In NBA history, only nine times has a single player passed for over 1,000 assists within a single NBA season.
John Stockton did it seven times ๐
Where should Stockton rank among all time point guards?
The 1995-96 Seattle SuperSonics won a franchise record 64 games and made the NBA Finals. While we often remember Shawn Kemp and Gray Payton, Schrempf was just as pivotal, providing 17.1 points while shooting over 40% on 3s
Before Dirk, there was Detlef ๐ฉ๐ชโ
We had some INCREDIBLE basketball in the bubble.
7-game slugfest between Utah and Denver.
On the series Jamal averaged 32/6/6 on 55/53/92 shooting.
Donny averaged 36/5/5 on 53/52/95.
Amazing!
We know about Kobe and Shaqโs struggles to coexist. More recently Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert couldnโt make it work
But honestly the most fascinating NBA personality mismatch EVER occurred in the 90s, when Dennis Rodman briefly suited up in San Antonio beside David Robinson
Did you know:
- Hakeem didnโt touch a basketball until age 16?
- he trained with Moses Malone at a rec center?
- he bought a round trip ticket to the USA from Nigeria saying heโd only stay if he liked it?
1 of 1 player. 1 of 1 career. 1 of 1 man.
Enjoy some rare footage!
#NBA
Barring catastrophic injury, some time next season LeBron James will pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most minutes played in NBA history
In a way, thatโs even more impressive than the scoring record
Happy birthday to
@MisterCBooz
Carlos Boozer! The 42-year-old had a 13 year NBA career with two all-star nods and an all-NBA team selection.
He played in six games on his birthday, averaging 20.3 and 11.2 and 3.1 in games played on his big day!
@LegionHoops
The Pistons still have a ways to go before matching the NBA record for single season losing streak
The 2010-11 Cleveland Cavs and the 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers hold the record for ineptitude, each enduring a 26 game losing streak ๐คฏ
On this date in 2009 the Cavs completed their sweep of the Hawks in the 2nd round of the East playoffs
For the series newly minted MVP LeBron James averaged 33.8 PTS/8.3 REB/6.0 AST and 2.5 STL. He shot 55.6% from the field and 48.1% from 3 (on 6.8 3PA) and had an AST:TOV of 3.4
Rest in Peace to Big Mac, Baby Bull, Hall of Famer George McGinnis
โช๏ธ2x ABA Champ๐
โช๏ธ1975 MVP (30/14/6 averages)
โช๏ธ27 PTS, 7 REB, 11/21 FG in Game 7 of the 1972 Finals to propel Indy to its 2nd straight ๐
โช๏ธ3x All ABA, 2x All NBA
โช๏ธ6x All Star
โช๏ธABA All-Time Team
โHe was
The do-it-all athlete with insane God-given talent and unmatchable work ethic.
James played just two seasons at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School but was named an All-Ohio wide receiver twice in those two seasons.
LeFro.
On this date in 2008 we got one of the great all-time playoff duels.
The Big 3 Boston Celtics finished off the resilient Cavaliers 97-92 in Game 7 of the ECSF, but not before LeBron James and Paul Pierce put on a show.
LeBron: 45 PTS/5 REB/6 AST
Pierce: 41 PTS/4 REB/5 AST
On Feb 16, 1996, a 19 year old Kevin Garnett, in his rookie season, suited up for the Timberwolves against the 72-10 Bulls.
On Nov 12, 2015, a 39 year old KG, in his final season, suited up for the Timberwolves against the 73-9 Warriors.
The only player to face both teams!
During the peak of the "Deadball" era, Boston defeated Detroit in Game 3 of the 2002 ECSF... 66-64
The 130 combined PTS is the record for fewest PTS by both teams in a playoff game including 6 straight minutes of playoff basketball without a single FG (0/12 FG, 8 TO, 3 Pts)
The Answer, 2001 MVP:
31/4/5, 2.5 SPG.
Scoring champ, steals champ.
All-Star, 1st Team All-NBA.
Leads Philly to 56-26 en route to their first Finals appearance in 18 years.
No NBA games until next week? No problem!
@JoshMedeiros20
,
@CJRealHoops1
and
@_smarttakes_
got you with a special episode! (Spotify and YouTube links in replies)
Join us as we dissect one of the greatest teams to never win a title, the 2003-04 Minnesota Timberwolves.
In todayโs micro episode, we look at a NBA regular season CLASSIC! The triple-overtime THRILLER between Michael Jordanโs Bulls, and the Stockton-Malone Jazz
Years before Jordan would push-off of Russell, these two teams were putting up instant classics!
Not a single team bats 1.000 in the NBA draft. Here is the first episode of a recurring series where we look at the top 10 picks of random NBA draft classes and determine if each team hit, missed or... fell somewhere in-between.
Like, share and sub!
Shaq and Penny.
From 1994-96 the duo led the Magic to a 167-77 overall record and an NBA Finals appearance.
During that stretch Shaq averaged 29/12 on 59% shooting and Penny was good for 20/5/7.
Check out some highlights from the Orlando tandem!
