1. Steve Kerr has coached the Warriors to three of the last four NBA championships.
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1. Steve Kerr has coached the Warriors to three of the last four NBA championships.
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2. Jason Kidd retired on June 3, 2013, after one season with the Knicks and 19 seasons in the NBA.
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3. Vince Carter has donated to his high school, Mainland, as well as the foundation he established upon being drafted into the NBA in 1998, The Embassy of Hope.
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4. Gary Payton was selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team a record nine consecutive seasons, and won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1996, the first guard to win the award in 8 years.
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5. Stephan Marbury was selected fourth overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1996 NBA draft, then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the draft rights to Ray Allen and a future first-round pick.
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6. On January 21, 2010, Dwight Howard was named as the starting center for the East in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.
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7. Dwyane Wade missed the first game of his final NBA season on Wednesday night, and for good reason.
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8. Stephan Marbury was selected out of Georgia Tech by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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9. The San Antonio Spurs have consistently posted winning road records during this period, including an NBA-record longest single road trip winning streak.
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10. Steve Kerr is a seven-time NBA champion, winning 5 as a player, and 2 as a head coach.
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11. Chris Webber began collecting them upon entering the NBA, starting with the purchase of two slave records.
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12. Chris Paul was selected fourth overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets, where he developed into one of the league's premier players, finishing second in NBA Most Valuable Player Award voting in 2008.
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13. Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson broke teammate Stephen Curry's NBA record for 3-pointers in a game with his 14th.
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14. The NBA originated in 1946 with 11 teams, and through a sequence of team expansions, reductions, and relocations currently consists of 30 teams.
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15. The NBA is the only league that regularly schedules games on Christmas Day.
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16. The Minneapolis Lakers lost the first game of the NBA Finals to Philadelphia, but that only proved to be a temporary blip, as they swept the next four games to claim their second consecutive championship.
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17. Russell Westbrook moved into a tie for third place on the NBA list for triple-doubles, with the 107th of his career matching Jason Kidd's total.
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18. Minneapolis Lakers reached the NBA Finals in 1984 by roaring past the Kansas City Kings, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Phoenix Suns in the early rounds.
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19. Minneapolis Lakers were favored to repeat as NBA champs that season.
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20. The NBA Live would become the first major North American professional sports league to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms.
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21. Michael Jordan averaged a Finals-record 41.0 ppg during the six-game series, and became the first player in NBA history to win three straight Finals MVP awards.
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22. Charles Barkley proved to be the pivotal player Phoenix needed to advance to the NBA championships.
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23. The San Antonio Spurs would go on to win the 2014 NBA Championship, 4 games to 1.
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24. Russell Westbrook becomes the fifth player in NBA history to register a triple-double in a playoff Game 7.
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25. Vince Carter began his second year as the heir apparent to retired NBA great Michael Jordan.
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26. Kobe Bryant won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997 and is its youngest winner.
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27. Dwight Howard chose to forgo college, entered the 2004 NBA draft, and was selected first overall by the Orlando Magic.
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28. The Golden State Warriors have won three of the four NBA Finals in which they faced the Cavs, winning in 2015, 2017, and 2018.
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29. Bill Russell is universally seen as one of the best NBA players ever, and was declared "Greatest Player in the History of the NBA" by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America in 1980.
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30. Hakeem Olajuwon was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the first overall selection of the 1984 NBA draft, a draft that included Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton.
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31. In 1964, the Boston Celtics became the first NBA team to have an all African-American starting lineup.
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32. In February 2003, Vince Carter gave up his starting spot in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game to Michael Jordan to allow Jordan to make his final start as an All-Star.
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33. Devin Booker deposits 27 points on 9-of-20 shooting and becomes the fifth-youngest player in NBA history to score 5,000 career points.
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34. Steph Curry is currently one of the most successful players in the NBA, and he has become an international celebrity, on par with four-time MVP LeBron James.
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35. Shaquille O'Neal left school and entered the NBA draft in 1992 and was taken with the first pick by the Orlando Magic.
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36. Golden State Warriors are and will always be Curry's team owing to the point guard having been drafted by them and growing up to be the undisputed leader of the team that has gone onto dominate the NBA in recent seasons—the Bay Area team have won three championships in the last four years and could make it three straight in 2019.
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37. Derrick Rose chose Memphis because of the school's history of putting players in the NBA and the prospect of Rod Strickland, a 17-year veteran of the league, mentoring him.
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38. Paul Pierce starred as captain of the Celtics, earning ten All-Star nods and becoming a four-time All-NBA team member.
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39. The Los Angeles Lakers earned the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and selected Brandon Ingram from Duke University.
