowens</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Nancy Lieberman</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Tim Reynolds</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Michael Wilbon</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Billy Cunningham</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Zach Lowe</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Bill Rhoden</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Lenny Wilkens</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Stephen Curry</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Jerry Lucas</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Pat Riley</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">James Worthy</td>
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<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Clyde Drexler</td>
<td style="width: 24.8663%;" width="180">Jackie MacMullan</td>
<td style="width: 24.5989%;" width="180">Oscar Robertson</td>
<td style="width: 96.613%;" width="180">Jeff Zillgitt</td>
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</tbody>
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Some notable snubs include Tracy McGrady, Bernard King, Alex English, Vince Carter, Tony Parker, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Bob McAdoo, and Pau Gasol to just name a few. This list was part of the NBA's marketing campaign for the league's historic 75th season and will surely spark a conversation/debate amongst NBA fans all over the world.

The NBA released the final 25 players of the 75th anniversary team Thursday on TNT.

Final 25 members of NBA's 75th Anniversary Team announced

I&rsquo;ll never forget sitting on my bedroom floor as a kid and pulling a Kobe Bryant Topps Finest Refractor out of a pack of cards during his rookie season. I immediately organized an impromptu celebration with all my Wrestling Buddies and Starting Lineup figurines. It was one of the greatest moments of my prepubescent life.&nbsp;
I&rsquo;d grow up to become a professional basketball player, but even as a pro, I&rsquo;d visit the local card store once or twice a year to grab a box.&nbsp;
I&rsquo;ll never forget sitting on the floor at my parents&rsquo; house, 15 years after my Kobe triumph, and pulling a Steph Curry Panini Prestige autographed rookie card out of a pack. I immediately organized an impromptu celebration with my real-life fianc&eacute;e, who didn&rsquo;t seem eager to attend. Still, it was one of the greatest moments of my postpubescent life.
Trading cards are assets that appreciate, as evidenced by the litany of six-figure and seven-figure cards bought at auction in recent months. But what&rsquo;s kept me under the spell of basketball cards for three decades is more intangible. I grew up talking about basketball with my dad, Ernie Grunfeld, who played in the NBA and worked in various front offices. Cards were my way to own a small piece of a history that mattered to me.&nbsp;
I built rituals around opening packs: find my spot on the floor, lay out my protective cases, move the trash can close, carefully rip open and discard wrappers, separate the cards based on quality, scarcity, and personal affinity. NBA cards taught me a player&rsquo;s team, height, weight, and college. I couldn&rsquo;t understand how some people had no idea how many rebounds Thurl Bailey averaged as a rookie. Didn&rsquo;t they have his &lsquo;88 Fleer? And he went to North Carolina State University, of course. Read the back of the card!
 
When I first heard about NBA Top Shot, a digital collectable created to serve as a modern alternative to my beloved trading cards, I was beyond skeptical. Instead of beautiful cuts of cardboard replete with pictures, details, and stats galore, Top Shot&rsquo;s product was described to me merely as &ldquo;owning a play.&rdquo; It felt forced and gimmicky. No part of me could see the appeal of collecting video clips that I could watch on YouTube.&nbsp;
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I now work in tech, so the one thing that did pique my interest in Top Shot was the technological underpinning of the platform. Trading cards are kept in binders or boxes, but I liked that Top Shot leverages blockchain to allow a consumer to acquire, exchange, and store these moments with unique serial numbers and immutable security. As an NBA collector, I felt compelled to create an account and experiment with the platform.&nbsp;
After a day or two, I was hooked. If cards were my past, I&rsquo;m now convinced that cards and Top Shot will be my future.&nbsp;
 