Next week
@CJRealHoops1
and
@MediJo20
plan to hit the recording booth to record a special episode and pay tribute to the remarkable career and man that is Jerry West.
Keep your eyes peeled on your podcast feeds.
RIP Jerry.๐๏ธ
Long before LeBron James and Jimmy Butler squared off in the 2020 NBA Finals, they met in a seemingly random regular season game over 2 years prior that would send them on a path of destiny towards that championship tilt in the bubble.
Another episode LIVE now! Links below!
You have to go all the way back to the 1974-75 ABA season to find the first and only time a league MVP award was shared.
Julius Erving and George McGinnis were the only co-MVPs ever. Both players were first time winners, but Erving would go on to claim the prize another 3 times
The Jazz and Bulls would finish the 1989-90 season with identical records at 55-27
The Bulls were led in the loss by Michael Jordan (shocker, right?) with 40 points, and of all people John Paxson with a season high 27
It was not enough to overcome 22 and 18 day from Stockton ๐
On this day in 1989... 10x
#NBAAllStar
, the NBA's all-time assist leader and 75th Anniversary Team member John Stockton drove and flipped in this game winner for the
@utahjazz
vs. Chicago!
#NBAVault
#NBA75
Learn more about Stockton at
From 2011-2017, the LA Clippers reserved decades of basketball ineptitude to become one of the best franchises in the NBA! But why are there *still* no blue and red championship banners in LA?
Josh and Calv break it down in new episode! Check it out now!
On This Date in 2014, LeBronโs Heat finished off the Brooklyn Nets in the ECSF en route to their 4th straight Finals.
Miami won Game 5 96-94 on this last second steal. LeBron finished with 29 while Wade had 28.
In Game 4, LeBron dropped 49 after Pierce asked to guard LeBron.
How did Larry Bird become Larry Legend?
In today's all-new episode, life-long Celtics fan
@JoshMedeiros20
takes
@CJRealHoops1
through the life and times of The Hick from French Lick! Check it out on YouTube or any of your favorite podcast platforms!
Over 30 years later, he remains one of the greatest "what-ifs"
Reggie Lewis collapsed and passed on July 27, 1993 at the young age of 27. He was already a husband, a father, a community leader, an NBA All-Star and a Celtics captain.
RIP to one of the greats gone too soon.
@slugmaster24
Itโs incredible once you dig in to his numbers. His steals record is almost untouchable. Heโs also 3rd all time in games played behind only Kareem and Parish (including postseason).
@CJRealHoops1
and
@MediJo20
are hitting the recording studio soon with OKC fan and expert
@Prhymate777
to do a retrospective on the 2010s Thunder
How good were they? How close were they to winning a title? What worked and what didnโt?
Stay tuned, you wonโt want to miss this!
Happy 58th to Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway!
He was an All-NBA 1st Team talent and was genuinely amazing.
We just saw a small slice of what he would have been before injuries took their toll.
๐น: Open Court on YT
Of the thousands of players to have donned an NBA jersey, only 454 have been named All-Stars. A lot of great talent has missed out on having their names called in mid-February.
Check out our newest episode, "Never-Star" to talk about a few of them!
Jan 9, 1972
The 39-3 Lakers are riding their historic 33-game winning streak into Milwaukee vs the 35-8 Bucks.
The atmosphere is like that of the Finals.
West. Kareem. Wilt. Oscar. Dandridge. Goodrich.
Kareemโs 39/20 is too much.
Bucks win 120-104 in what is a WCF preview!
We are hitting the recording booth with
@_smarttakes_
tonight for a special episode on the iconic 2004 Minnesota Timberwolves!
Keep your eyes peeled for the episode dropping tomorrow morning!
New episode up,
#6
of 10 of our bonus series on Conference Finals MVPs. In this episode Josh focuses on the Western Conference of the 1990s!
Who do YOU think deserved WCF MVP in these series?
Enjoy this episode as we research and prepare more content!
Sleepy Floyd had himself a DAY vs the Lakers in the 1987 WCSF.
In Game 4 scored 51 PTS on 79% TS (18/26 FG, 13/14 FT) and set the record for most FG (12) and PTS (29) in a quarter of a playoff game as well as most PTS in a half of a playoff game (39).
The Warriors won 129-121.
Dirk displayed some INSANE marksmanship from the FT line in Game 1 of the 2011 WCF.
He scored 48 PTS... but on just 15 shots.
That's because he set 3 postseason records:
- Most FTs in a quarter (13)
- Most FTs in a half (19)
- Most FTs made without a miss (finished 24/24)
Remove nostalgia from the equation.
Remove perception from the equation.
Remove your feeling about their personalities/politics from the equation.
Judge only on basketball accomplishments.
LeBron is (STILL) doing things that we have never seen and will never see again
Rest in peace to one of the greatest players ever and someone whose impact on the game we love during and after his playing career is undeniable.
Hall of Famer, All Star, Champion, legend.. Big Red.
One of the players who stepped up in Miami's 2012 and 2013 back-to-back championships was Shane Battier. Battier was known for his defense and reliable shooting. The game that made him a Miami hero was the G7 against SAS in 2013, where he nailed six 3Ps and finished with 18 pts.