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40. Dirk Nowitzki is the sixth player in NBA history, and the first European, to hit the 30,000-point milestone.
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41. Devin Booker became just the sixth player in NBA history to break the 70-point barrier.
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42. On December 5, 2016, Klay Thompson made history by becoming the first player in NBA history to score 60 points in less than 30 minutes of action.
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43. Paul Pierce was selected with the 10th overall pick in 1998 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, a team he despised growing up.
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44. On June 25, 2015, Devin Booker, was selected with the thirteenth overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in the 2015 NBA draft.
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45. Derrick Rose played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft.
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46. Karl Malone maintained a high level of play even at age 40, becoming the oldest player to both log a triple-double and to be a starter on an NBA Finals-bound team.
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47. Dwyane Wade is more than halfway through his final season, and the Miami Heat superstar made note of some of the more iconic moments from of his outstanding NBA career by documenting them on a shirt.
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48. Dirk Nowitzki became one of only 3 players in NBA history with at least 1,000 3-pointers and blocks, joining Clifford Robinson and Rasheed Wallace.
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49. Dwight Howard garnered a record 3.1 million votes to earn the starting berth on the Eastern Conference team for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.
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50. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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51. In 2014, Michael Jordan became the first billionaire player in NBA history.
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52. LeBron James became just the fifth player in NBA history to eclipse 32,000 points during the contest.
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53. Dwight Howard reported to camp for his second NBA season having added 20 pounds of muscle during the off-season.
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54. In 2016, LeBron James led the Cavaliers to their first NBA championship by defeating the Golden State Warriors to end Cleveland's 52-year professional sports title drought.
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55. Jason Kidd was the second pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks.
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56. Charles Barkley left before his final year at Auburn and made himself eligible for the 1984 NBA draft.
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57. The Lakers lost the Western Conference Semifinals in six games as the San Antonio Spurs advanced and went on to claim their second NBA title.
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59. LeBron James was selected for the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in 2005, and would go on to earn a spot in the annual showcase in each of the next 14 seasons.
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60. Michael Jordan holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game).
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61. Vince Carter won NBA Rookie of the Year Award after averaging 18.3 points and throwing down countless highlight-reel dunks.
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62. Shaquille O'Neal left LSU early to pursue his NBA career, but continued his education even after becoming a professional player.
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63. On December 23, 2009, JR Smith scored a season-high 41 points against the Atlanta Hawks, becoming first NBA player ever to record multiple games of 10+ 3-pointers.
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64. Jason Kidd helped engineer one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the league's history, taking the long-moribund Nets to consecutive NBA finals in his first two seasons with the team.
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65. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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66. On May 24, 1994, Isaiah Thomas was introduced as the vice president of basketball operations for the expansion Toronto Raptors, the first NBA franchise located outside the United States.
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67. The Boston Celtics were able to take down two of the NBA's more explosive teams in the Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder.
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68. Derrick Rose was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the first overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.
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69. The NBA Summer League is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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70. Draymond Green found something really important in his life and is working to support his family through his successful NBA career.
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71. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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72. Steve Kerr is an eight-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player as well as three with the Warriors as a head coach.
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73. Dwyane Wade is one of the longest tenured NBA veterans still playing in the league today.
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74. The Minneapolis Lakers garnered their share of NBA records that year anyway.
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75. Draymond Green is already one of the best and most important players on an NBA Finals contending team, a valuable commodity in the NBA.
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76. On February 21, 2003, Michael Jordan became the first 40-year-old to tally 43 points in an NBA game.
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77. Along the way, the Lakers shattered the NBA mark of 20 consecutive victories set by the Milwaukee Bucks just one season before.
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78. Magic Johnson became the only rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP award, and his clutch performance is still regarded as one of the finest in NBA history.
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79. Dwyane Wade talks Carmelo Anthony returning to the NBA and what he meant to the Knicks' franchise.
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80. Carmelo Anthony could have gone straight into the NBA from high school like so many other players did in this time, but instead he opted to join Syracuse, who were struggling and began the season unranked.
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82. At this point, Carmelo Anthony announced his willingness to go pro and eligible for the 2003 NBA Draft.
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83. Vince Carter is one of only seven players ever to play at least 20 seasons in the NBA.
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84. Dwyane Wade is a professional basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Miami Heat.
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85. LaMarcus Aldridge finally declared for the 2006 NBA draft in April 2006 in his second year in college.
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86. Karl Malone led the NBA in free throws made a league-record seven times.
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87. In 1996, Hakeem Olajuwon was a member of the Olympic gold-medal-winning United States national team, and was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
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88. Charles Barkley earned his third straight All-Star Game appearance and was named to the All-NBA First team for the second straight season.
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89. The NBA is one of only two of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada in which teams play every other team during the regular season.