Top Shot has been a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nba-top-shot-nft-crypto-digital-collectibles-11615266042">gold mine for collectors</a> who got in early, and despite recent volatility in the market and questions about its stability, the experience is bigger than the economics. There will always be users who participate simply to make a profit, but what Top Shot offers is more lasting than dollars and cents. Top Shot is like a trip to Las Vegas: making money will always add to the enjoyment, but it&rsquo;s the excitement, the rituals, and the social opportunities that will keep people coming back for more.&nbsp;
The fun with Top Shot starts with the hunt to obtain a pack &ndash; a process that&rsquo;s initiated by joining an online queue at a designated time, sometimes with days of notice, sometimes hours, sometimes minutes. If you don&rsquo;t monitor your inbox and Twitter timeline or establish grassroots alert channels with friends, you may miss it. When you do catch wind of a pack drop, it has the same charge of excitement as being handed the dice or taking a seat at the tables.
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Since these drops are always oversubscribed, everyone in line is randomized and assigned a number. Waiting for your number to pop up on screen produces the same nervous anticipation as being dealt a crucial hand. If 25,000 packs are available and 250,000+ collectors are in the queue, all you can do is hope for good luck. Even when you come up empty, which happens more often than not, the stomach flutters every step of the way. When you do hit a golden number, it&rsquo;s a thrill that lingers long after the pack is purchased.&nbsp;
Given that moments are so coveted and hard to come by, there&rsquo;s ceremony associated with opening a pack. These opportunities are infrequent, like reuniting with friends for a few nights of fun, so they must be celebrated. Top Shot&rsquo;s sleek interface allows a user to separate the moments from the pack and reveal them one-by-one, all with a few clicks, always with graphics and music amplifying the experience. When I get a pack, my wife and I sit on the couch after putting our son to bed, turn off the television, and focus so we can enjoy opening it together. (I&rsquo;m pretty sure she doesn&rsquo;t actually enjoy this, by the way, but she knows I do, so she goes along with it.)
I&rsquo;ve been surprised and impressed by the strength of the Top Shot community, which has been carefully engineered for social engagement. I share this interest with a few good friends, and while we used to speak monthly, we now text almost daily. To connect the broader ecosystem, Top Shot&rsquo;s platform has chat channels, a marketplace to buy and sell moments, a gifting feature, challenges to collect certain moments, and full visibility into other collections, whether belonging to a friend or a favorite NBA player. It&rsquo;s a sea of basketball-minded collectors converging to share their interests, have fun, and hopefully make some money. It&rsquo;s a bustling ecosystem, like the Bellagio on a fight night.&nbsp;
It feels like this is how humans are meant to digitally transact and interact in 2021. It feels like we have entered the next generation of collecting.
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Despite my bullish stance on Top Shot, there is no replacement for traditional trading cards. Their roots simply run too deep. For so many of us, they serve as reminders of our childhood, of relationships, of players and teams and people we love. Cards span generations and allow us to travel through sports history and our own history. I will always feel something when I hold that history in my hands. 
Since embarking on my Top Shot journey, I&rsquo;ve bought several cards that I find meaningful and interesting: a 1948 Bowman Red Holzman card, a 1957 Topps Paul Arizin, a 1961 Fleer Dolph Schayes, a Connie Hawkins, a Bernard King, a Pistol Pete Maravich with a mustache. Cards are able to evoke a nostalgia that Top Shot cannot match. Luckily, it doesn&rsquo;t have to. It has its own distinct levers of value to pull. Top Shot is faster and more current than cards. It&rsquo;s tech-enabled, dynamic, and adaptable. It&rsquo;s built to surprise and delight a younger audience.&nbsp;
 
Many people have said that Top Shot will replace trading cards. Others say that Top Shot is a fad that can&rsquo;t replicate the longevity cards have had. I believe neither is true. I believe cards and Top Shot absolutely complement one another. They are different divisions of the same corporation. It was my passion for collecting cards that ultimately compelled me to explore Top Shot, and it was the excitement of Top Shot that recently made me want to buy more cards.&nbsp;
Both cards and Top Shot are entertaining financial instruments that connect fans to each other and to their sports. Cards might always be the classic choice and Top Shot might always be an innovation, but one thing is for certain: there&rsquo;s never been a better time to be an NBA collector.&nbsp;

Many people have said that NBA Top Shot will replace trading cards. Dan Grunfeld argues that they complement one another.

The future of collectibles: NBA Top Shot and trading cards can co-exist

Tomorrow, there are five NBA games on Christmas Day: Pelicans-Heat (12 p.m. ET, ESPN), Warriors-Bucks (2:30 p.m. ET, ABC), Nets-Celtics (5 p.m. ET, ABC), Mavericks-Lakers (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN) and Clippers-Nuggets (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). 
Here&rsquo;s a by-the-numbers breakdown of tomorrow&rsquo;s slate of games, courtesy of the NBA:
4 &ndash; The four Conference Finalists from last season will be in action on Christmas Day: the Lakers and Nuggets from the Western Conference and the Heat and Celtics from the Eastern Conference.
5 &ndash; Five NBA MVPs will compete on Christmas Day: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL), Stephen Curry (GSW), Kevin Durant (BKN), LeBron James (LAL) and Steve Nash (BKN head coach).
6 &ndash; Six players have recorded a triple-double in a game on Christmas Day: Draymond Green (2017), Russell Westbrook (2013), LeBron James (2010), Billy Cunningham (1970), John Havlicek (1967) and Oscar Robertson (1960, 1961, 1963, 1967).
7 &ndash; Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra has won all seven of his Christmas Day games as an NBA head coach, tied with Les Harrison for the most wins without a loss.
10 &ndash; Dwyane Wade has the most Christmas Day victories for a player with 10 &ndash; one more than LeBron James and Udonis Haslem, who are tied for second place with nine each.
13 &ndash; The NBA will feature five games on Christmas Day for the 13th year in a row.
15 &ndash; LeBron James will play his 15th Christmas Day game, second most in NBA history behind Kobe Bryant (16).
23 &ndash; The Los Angeles Lakers have the most wins on Christmas Day with 23.
35 &ndash; This year marks the 35th anniversary of the classic 1985 Christmas Day game when rookie Patrick Ewing (32 points, 11 rebounds) and the New York Knicks rallied from a 25-point deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics 113-104 in double overtime.
43.3 &ndash; Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady averaged an NBA-record 43.3 points on Christmas Day, scoring at least 40 points in all three of his games.
60 &ndash; Bernard King scored a Christmas Day-record 60 points for the New York Knicks against the New Jersey Nets in 1984.
98 &ndash; Of the players on the current rosters of the 10 teams playing on Christmas Day, 27 have been named to an All-Star team and they have combined for 98 All-Star selections.
215 &ndash; Christmas Day games will reach fans in 215 countries and territories in 56 languages.
361 &ndash; LeBron James ranks third on the career Christmas Day scoring list with 361 points, behind No. 1 Kobe Bryant (395) and No. 2 Oscar Robertson (377).
1947 &ndash; The NBA began playing games on Christmas Day in 1947 during the league&rsquo;s second season.

There are five NBA games on Christmas Day. Here’s a by-the-numbers breakdown of Friday's slate of games.