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Dirk Nowitzki is ranked lower than Stephen Curry in SI's 50 greatest players list

On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum released his ranking of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. No huge surprises in the top 10, but then as you start moving towards 25, a question comes to mind: where the hell is Dirk Nowitzki?

McCallum believes there are 36 players better than Dirk, placing him at No. 37. Here's a list of a few people higher on the list than the big German: Rick Barry, Dave Bing, Jerry Lucas, Dwyane Wade, George Gervin, and Stephen Curry. Now, to be fair, Curry might get there -- we're all mostly agreed that he might be the greatest shooter of all time -- but he's only 27 and didn't cross the 10,000 points plateau until this season.