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90. The Minneapolis Lakers won 60 games in Johnson's rookie year, and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the 1980 NBA Finals.
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91. Hakeem Olajuwon put up one of the most productive defensive seasons by an interior player in the history of the NBA.
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92. Wilt Chamberlain averaged 48.5 minutes per game —if you're scratching your head now, yes, NBA games are only 48 minutes long.
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93. Boston Celtics have an NBA record 17 Championships including 8 in a row, and 11 championships in 13 years.
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95. On July 3, 2013, Brad Stevens was signed as the head coach for the Boston Celtics to coach in the NBA.
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96. The LA Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, the second-most behind the Boston Celtics.
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97. Stephen Curry maintains a meticulous preparation routine, a regimen patterned after years of watching his older brother, Stephen, ready himself for NBA and college games.
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98. Boston Celtics received the third and sixth draft picks in the 1997 NBA draft, and used the picks to select a brand new backcourt through Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer.
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99. Shaquille O'Neal scored 28,596 points during his career, the fifth highest in NBA history.
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100. Kevin Durant played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft.
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101. Steve Kerr would lead the Warriors to the 2016 NBA Finals where they would again face the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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102. Paul George has established himself as one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA.
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103. James Harden became the first NBA player to score 50 or more in consecutive games since Kobe Bryant did so in four straight in March 2007.
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104. In 1992, Shaquille O'Neal dropped out of college during his junior year to enter the NBA, where he played his rookie season with the Orlando Magic.
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105. On July 6, 2017, the NBA unveiled an updated rendition of its logo; it is largely identical to the previous design, except with revised typography and a "richer" color scheme.
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106. In 1988 Steve Kerr was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the NBA Draft.
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107. Russell Westbrook is widely recognized as one of the best all-around players in the NBA, having recorded 112 triple-doubles over his career.
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108. Klay Thompson is a professional basketball player who has become one of the best shooting guards in the NBA.
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109. Carmelo Anthony signing with the Houston Rockets was one of the bigger stories of the NBA offseason but the 10-time All-Star might already be on his way out.
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110. Kawhi Leonard won consecutive NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards in 2015 and 2016.
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111. Dwight Howard led the Magic to their first division title in 12 years and to the third seed for the 2008 NBA Playoffs.
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112. From 2005 to 2008, the NBA had the distinction of being the only one of the four major leagues in which all teams play every other team.
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113. Houston Rockets guard James Harden reacts after scoring against the Orlando Magic during the first half of an NBA basketball game at Toyota Center on Sunday, Jan 27, 2019, in Houston.
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114. Brad Stevens is an American basketball coach who currently heads to the Boston Celtics of the NBA.
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115. Kawhi Leonard was selected to the All-NBA First Team for the second time in his career, as well as earning All-Defensive First Team honors for the third time in three years.
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117. Shaquille O'Neal was named the Player of the Week in his first week in the NBA, becoming the first player to do so.
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118. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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119. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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120. In Game 6, the San Antonio Spurs were on the verge of winning their fifth NBA title.
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121. The Warriors won the Western Division crown that season, but lost the 1964 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, four games to one.
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122. Vince Carter became the first 40-year-old in NBA history to hit six triples in one game.
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123. Kevin Durant enjoyed team success with the up-and-coming Thunder, pairing with explosive point guard Russell Westbrook and James Harden to reach the NBA finals in 2012.
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124. Draymond Green is one of the best defenders in the NBA, but if he wants the Defensive Player of the Year Award the way he expressed after Wednesday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans, he.
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125. Dirk Nowitzki finished his DJK career as the only Wurzburg player to have ever made the NBA.
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126. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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127. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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128. The Boston Celtics would end up making the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference in the 2012 NBA Playoffs.
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129. Pau Gasol is often compared to European NBA players Toni Kukoc and Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) for his scoring and rebounding prowess, as well as his quick adjustment to the more aggressive American style of play.
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130. The San Antonio Spurs would have to wait another 20 years to make it to their first NBA finals.
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131. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry believes the Milwaukee Bucks are the next big thing in the NBA, saying that they remind him of the Dubs of four years ago.
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132. Blake Griffin was again voted by the fans as a starter for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game.
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133. Kobe Bryant was voted to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive 1st teams, and came in third place in voting for the MVP award.
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134. Allen Iverson was named to the All NBA First team for his accomplishments.
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135. Jason Kidd joined Wilt Chamberlain and Magic Johnson as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double in multiple playoff series.
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136. Stephen Curry made eight three-pointers in the game to reach 200 for the season, becoming the first player in NBA history to make 200 three-pointers in four straight seasons.
