The title of this impressive piece, "Legends of Basketball We Made This Game," completely sums up its subject matter. This canvas collects over fifty NBA greats, men who redefined, reinvigorated and reinvented the game of basketball over the past five decades.

This visually impactful piece features the original abstract paint background by artist Erika King upon which color action shots of 60 of the greatest NBA players, have mounted, each signed by the player depicted and also includes the signature of former NBA Commissioner, the late David Stern underneath the NBA logo. The four decades of hardwood stars include Dolph Schayes, Elvin Hayes, Nate Thurmond, Willis Reed, Rick Barry, Hakeem Olajwon, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, John Stockton, Dwight Howard, Yao Ming, Bill Bradley, Bob Pettit, Bob Lanier, Deron Williams, Isiah Thomas, Hal Greer, Kevin McHale, Dominique Wilkins, Jerry West, LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Julius Erving, Kevin Garnett, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Connie Hawkins, Allen Iverson, Bill Walton, Bob Cousy, Bob McAdoo, Jason Kidd, Carmelo Anthony, Oscar Robertson, Charles Barkley, Dwyane Wade, Paul Pierce, Chris Paul, Artis Gilmore, Vince Carter, Walt Frazier, Lenny Wilkens, Moses Malone, Elgin Baylor, Robert Parish, Adrian Dantley, Dave Cowens, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, James Worthy, Steve Nash, Earl Monroe, George Gervin, Billy Cunningham, David Stern, Dirk Nowitzki and Bill Sharman. The colorful collage has been professionally framed to 40 x 60 inches. The canvas has been inscribed on the lower right corner “LE 41/50” in black marker on a yellow background and signed by Erika King. This comes with a LOA from Beckett Authentication.

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