When the BAA started out in 1946 (and would merge with the NBA in 1949), most professional basketball players could only really dribble with one hand, the jump shot was a novelty used only by a handful of players, no […]
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The 26 Players with the Most NBA Championship Rings
With all the recent discussions about who ranks as the NBA’s greatest players of all time, the Mount Rushmore of players, and so on, the conversations can’t just be around individual awards and achievements, all-star games and all-NBA teams, but […]
NBA75 Snubs: Which 25 players should make in the NBA’s Greatest 75 Players list?
Going into the 2021-22 season will be the NBA’s 75th season and the league announced that in honor of their 75th anniversary that they’ll be naming the 75 best players in the history of the league. If you’re an old […]
A list of 42 official rule changes inspired (or forced) by NBA players
When James Naismith came up with the idea of basketball, he was concerned about how to actually make a game that was fun and competitive from the ground level. He wasn’t thinking of giant men hanging out by the basket, […]
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. […]
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