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137. On Thursday night's "Inside the NBA", Sir Charles Barkley compared that sort of popularity-contest balloting to the 2016 presidential election.
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138. Klay Thompson had an NBA season-high and career-best performance for the highest-scoring output by a Golden State player in more than 42 years.
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139. At the time of the trade, Allen Iverson was the NBA's number two leading scorer with new teammate Carmelo Anthony being number one.
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140. Shaquille O'Neal never shied away from a comparison, so long as his place on Mount Rushmore of NBA Centers is universalized.
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141. Shaquille O'Neal is currently the oldest player in the NBA and is the only one of the 50 Greatest NBA players, as chosen in 1996, to still be playing in the NBA.
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142. James Harden made eight 3-pointers to extend his NBA record to 12 games in a row with at least five.
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143. Klay Thompson had an NBA season-high and career-best performance for the highest-scoring output by a Golden State player in more the 42 years.
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144. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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145. The Lakers won 60 games in Johnson's rookie year, and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the 1980 NBA Finals.
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146. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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147. Jerry West was a member of the first five NBA All-Defensive Teams, which were introduced when he was 32 years old.
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148. Wilt Chamberlain holds numerous NBA records in scoring, rebounding, and durability categories.
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149. The NBA landed the most important college star of the era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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150. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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151. James Harden helped the Thunder reach the 2012 NBA Finals, where they were defeated in five games by the Miami Heat.
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152. Dirk Nowitzki became the first European player in NBA history to receive the honor.
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153. Dominique Wilkins went on to finish the season with a 27.4 scoring average, good for sixth in the NBA.
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154. Steph Curry is the Warriors' all-time free-throw leader, and has led the NBA in free throw percentage four times.
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155. Allen Iverson was the first player under Coach Thompson to leave Georgetown early for the NBA.
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156. Dirk Nowitzki is setting an NBA record for the longest career spent with only one team as he enters his 21st season with the Mavericks.
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157. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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158. Son of former NBA player Joe Bryant, Kobe Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country.
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159. On July 1, 2011, at 12:01 am, the NBA Summer League announced another lockout.
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160. Golden State Warriors are and will always be Curry's team owing to the point guard having been drafted by them and growing up to be the undisputed leader of the team that has gone onto dominate the NBA in recent seasons—the Bay Area team have won three championships in the last four years and could make it three straight in 2019.
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161. Steve Kerr is the fourth coach in NBA history to win two championships in his first three seasons of coaching.
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162. Stephen Curry has every right to entertain any NBA star who passes through town.
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163. Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson has passed Jason Richardson for 21st place on the NBA's all-time three-pointers list with 1,609 career makes.
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164. Draymond Green is over the moon after he and the Golden State Warriors won the 2017 NBA championship.
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165. Kawhi Leonard is only the third professional basketball player to ever do this in a season throughout the history of the NBA.
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166. The LA Lakers won 60 games in Johnson's rookie year, and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the 1980 NBA Finals.
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167. The San Antonio Spurs currently rank first among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history, and have a winning head-to-head regular season record against every active NBA franchise.
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168. Klay Thompson played college basketball for three seasons at Washington State University before being selected by Golden State with the 11th pick of the 2011 NBA draft.
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169. Jason Kidd is the third person since the ABA–NBA merger to debut as an NBA head coach the season after he retired as a player.
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170. Blake Griffin was selected as the first overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft.
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171. Dirk Nowitzki struggled while adjusting to the NBA's level of play during his rookie season, but he doubled his scoring average in his second season and was chosen for the All-Star Game in his fourth.
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172. Kobe Bryant would then headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team with Kevin Garnett, receiving 52 points overall including 24 first-place nods, earning his eighth selection.
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173. Dwight Howard led the NBA in technical fouls with 18 in the regular season, and received one-game suspensions after his 16th and 18th technicals.
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174. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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175. Chris Webber was drafted to NBA in 1993 where he became the only person apart from Magic Johnson to be selected by the Orlando Magic as the first pick overall draft pick as a sophomore.
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176. Boston Celtics owned two of the top eight picks in the 1978 NBA draft.
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177. Kobe Bryant won five NBA championships during his NBA career and apparently they were won by as much mental toughness as it was physical ability.
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178. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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179. Vince Carter shares his appreciation for his NBA career and what it's like to be a role model for young players, as he celebrates his 42nd birthday.
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180. Michael Jordan executed a series of plays, considered to be one of the greatest clutch performances in NBA Finals history.
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181. James Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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182. Blake Griffin was voted as a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, making it his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance and third consecutive start.
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183. Gary Payton is the only guard to have won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award since Michael Jordan in 1988.
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184. Carmelo Anthony became the 29th player in NBA history to hit the scoring milestone.
