Having finally had a moment to skim through the whole list, I think they made a ton of omissions and included way too many recent/current players.
List is supposed to be about NBA players who influenced the game the most, how can this list not include:
Derrick Rose
Allan Houston
Gilbert Arenas
When you have a rule named after you, it's pretty clear you influenced the game!
Brandon Jennings, showed you can bypass the NCAA.
Shawn Kemp, I feel like he's the godfather to all the guys who started skipping college in the mid-to-late 90's. More so than Dawkins/Malone.
Mugsy Bogues/Spud Webb, they have Calvin Murphy representing the short guys, but I think Bogues and Webb gave more hope to short people everywhere. Kids playing on courts everywhere thinking they could be the next Mugsy or Spud.
Tom Chambers - first unrestricted free agent. This completely changed player movement. Shaq to the Lakers, LeBron to the Heat, Durant to the Warriors. Tom Chambers was the first!
Stephon Marbury - introduced the affordable Starbury sneakers, the influence behind He Got Game, after his NBA career was a global ambassador of the sport to China. Also falls somewhere between Rafer Alston and Allen Iverson when it comes to the influence of hip-hop/streetball into the game.
Also where's the players behind the not-so-positive actions that influenced the game?
Jack Molinas - point shaving scandal
Kermit Washington - changed the way the NBA handled fights
Ron Artest - further changed the way the NBA handled fights/stadium security
Whoever was behind the NBA starting cocaine testing or the first victims of it, we can use Len Bias, Michael Ray Richardson, John Drew, somebody. That was influential stuff.
The crappy players going straight to the pros that caused the current one-and-done rule. Korleone Young, Leon Smith, Kwame Brown, DeSagana Diop, Robert Swift, Ndudi Ebi, I'm sure they could pick somebody to be the figure head here.
I think all these players influenced the game more than Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony, etc.
Also I disagree with all the guys who had no real influence as a player: Riley, D'Antoni, John Thompson, etc.