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Justin Quinn

HoopsHype updates their top 75 all-time NBA player list for 2022, dropping several Boston Celtics

While some NBA media outlets are dialed into the 2022-23 NBA season for their annual exercise to fill the late September content desert that is ranking season, our sister site HoopsHype has its eyes on a bigger prize.

Drawing on the popular all-time NBA list released adjacent to the NBA’s version put together for the league’s 75th anniversary, HoopsHype has gone a step further and updated the list again for 2022. There’s quite a bit of change (including the absence of many Boston Celtics who made the last list), and to be frank, we are not fans of an all-time list that would see so much turnover a mere 365 days later.

Take a look for yourselves at the various Celtics greats who were omitted and where those who remain are ranked now, and let us know why we are wrong if you feel so compelled.

Also receiving votes: Bill Walton

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Also receiving votes: Kyrie Irving

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Also receiving votes: Artis Gilmore

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Also receiving votes: Sam Jones

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Also receiving votes: Dave Bing

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Also receiving votes: Bill Sharman

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Also receiving votes: Dennis Johnson

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No. 68 - Dave Cowens

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No. 67 - Pete Maravich

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No. 66 - Nate Archibald

(AP Photo/Bob Child)

No. 66 - Robert Parish

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No. 56 - Ray Allen

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No. 54 - Kevin McHale

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No. 51 - Bob McAdoo

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No. 50 - Paul Pierce

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

No. 42 - Dominique Wilkins

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No. 41 - Gary Payton Sr.

(AP Photo/Gregory Smith)

No. 37 - Bob Cousy

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No. 29 - John Havlicek

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No. 18 - Kevin Garnett

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

No. 9 Shaquille O'Neal

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No. 7 - Larry Bird

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No. 5 - Bill Russell

(AP Photo/David F. Smith)

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

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