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185. Kevin Durant helped lead the Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals, losing to the Miami Heat in five games.
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186. Kobe Bryant was voted the league MVP in 2008 and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference.
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187. Karl Malone returned from a gold medal winning-effort at the 1996 Summer Olympics leading the Jazz to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances.
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188. Kawhi Leonard was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 15th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft, and was traded to the Raptors in 2018.
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189. Wilt Chamberlain was the first big earner of basketball: immediately becoming the highest paid player upon entering the NBA, he was basketball's first player to earn at least $100,000 a year, and earned an unprecedented $1.5 million during his Lakers years.
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190. The NBA Live is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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191. Carmelo Anthony is looking for a new team but will still take in an NBA game Sunday.
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192. Devin Booker became the first player in NBA history to debut at 18 years old after playing at least one year of college basketball.
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193. On Thursday night's "Inside the NBA", Sir Charles Barkley compared that sort of popularity-contest balloting to the 2016 presidential election.
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194. LaMarcus Aldridge joins Michael Jordan, Jerry West, Allen Iverson, and Tracy McGrady as the only players in NBA history to score 89 or more points in the first two games of a playoff series.
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195. LaMarcus Aldridge was one of six players named to the 2007 NBA All-Rookie first team; he tied for fifth place with Toronto Raptors player Jorge Garbajosa.
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196. Charles Barkley was added to the Houston Rockets team in the game "Kobe Bryant and Nba courtside".
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197. Jason Kidd won his solitary NBA title in 2011 when he was part of the Dallas Mavericks.
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198. Russell Westbrook helped lead the Thunder to the NBA Finals for the first time since the franchise relocated but OKC would lose in five games to the Miami Heat.
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199. Vince Carter reached 20,000 career points during the game, becoming the 37th NBA player to reach that plateau.
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200. Steve Kerr was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft.
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201. The NBA would be totally different today if Hurricane Hugo didn't force Duncan to play basketball.
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202. On December 23, 2005, Vince Carter set an NBA record for the most free throws made in a quarter with 16 against Miami.
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203. Jason Kidd was named co-NBA Rookie of the Year in his first season with the Mavericks.
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204. In 1959, the Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship after sweeping the Minneapolis Lakers, the first of their record eight consecutive championships.
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205. Vince Carter helped lead the Nets to the second round of the playoffs before losing to the eventual NBA champions Miami Heat in five games.
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206. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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207. At the time of the trade, Kevin Garnett had the longest current tenure of any player in the NBA with one team, having played for the Timberwolves for his first 12 seasons.
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208. Vince Carter says he can relate to Duke phenom Zion Williamson and believes the freshman has a bright future in the NBA.
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209. Charles Barkley won the NBA MVP Award in 1993 and helped make the Suns one of the most entertaining teams in the league during his remaining three seasons.
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210. Magic Johnson was chosen to compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics for the US basketball team, dubbed the "Dream Team" because of the NBA stars on the roster.
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211. The Lakers earned the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and selected Brandon Ingram from Duke University.
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212. Steph Curry finished with 46 points as his winning shot was his 12th three-pointer, tying the NBA single-game record.
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213. Dwight Howard joined a depleted Magic squad that had finished with only 21 victories the previous season; further, the club had just lost perennial NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady.
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214. Carmelo Anthony is coming off the bench for the first time in his 16-year NBA career this season.
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215. The Lakers won the rights to the seventh pick of the 2014 NBA draft with which they selected Julius Randle, a freshman power forward from the University of Kentucky.
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216. In 2006 Michael Jordan became minority owner and general manager of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.
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217. Dwyane Wade is in his last season in the NBA, giving him one last opportunity to compete against friends he's made over his.
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218. Hakeem Olajuwon left college after his junior year and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the first pick in the 1984 NBA draft.
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219. Kobe Bryant will retire as the all-time highest scoring Laker, and the third highest scoring player in NBA history, with upwards of 32,683 points.
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220. Kobe Bryant retired from the NBA in 2016 after winning five championships; James had won three as of 2018.
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221. Michael Jordan led the NBA in scoring in 10 seasons and tied Wilt Chamberlain's record of seven consecutive scoring titles.
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222. In 1995, the NBA expanded to Canada with the addition of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors.
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223. Kevin Durant has long credited Collison's leadership in easing his transition into the NBA when Durant arrived as the No 2 pick in the 2008 draft.
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224. The Golden State Warriors lost in the BAA finals the next season, and in 1949 the team became a part of the NBA when the BAA merged with the National Basketball League.
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225. Paul Pierce led the league in total points in 2002, and was an All-NBA Third Team selection in 2002 and 2003.