In true early 2000s fashion, the Pacers finished off the Heat 4-2 in their 2004 second round matchup by the score of 73-70.
Ron Artest had a great closeout game going for 27 PTS on 63% TS.
The Pacers won 61 games and had a -5.7 rel DRtg in '03-04
Underrated team historically?
The '04 Pistons were special in the Finals. The starting 5 of Billups/Hamilton/Prince/R. Wallace/B. Wallace shut down the Lakers as they had a +19.8 NetRtg in the five game series.
That 5 held LAL to an ORtg of 93.9 when they were on the court, 11.6 PTS below their season avg.
January 1990 was a BUSY month for The Mailman
In 14 game, the 26 year old Malone shot 62.5% FG, 37.5% 3pt FG, 79.5% FT for 34.3 points per game, to go along with 10.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists
Where does Malone rank on the all-time list of NBA power forwards? ๐ค
Russ looks like he is bout to take a break from making chocolate bars in a whimsical factory so he can break into a song about the perils of spoiled children
RIP Joe "Jellybean" Bryant.
Joe enjoyed a solid 8 year NBA career, notably being an important piece for the '77 Sixers team that made the Finals.
He found greater individual success playing professionally in Europe (especially Italy) before his family settled back in Philly.
A team lost to time. The 2000 Blazers. A team boasting the likes of Damon Stoudamire, Steve Smith, Pippen, Sheed and Arvydas Sabonis went 59-23 thanks to a top 5 offense AND defense.
What a neat lineup.. None of these guys is a star, but theyโre all extremely reliable players.
Game 4 of the 1994 WCF was a classic that saw Houston win 80-78, surviving a gusty Utah comeback and a botched job by Utah Jazz timekeeper Wayne Hicken who accidentally gave the home team 8 extra seconds to tie or take the lead in the crucial game.
Read below!๐
NEW EPISODE LIVE!
The story of the
#8
seed Knicks, that's right
#8
, making a Cinderella run to the NBA Finals in '99 is one of the greatest in league history.
It's one of lockouts, turmoil, injuries, grit, game-winners and determination.
Full story๐
What was the biggest "start of 4th quarter" deficit overcome in a Game 7? The โ00 Lakers overcame a 13 pt deficit against the Trail Blazers in the WCF.
POR also led 75-60 early in the 4th before going on a 7:30 scoring drought.
Sheed led all scorers with 30, Kobe had 25/11/7.
We all know Moses Malone as one of the greatest players ever.
The NBA Champ and MVP is known for his time in HOU and PHI.
โ94, his final season he only played 8 mpg for SAS but had enough in the tank for this incredible buzzer beater in his last game!
The name on this list that is likely least known is Tiny Archinald. But he should be talked about MUCH more
In 1973, the 6โ1โ guard led the NBA in points AND assists, averaging 34.0 and 11.4
This feat has since only been replicated 1 other time in NBA history! Respect!๐ซก
Dr.Jโs top 10 players of all time (no order)
Jerry West
Oscar Robertson
Elgin Baylor
Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Michael Jordan
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Karl Malone
Tiny Archibald
(Via
@joydeangela
)
Since the historical 1996 NBA draft, only 4 out of 25 Rookie of the Year Award winners have failed to ever make an All-Star game
Game time: without looking it up, can you name them?
Will our most recent ROtY winner, Scottie Barnes, make his first All-Star game in 2023?
When you think of Gary Payton, you donโt tend to remember him as a Buck.
But play there he did for 28 regular season games and 6 playoff games during the back half of the โ03 season.
He averaged 20/3/7 in the reg season and 19/3/9 in the playoffs vs the Nets (lost 4-2).
Neither.
As you can clearly see below, both of these guys are literally shadows. Having a player without a face on my roster may be a distraction in the locker room.
Need to get caught up on relevant storylines and hear some hot takes before the NBA season? Listen to
@CJRealHoops1
and
@JoshMedeiros20
as they put out a 2-part 2022-23 NBA Season preview! Streaming NOW!
Fun fact: Last night Jaylen Brown logged 3 blocks and 3 steals in a Finals game. Only 5 players in NBA history have multiple Finals games of 3+ BLK and STL in one game.
LeBron leads with 3 followed by Kareem, Scottie, Ben Wallace and Robert Horry each with 2!
Were the Sacramento Kings ROBBED of a title in 2002?
New video up NOW! This is a video version of the "King's Court" podcast posted last year but with some highlights and additional analysis. Check it out!
On this date in 1975 the Warriors advanced to their first NBA Finals to be hosted at the Oakland Arena Coliseum, eventually known as Oracle Arena in 2006.
Golden State beat Chicago (yes, the Bulls out West) 83-79 in Game 7 of the WCF en route to a Finals sweep of Washington.
A.C. Green played his 1000th consecutive game in March of 1999 vs the Grizzlies, an incredible feat!!
His nickname is deservedly Iron Man and he played in every game from 1987-1999!
The forward is also a former 1x All-Star, 1989 all-defense selection and 3x champ!