How will Dwight Howard be remembered? - Episode 3 Basketball 100
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The Basketball 100 Podcast is a 6 part podcast that counts down the 100 best players in the history of the NBA. Episode 3 includes players 59-40 hosted by Jay King, Eric Koreen and Jason Jones of the Athletic. They discuss which players have brought the most joy, recount the players that people may not know well, and discuss which players are too high and too low on the list.
40. Bob Cousy
41. Joel Embiid
42. Elvin Hayes
43. George Gervin
44. Clyde Drexler
45. Willis Reed
46. Clyde Frazier
47. Russell Westbrook
48. Reggie Miller
49. Allen Iverson
50. Gary Payton
51. Paul Pierce
52. Kevin McHale
53. Luka Doncic
54. Dominique Wilkins
55. Ray Allen
56. Dwight Howard
57. Anthony Davis
58. Bob McAdoo
59. James Worthy
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Host: Jay King
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| 1:17.8 | Welcome to the Basketball 100 podcast, a podcast based on the book written by many of us here at The Athletic. |
| 1:22.8 | We're here to count down the top 100 players in NBA history and discuss and debate their place in history. |
| 1:28.6 | I'm your host, Jay King, and with me today are Eric Corrine and Jason Jones of The Athletic. |
| 1:39.1 | In today's portion of the podcast, we're discussing and debating the 40th to 59th best players in NBA history as rated by us. |
| 1:42.4 | Just before we get into it, I'll give you the list of all those names. |
| 2:20.5 | 59, James Worthy, 58, Bob McAdoo. 57. Anthony Davis. 56. Dwight Howard. 55. Ray Allen. 54. Dominique Wilkins. 53. Luca Donchich. 52. Kevin McAil. 51. Paul Pierce. 50. Gary Payton, 49, Alan Iverson, 48, Reggie Miller, 47, Russell Westbrook, 46, Clyde Frazier, 45, Willis Reed, 44, Clyde Drexer, 43, George Gervin, 42, Elvin Hayes, 41, Joelle Embed, and 40, Bob Coosie. I will start with you, Eric. |
| 2:25.8 | Which player brought you the most joy or excitement when you initially read this list? |
| 2:35.6 | As somebody who, you know, came of age in the late 90s, early 2000s, it was Gary Payton for me. |
| 2:41.7 | I mean, my most formative Gary Payton memory doesn't even include Gary Payton. |
| 2:46.2 | I used to have his shoes, the ones with the zipper, and then in a big tournament, |
| 2:47.3 | the zipper broke. And I was just, I was legitimately shook. The zipper was utterly useless, too. |
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