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 […]
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The 25 NBA Players That Scored The Most Points in the 1980’s Golden Era
The 1980’s are hailed as the golden era of NBA basketball. Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 NBA seasons, the NBA took a a huge leap forward in terms of popularity. Not only did the NBA marketing team play up the […]
NBA75 Full List: The NBA’s 75 greatest players ever — the complete list
If you think there was an unusual amount of “greatest players” lists leading up to the 2021-22 season, you weren’t off. In addition to ESPN’s and Sports Illustrated annual ranking of the league’s best players going into the new season, […]
Which NBA draft class had the best 1-2-3 draft picks? Here’s our top 10 draft classes.
When it comes to the NBA Draft, the higher your team gets to select is commiserate with the talent of the player you can choose. Generally speaking, lottery picks have a higher ceiling, are more talented, and have the potential […]
At age 33, is LeBron James’ having the best scoring season in NBA history?
Like fine wine, as the saying goes, it gets better with age. Not the perfect analogy, but LeBron James doesn’t seem to be slowing down when NBA players are usually past their prime and begin to decline in their 30’s. […]
The 7 NBA MVPs with worst regular season records shows what “most valuable” means
(Please keep in mind that this article was first published in 2017 and has been updated to include 2022 information) With Russell Westbrook winning the 2016-17 NBA MVP award on an above average Oklahoma City Thunder team, that brought […]
Isiah Thomas responds to Scottie Pippen’s Dream Team comments
“Open Court” is show on NBATV that goes behind the scenes with a panel of rotating players. This particular episode was hosted by Ernie Johnson with a panel of Shaquille O’Neal, Grant Hill, Isiah Thomas, Brent Barry, Steve Smith, Dennis […]
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 […]
Do you remember the ‘NBA Superstars” music videos from the 1980’s?
Did you grow up obsessed with the NBA in the late eighties? Were your hands large enough to work a VCR? Then it’s very likely you wore out a couple NBA Super stars VHS tapes like I did. For those […]
Here’s 4 reasons why people love that Larry Bird talked trash
Larry Bird was a master trash talker. That’s become much more apparent to the public after he retired. When Bird was on the court, the media portrayed him as this quiet, hard working farmboy that was also a fantastic basketball […]
Kevin Garnett Reaches 25,000 Career Points
Although it’s been a bit of a disappointing season for the Boston Celtics, 2012-2013 has been quite kind to one of its stars. After being named to his 15th All-Star team last month (tied for 2nd all-time), Kevin Garnett joined […]
Who Invented the slam dunk? History behind the first dunk
Slam Dunks are one of the, if not THE, most exciting plays in basketball. Dunks are routinely shown on Sportscenter highlights – often serving as an exclamation point for a dominant performance by a team or single player. […]
Kobe is Youngest, but not the Fastest NBA player to 20,000 points
Kobe Bryant surpassed the 20,000 point mark the other night making him the youngest player to meet that milestone at 29 years, 122 days. Update: Kobe is youngest to 30,000, still not the fastest His mark beat Wilt Chamberlain by […]
Basketball’s Globalization will breakup NBA’s Monopoly
With the start of the 2007-08 NBA season upon us, I’m sure David Stern has taken notice of a small but significant pattern from this off-season. I’m not talking about perennial Kobe Bryant drama or the KG trade, this involves […]
Sasha Pavlovic leaving Cavs and the NBA?
Sasha Pavlovic, the guard-forward who had a breakout year last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, will head back to Europe if he and the Cavs do not come to an agreement. If Pavlovic leaves the NBA, he would join Greek […]
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