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226. Charles Barkley was one of the NBA's most versatile players and accurate scorers capable of scoring from anywhere on the court and established himself as one of the NBA's premier clutch players.
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227. JR Smith was selected by the New Orleans Hornets with the 18th overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft.
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228. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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229. The Los Angeles Lakers won 60 games in Johnson's rookie year, and defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the 1980 NBA Finals.
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230. Kobe Bryant is the first guard in NBA history to play at least 20 seasons.
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231. Paul George announced his decision to declare for the 2010 NBA Draft on March 31, 2010, ultimately forgoing his final to years of college eligibility.
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232. Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul reacts after scoring against the Orlando Magic during the second half of an NBA basketball game at Toyota Center on Sunday, Jan 27, 2019, in Houston.
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233. Scott Brooks is a coach in the National Basketball Association who had a brilliant career as a player, playing for six NBA teams, even though he was undrafted in the 1987 NBA Draft which he had declared for.
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234. The NBA Summer League would become the first major North American professional sports league to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms.
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235. Blake Griffin was expected to be a lottery pick in the 2008 NBA draft but decided to return to college to give himself time to mature physically and to try to help Oklahoma win the NCAA championship.
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236. Michael Jordan was one the greatests to play the game of basketball and he has some hardware to show for it: six NBA Championships.
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237. Steph Curry is currently fifth in all-time made three-pointers in NBA history.
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238. Turner Sports NBA analyst Charles Barkley is known for his bombastic nature on live TV that leads to countless priceless moments on the show.
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239. Magic Johnson won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s.
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240. Tony Parker decided to forgo the NCAA and to remain in France; he spent the next year with Paris Basket Racing in the French League before entering the 2001 NBA draft.
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241. At the time, Kevin Garnett was the youngest NBA player in history at 19 years and 11 months of age.
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242. On January 21, 2010, Carmelo Anthony was named as a starter for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game leading the Western Conference ballots in votes for forwards.
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243. Scott Brooks was on a team of free agents that faced NBA players and he was told there would be many scouts in attendance.
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244. Magic Johnson was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
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245. Scottie Pippen played a main role on both the 1992 Chicago Bulls Championship team and the 1996 Chicago Bulls Championship team which were selected as two of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History.
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246. Draymond Green admired Pippen growing up, but he learned even more upon reaching the league by watching videos of former NBA forward Boris Diaw.
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247. Magic Johnson is the only player in NBA Finals history to have triple-doubles in multiple series-clinching games.
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248. Kawhi Leonard is back with the Toronto Raptors and they picked up right where they left off with him on the floor in the NBA on Wednesday.
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249. Devin Booker became the third-youngest player in NBA history at 19 years, 81 days old to record a 30-point game, as well as the youngest Suns player to score 30 or more points in a game.
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250. Dwyane Wade became the fifth youngest player in NBA history at the time to capture NBA Finals MVP honors and recorded the third highest scoring average by a player in his first NBA Finals with 34.7 points per game.
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251. Dwyane Wade is in his last season in the NBA, giving him one last opportunity.
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252. Carmelo Anthony attracted attention from the NBA by averaging 25.2 points a game in the tournament, which was attended by Amar'e Stoudemire.
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253. Klay Thompson was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.
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254. Dwight Howard finished the season with his lowest scoring average since his second year in the NBA, but was the league leader in rebounding and ranked second in field goal percentage.
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255. The Los Angeles Lakers earned the top pick in the 1958 NBA draft and used it to select Elgin Baylor.
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256. Hakeem Olajuwon has worked with several NBA players, including power forward Emeka Okafor, and center Yao Ming.
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257. JR Smith helped the Cavaliers sweep the Hawks to reach the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games.
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258. Michael Jordan is famous for his gravity-defying skills on the court as an NBA legend and Hall-of-Famer.
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259. In 2017, Russell Westbrook became one of two players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season, along with Oscar Robertson in 1962.
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260. Steve Kerr became the first person in NBA history to be a part of 70-win teams as a player and head coach.
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261. James Harden is a seven-time NBA All-Star, and has earned All-NBA Team honors five times, including four times to the first team.
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262. Paul Pierce fought his way through by becoming one of the best in the NBA at scoring through contact.
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263. Blake Griffin was voted to play as a starter for the first time in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game along with new teammate Chris Paul.
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264. Stephan Marbury is on the cover of the Midway video game NBA Ballers.
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265. Golden State Warriors chose future superstar point guard Stephen Curry of Davidson College with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft.
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266. Chris Webber is a former National High School Basketball Player of the Year who led his high school Detroit Country Day to three Michigan State High School Basketball Championships, but never won any national championship in college or the NBA.
