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FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

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FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) is the list of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in 1991, by FIBA Magazine.

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Background

In June 1991, FIBA organised the Jubilee Game between Europe and Balkan selections in Piraeus, to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of basketball. A few months earlier, the monthly magazine FIBA Basket, the Federation's official publication, was issued for first time.

Process

The list was created in honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the sport of basketball, by James Naismith. FIBA had a group of international basketball experts, composed mainly of international basketball coaches, vote for the 50 greatest players list. Each expert voter was tasked with picking 25 players. The voting was tallied as, 25 points for a 1st place vote, 24 points for a 2nd place vote, and so on. There were 51 players selected, as a result of a tie in the vote totals. Players from all over the world were considered to be eligible for the voting, including NBA players.

Five European players that had played in the NBA up to that time made the list (Divac, Petrović, Marčiulionis, Volkov, Martín). However, no U.S.A. NBA players made the list, because they were not competing in major FIBA-organized tournaments until the 1992 Summer Olympics. Nonetheless, 5 players with U.S.A. citizenship that played in leagues other than the NBA, did make the list (Brabender, Luyk, Galis, Cruz, Morse).

The results were published on the FIBA Basket monthly magazine which lasted from 1991 until the end century.[1]

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List of inductees

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Also elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame
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By nationality

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  • Player nationalities were selected by the national team eligibility of each player. Total is more than 50 because players of the former Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the USSR are listed for multiple federations.
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FIBA's 50 Greatest All-Time Players (1991) Top 10 Vote Results

This is a list of the Top10 players (Bob Morse finished 17th) as published on the FIBA Basket magazine in 1991.

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Other FIBA Basket awards

Best player in Europe

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