FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) is the list of the 50 greatest players in the history of

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, as selected in the year 1991, by FIBA Magazine. The list was created in honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the sport of basketball, by

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. FIBA had a group of international basketball experts, composed mainly of international

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, vote for the 50 greatest players list. Each expert voter was tasked with picking 25 players. Crosarka also picked their
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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

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players. Five European players that had played in the NBA up to that time made the list ( Divac,

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, 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

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. Nonetheless, 5 players with U.S.A. citizenship that played in leagues other than the NBA, did make the list ( Brabender, Luyk,

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FIBA's 50 Greatest All-Time Players (1991)

*Player nationalities were selected by the

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FIBA's 50 Greatest All-Time Players (1991)

FIBA's 50 Greatest All-Time Players (1991) Top 10 Vote Results

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