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267. Stephen Curry is currently one of the most successful players in the NBA, and he has become an international celebrity, on par with four-time MVP LeBron James.
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268. In 2007, Scottie Pippen had attempted to make an NBA comeback as he expressed that he would like to play for a championship contender in hopes of getting his 7th Championship ring.
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269. LeBron James into top 5 NBA scorers: 5 quotes from league legends on his greatness.
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270. Golden State Warriors would not play in the NBA again until he was dealt in January 1999 to the New York Knicks for John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings.
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271. Stephen Curry is currently third in all-time made three-pointers in NBA history.
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272. In 1995, the NBA Live expanded to Canada with the addition of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors.
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273. Along the way, the Minneapolis Lakers shattered the NBA mark of 20 consecutive victories set by the Milwaukee Bucks just one season before.
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274. Dwight Howard has additional 20 pounds of muscles in his body during the second campaign for NBA.
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275. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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276. Charles Barkley remains an iconoclastic figure, consistently dubbed one of the most interesting figures in sports entertainment for his comments on Inside the NBA, and he is candid about his personal flaws, including a love of gambling.
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278. Kawhi Leonard was selected with the 15th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers but was traded that night to the San Antonio Spurs along with the rights to Erazem Lorbek and Davis Bertans in exchange for George Hill.
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279. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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280. Stephen Curry says Milwaukee is "very similar" to Golden State before it started racking up NBA titles four years ago.
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281. On June 25, 2009, Stephen Curry was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
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283. Charles Barkley joined a veteran team that included Julius Erving, Moses Malone and Maurice Cheeks, players who took Philadelphia to the 1983 NBA championship.
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284. Chris Paul declared for the NBA draft in 2005, and he was selected fourth overall by the New Orleans Hornets.
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285. Russell Westbrook is widely recognized as one of the best all-around players in the NBA.
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286. The Minneapolis Lakers earned the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and selected Brandon Ingram from Duke University.
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287. On Thursday night's "Inside the NBA", Sir Charles Barkley compared that sort of popularity-contest balloting to the 2016 presidential election.
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288. Michael Jordan made the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing.
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289. In 2004, Carmelo Anthony became the third-youngest player to reach the 1000 points mark in the NBA history.
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290. Pau Gasol has no time for the criticism of his coach, Becky Hammon, and women coaching in the NBA.
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291. Dominique Wilkins led the team in scoring for the eighth straight year, finishing at 25.9 points per game—seventh best in the NBA.
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292. Vince Carter became the oldest player in NBA history to score 20+ points at 41 years and 337 days old, breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record by 6 days.
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293. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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294. Steph Curry is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring basketball teams, ranging from high school to the NBA, to regularly employ the three-point shot as part of their winning strategy.
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295. James Harden has scored at least 35 points in 11 consecutive games, the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.
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296. In 2008 Kobe Bryant was named Most Valuable Player and carried his team to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics.
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297. On March 31, 2010, Paul George announced that he would forgo his final two seasons of college eligibility at Fresno State and enter the 2010 NBA draft.
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298. The Golden State Warriors were just 29th in the league in points in the paint per game and a middling 15th in opposing points in the paint per game entering play, per NBA.
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299. Dwight Howard became the youngest player in NBA history to average a double double in the regular season.
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300. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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301. Jerry West made himself available for the 1960 NBA draft, and he was drafted with the second overall pick by the Minneapolis Lakers, shortly before the team relocated to Los Angeles.
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302. Vince Carter was voted into the 2002 NBA All-Star Game, but he could not participate due to injury.
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303. Dominique Wilkins was an NBA All-Star for the first time and was voted to the All-NBA First Team at the end of the season.
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304. On July 6, 2017, the NBA Summer League unveiled an updated rendition of its logo; it is largely identical to the previous design, except with revised typography and a "richer" color scheme.
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305. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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306. Hakeem Olajuwon is the only player in NBA history to record more than 200 blocks and 200 steals in the same season.
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307. Russell Westbrook was selected 4th overall in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
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308. Jerry West was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980 and voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history in 1996.
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309. On March 31, 2011, Isaiah Thomas declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.
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310. Hakeem Olajuwon led the NBA in rebounding twice, during the 1989 and 1990 seasons.
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311. Stephen Curry finished his rookie season with 166 three-pointers, which were the most ever by a rookie in NBA history.
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312. Carmelo Anthony had a great career during his beginning season in NBA.
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313. The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by FIBA ( known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.
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314. Scott Brooks got off to one of the best starts for a rookie head coach in recent NBA history.
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315. On December 11, 2017, Carmelo Anthony passed Vince Carter for 22nd on the NBA all-time scoring list.
