Gervin was, and still is, one of the greatest bucket-getters to ever touch a basketball court, and he’s one of the best 75 players in NBA history. Gervin checks in at No. 42 of The Athletic’s top 75. “You’re talking about shooting the basketball and the things he could do with a basketball in terms of banking it, shooting it straight in, off the glass … it was like — it’s like George Gervin was Minnesota Fats on the pool table,” Pistons legend Isiah Thomas told The Athletic. “That’s how much control he had over the basketball. “Nobody was better than George Gervin. Nobody.”