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Alex English Disheartened After Being Snubbed From NBA Top 75 List: “I Was Even More Hurt This Time Because They Added 25 More”

The NBA’s Top 75 list was recently announced, and one common scenario that came along with it was the list of snubs. 

Somebody is bound to be left off the list considering the amount of talent the NBA produced over the years. Among the notable snubs, a few ones took it more personal than the others. One of which was former Denver Nuggets star and Hall of Famer Alex English.

English made eight All-Star teams and three All-NBA teams throughout his entire career. As one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history, English currently sits as the 20th-leading scorer in the NBA with 25,613 career points, and remains to be the all-time leading scorer for the Nuggets.

English recently opened up to HoopsHype about not making the cut for the top 75 list, and according to the Hall of Famer, he was even more hurt this time because he felt like the panel missed out on him for the second time.

“I was thinking that maybe people realized it was a mistake not having me on the 50th-anniversary list. I felt I should have been on that one. But I was even more hurt this time because they added 25 more players. They could have kept all 50 of the original names but added me.”

“They added Dominique Wilkins and Bob McAdoo who were scorers as well. So what reason was I not included? Is it because Dominique was a great dunker? I feel that he belongs there as well. So does McAdoo. They were great. But my body of work was just as good. What I did during the era I played, no one scored as many points. Every year, we were in the playoffs. It was just disappointing.”