Most fans don’t realize how good NBA players really are. For 99% of the population, if they came across a no-name 15th man on an NBA roster, that player would be the most talented basketball player they ever came across. […]
Tag: Dirk Nowitzki
The 27 Players With Most 50 Point Playoff Games in NBA History
Scoring 50 points in any game isn’t an easy feat much less putting up 50 (or more) in an NBA playoff game. Considering the thousands of NBA playoff games in the history of the league and the long list of […]
Ranked: The 35 Best Seven-Footers to Play in NBA History (and top 10!)
The NBA continues to become a position-less game, with 7-footers looking and playing much different than they did 10, 20, and 40 years ago. Today’s seven-footers are more likely to shoot a three point shot than Size is also the one […]
The 51 Fastest Players to Score 20,000 NBA points (updated)
When LeBron James hit the 20,000 point milestone back in 2013, he became the youngest player to reach that milestone just 17 days after his 28th birthday. However “youngest” doesn’t mean that LeBron was also the fastest NBA player to score […]
The 3 Biggest Upsets in NBA Finals History Since 2000
There are few greater pains for a fanbase when their team should win a championship, but ultimately end up losing. With 76 years of history, the NBA has served up plenty of incredible upsets across its many different finals series. […]
Here’s the oldest NBA players to score 40, 50, 60 points (or more) in a game
Don’t get it twisted, old NBA players are still supremely talented. Even when they’re past their prime, don’t think you’d start dominating them at your local YMCA. Even a recently-retired NBA player could easily score 50 points on you without […]
The 33 players with the biggest jumps in scoring average in NBA history
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kristaps Porzingis and Victor Oladipo are having banner years where they’ve upped their scoring averages by approximately 7 points per game — that’s not insignificant, but where do those increases sit in NBA history? That got us wondering […]
Kristaps Porzingis reminds us why he’s such a special player at NBA Africa Game
Many people love comparing Kristaps Porzingis to Dirk Nowitzki, and there are definite similarities, but considering KP’s athleticism, handles and quick release makes him much more modern and sleek version, so contemporary and smooth that the comparison should be with […]
No longer stigmatized, Europeans can just be ‘players’ in today’s NBA
It used to be that international players were something to be gawked at; to be put under the magnifying glass when they were on the court. Europeans were stereotyped as slow, plodding, flopping and robotic players and anytime they let […]
Dirk Nowitzki “slowest” to 30,000 points; joins MJ, Kareem, Kobe, Wilt
Fittingly Dirk Nowitzki became the 6th player in NBA history to score 30,000 points with a silky high-arching jumper that rained down from American Airlines Center barely touching any rim. Nowitzki couldn’t miss in the first half. When he hit the […]
Can Antetokounmpo follow Gasol, Parker and Nowitzki as next European NBA champion and superstar?
European basketball has produced some outstanding NBA talent over the years and Milwaukee Bucks look to have the next face on the European “Mt. Rushmore” in Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek forward can play multiple positions, has arms for days which […]
The 8 NBA players in the 50-40-90 Club / 180 Shooting Club
When a NBA player finishes a season shooting 50% from the field, 40% from three and 90% from the free throw line (and they have enough shots to qualify for each), they join an elite group of shooters. The “50-40-90 […]
The full list of ESPN’s 100 greatest NBA players of all-time #NBArank
ESPN has been counting down the 100 best NBA players of all-time. You might have seen the articles being passed around over the last several weeks. If not, you surely must have caught the response when John Stockton (#19) and […]
Kobe Bryant as the Michael Jordan of this generation (and what that means)
In the world of sports, it often takes one individual’s brilliance over a decade (or two) to change the game altogether. That specific player gets celebrated and is often regarded as a legend in that game– not just in the […]
The 30 NBA players with 10 (or more) three-pointers made in one game
Three pointers are an increasingly devastating weapon being used in today’s NBA offense. . Since the three-pointer’s NBA inception, a player has hit 10 or more threes in one game approximately 40 times. These several dozen instances are spread across […]
The 23 NBA players that have scored 25,000 points in the regular season
In the long history of the National Basketball Association, only twenty-one players have scored 25,000 points or more. To emphasize how special that is; there is twice the number of players that have scored 20,000 points than have scored hit […]
Eurobasket 2015 is like ‘NBA Playoffs’ with more than 50 NBA players
With Eurobasket 2015 set to begin in less than a week, the largest and most competitive regional basketball championship leading up to the Rio Olympics in 2016 features a long list of big European names familiar to NBA fans. (Join […]
10 thoughts about Kristaps Porzingis’ play during the NBA Summer League
For 99.9% of us, the most we know about Kristaps Porzingis‘ actual basketball ability comes from three summer league games, a couple YouTube highlight clips and a video of his pre-draft workouts. It’s not a lot to go on, but […]
JaVale McGee substitute for DeAndre Jordan in Dallas?
JaVale McGee has been hailed as one of the biggest prospects of his generation, when you talk about player’s physicality, but he never reached the top shelf of the NBA, mainly because of his lack of basketball IQ. Today, after […]
Deron Williams released by Brooklyn working on a deal with Dallas
Deron Williams had it all in Utah and was playing on a contender team being at the same time arguably the best point guard in the league, but he also didn’t like the system of then head coach Jerry Sloan. […]
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