Europe's #1 Basketball Magazine's 500 Basketball Giants Of The Last 30 Years

[Euroleague]

Europe's biggest basketball magazine, Gigantes del Basket (like Europe's equivalent of Slam Magazine basically), is releasing 3 special editions to commemorate 30 years.

They are supposed to be naming the 500 biggest basketball "giants" (players plus coaches - men and women) of the last 30 years, plus the top 30 of the 30 biggest "giants", from the magazine covers.

The criteria for this is based on what has happened with coaches and players from Spanish ACB League (women's league also), the NBA (WNBA), and the FIBA EuroBasket (the European championship tournament for national teams) (also women's EuroBasket) in the last 30 years.


Here is the magazine's website:

http://www.gigantes.com/


In September, is the FIBA EuroBasket special.

In October, is the Spanish ACB League special.

In November, is the NBA special.


Some info about it from the magazine's website.

http://i.imgur.com/0S8tT2l.jpg

http://www.gigantes.com/ya-a-la-venta-especial-30-anos-de-gigantes-la-historia-de-una-cabecera-mitica-en-132-paginas/


Pic of the magazine front cover:

http://i.imgur.com/OPWKbU6.jpg


You should be able to supposedly see the 30 biggest "giants" from among the ones in the magazine cover. Here is the pic just with the names.

(The magazine publisher said that the early photo has an error and that Hakeem Olajuwon is supposed to be in it, and will be added.)

http://s14.postimg.org/vycw96dkx/8_Six8o_W.jpg

[ArbitraryWater]

If Spanoulis isn't 1 :facepalm

[Trollsmasher]

http://puu.sh/jpEP3/0a9552c5fa.jpg

[ArbitraryWater]

And Gigantes del Basket isn't Europe's biggest Basketball Magazine you piece of shit RACIST...

only Spain's, have you not heard of other countries?

BASKET?!

I will report you to Jeff if the racism doesn't stop.

[Euroleague]

And Gigantes del Basket isn't Europe's biggest Basketball Magazine you piece of shit RACIST...

only Spain's, have you not heard of other countries?

BASKET?!

I will report you to Jeff if the racism doesn't stop.

http://media0.giphy.com/media/PRH7kZqQsHTSE/200w.gif

[Nash]

looooooooool rubio is on that poster:roll: :roll:

also all I see is NBA players, how does that feel Euroleague?

[ShawkFactory]

looooooooool rubio is on that poster:roll: :roll:

also all I see is NBA players, how does that feel Euroleague?
And Pau is in front of Larry Bird. Oh, it's a SPANISH mag!

[HylianNightmare]

Who cares?

[outbreak]

Who cares?
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/msy.gif

Jeff's ISH blog has more authority than this magazine.

[Kblaze8855]

I'd read an English version.

Im surprised I didn't see Belov or Galis.

[ArbitraryWater]

I'd read an English version.

Im surprised I didn't see Belov or Galis.

Disregarding other languages is RAYCIST!

[Asukal]

OP is the biggest racist in ISH. :oldlol: :lol :roll:

[Kblaze8855]

I see the 30 years now which explains the absence of some guys. Galis still seems odd.

[Timmy D for MVP]

What's the format? With a feature on each player? That'd be pretty legit actually.

[outbreak]

What's the format? With a feature on each player? That'd be pretty legit actually.
Can you read spanish?

[SpanishACB]

this is a pretty good read actually (the magazine itself), they're popular enough to have public but avoid mainstream as much as to actually have good insight and interesting articles with little bandwagoning.

This 30 year thing is most likely a marketing move anyway, I doubt they will do any proper rankings (how can you across different eras and across different competitions?) but I guess they will do some nice features on many players.

Don't see how this is thread worthy here, I guess if anyone reads spanish they can take a look at the mag because it's pretty good, but beyond that...

edit: Spanoulis will barely get a small paragraph somewhere

[outbreak]

this is a pretty good read actually (the magazine itself), they're popular enough to have public but avoid mainstream as much as to actually have good insight and interesting articles with little bandwagoning.

This 30 year thing is most likely a marketing move anyway, I doubt they will do any proper rankings (how can you across different eras and across different competitions?) but I guess they will do some nice features on many players.

Don't see how this is thread worthy here, I guess if anyone reads spanish they can take a look at the mag because it's pretty good, but beyond that...

edit: Spanoulis will barely get a small paragraph somewhere

Does this get published in english in other parts of europe?

[fragokota]

I'd read an English version.

Im surprised I didn't see Belov or Galis.

Me too.

[Straight_Ballin]

I'd just post a pic of George Papagiannis with the caption "the future of the NBA" on the cover and call it a day.

[Euroleague]

looooooooool rubio is on that poster:roll: :roll:

also all I see is NBA players, how does that feel Euroleague?

Euroleague play wasn't something they were using as a basic consideration genius. It was Spanish League, NBA, and FIBA EuroBasket.

And also, there are several players there that never played in the NBA. So what you are claiming isn't true.