FIFTY SENSE Sun-Times NBA writer Lacy J. Banks adds to the debate by offering his revisions to the 8-year-old list

As the NBA evolves, the list of The 50 Greatest Players in NBAHistory" becomes outdated.

The list was compiled by a special panel in 1996, but severalactive players have established themselves worthy of inclusion.

There were even some pioneers overlooked in the original listbecause certain players weren't allowed to play in the early days ofthe NBA. For years, the league was an all-white operation with as fewas eight teams.

"When the league first started, they might play some exhibitiongames against all-black teams like the New York Rens or the HarlemGlobetrotters," said Earl Lloyd, one of the first blacks to play inthe NBA. "But they refused to hire any blacks …