When it comes to the NBA, a great career is most-often measured by two factors. The first being that player’s individual performance including stats, awards, and accomplishments. The second is how all of that player’s personal resume has translated to […]
The NBA is 75 years old this season. And throughout the history of the league there’s been dozens of great players that have solidified their status as superstars, but showing up in the postseason is what makes a superstar a […]
From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook, an near-unstoppable scoring weapon, to Michael Jordan’s fadeaway midrange jumper, which defined multiple clutch moments, every era has produced moves that are both iconic and game-changing. More recently, Stephen Curry and James Harden have redefined modern […]
In the long history of the NBA, only thirty players have scored 25,000 points or more in the regular season. To put that into perspective, more than 50 players have scored 20,000 points, making 25,000 an exclusive milestone reserved for […]
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 […]
Scoring 30,000 points in the NBA is an achievement reserved for a very short, short list of players. It’s a milestone that demands sustained excellence, longevity, and an elite ability to put the ball in the basket season after season. […]
When Nikola Jokic was officially crowned the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, the 7-0 center from Serbia became one of a handful of players that won the regular season MVP for the second season in a row. Getting the MVP award […]
Throughout NBA history, there have been 63 MVPs and only six times has the winner of the award lead a team with winning percentage less than .600. Looking at all 60+ MVP award winners since the league started handing out […]
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 […]
Getting the news of a cancer diagnosis is never a good one. Sometimes the biology of this illness will dictate the course of events that are often beyond one’s control. Still, no matter how difficult the circumstances may seem, one […]
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 […]
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 […]
LeBron James won his fourth NBA championship with his third franchise at he end of the 2019-20 NBA season. With an NBA career spanning three decades coming directly out of high school, LeBron has not only etched his […]
No doubt, scoring is huge in basketball. for the most part, players make it into the NBA based on their advanced abilities and skill set to put the ball in the basket. For the special players that can really fill […]
With our recent post about LeBron James‘ amazing season at the age of 33 and watching a 40-year old Vince Carter still dunking, we were curious as to whom were oldest players that had the highest scoring average in NBA history. […]
In late February 2018, SLAM Magazine published out their top 100 NBA basketball players of all-time in their latest issue. Obviously, the list caused controversy, as most lists do, but this particular list seemed to rankle more than usual. The […]
As we’ve discussed in previous scoring milestone posts, the youngest to score X amount of points doesn’t mean that they’re the fastest to that same point milestone. The youngest to 20,000, 25,000 or 30,000 points depends on so many different […]
(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 […]
Being selected with the #1 pick in the NBA draft is definitely an honor. How can a prospect not be excited to being crowned the cream of the crop of their class by the best basketball league in the world? […]
Unless he makes an unexpected early exit in the 2017 NBA playoffs — LeBron James will very likely surpass Michael Jordan as the all-time leader in career playoff points. With the 2017 playoffs starting today, the King comes in as […]
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