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316. On July 6, 2017, the NBA Live unveiled an updated rendition of its logo; it is largely identical to the previous design, except with revised typography and a "richer" color scheme.
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317. Stephan Marbury made the All-NBA 3rd Team in 2000 and was selected as a reserve for the 2001 All-Star Game, where he hit 2 clutch threes to win the game.
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318. Kobe Bryant opted to forgo college and declared himself eligible for the NBA draft when he graduated from high school.
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319. In that game, Paul Pierce went over 45,000 minutes for his career, becoming the fifth active player and 17th in NBA history to reach that mark.
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320. Paul Pierce divulged this as part of the NBA's initiative to focus more on being open about the mental health of its players.
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321. The Minneapolis Lakers went from being a bottom feeder to the NBA Finals in Baylor's rookie year.
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322. Dominique Wilkins was a nine-time NBA All-Star, and is widely viewed as one of the best dunkers in NBA history, earning the nickname "The Human Highlight Film".
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323. Stephen Curry has plenty of experience holding trophies—you know, with the three NBA titles and back-to-back MVP awards—so it makes sense he looked like a natural handling one of the most prestigious pieces of hardware in golf, the US Open trophy.
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324. Hakeem Olajuwon ended his career as the league's all-time leader in blocks and is one of four NBA players to record a quadruple-double.
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325. Devin Booker had the highest-scoring game in the NBA since Bryant scored 81 in January 2006.
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326. Bill Russell was known as one of the most clutch players in the NBA.
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327. Joe Bryant was the head coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks from August 22, 2005 until April 4, 2007.
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328. Scottie Pippen is one of three NBA players to record 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season and he has the record for second most career steals in the playoffs behind LeBron James.
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329. Gary Payton is currently working on bringing the NBA back to Seattle.
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330. Dirk Nowitzki was fourth in the league in scoring, and garnered his fourth All-NBA First Team selection.
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331. Allen Iverson averaged 26.8 points and was named to his first All NBA first team.
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332. Devin Booker was drafted 13th overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.
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333. Devin Booker went on to make his NBA debut two days before his 19th birthday, in the Suns' season debut against the Dallas Mavericks.
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334. Vince Carter is the fourth player in the NBA ever to play 21 seasons, the most in NBA history.
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335. In 2001, Kobe Bryant had appeared in twenty NBA playoff games.
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336. Karl Malone appeared in the playoffs every season in his career, including the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 with the Jazz.
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337. Dominique Wilkins was selected third overall by the Utah Jazz in the 1982 NBA draft.
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338. Blake Griffin played two seasons of college ball for the Sooners before entering the 2009 NBA draft, when he was selected by the Clippers.
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339. Dirk Nowitzki has led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances, including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011.
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340. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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341. Russell Westbrook is one of the best players in the NBA and he is the only superstar in Oklahoma City after Kevin Durant signed with the Warriors.
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342. Blake Griffin was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the third straight year, whilst finishing the season third in the MVP voting.
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343. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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344. Steve Kerr has had a legendary career with the NBA, winning five championship titles as a player and two as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors.
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345. Kobe Bryant was one of the most ball-dominant NBA players of all time.
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346. Allen Iverson averaged a then-career high 31.1 points, winning his second NBA scoring title in the process.
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347. On November 26, 2017, Carmelo Anthony passed Ray Allen on the NBA all-time scoring list and moved to 23rd place.
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348. Magic Johnson won the WNBA championship as the owner in 2016.
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349. Shaquille O'Neal was quoted as saying that he accepted the advice of NBA legend Bill Russell to make peace with Bryant.
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350. Steph Curry helped the Warriors return to the NBA Finals in 2017 and 2018, where they won back-to-back titles.
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351. Golden State Warriors continued their signing spree by adding Harvard guard Jeremy Lin to their roster with a one-year partially guaranteed contract containing a second-year team option, the first Taiwanese-American player in NBA history.
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352. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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353. Shaquille O'Neal led the NBA in field goal percentage 10 times, breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record of nine.
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354. Chris Paul was selected fourth overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the New Orleans Hornets.
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355. Gary Payton was the second overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, and spent his first 12½ seasons with the Sonics.
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356. Dwight Howard played over 10 seasons with the Magic and he was finally traded to the LA Lakers to try and stack a team with Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to win a NBA Championship.
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357. Scottie Pippen said one of the reasons he wants to play for Jackson is because he longs to return to the system in which they won six NBA titles together in Chicago.
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358. Pau Gasol was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, and is one of only three non-American NBA players to have won that award.
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359. Gary Payton has appeared in many movies and television shows, and in 2001, gave a humorous, televised "motivational speech" to his team during the NBA All-Star Game.
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360. Carmelo Anthony is looking to continue his career in the NBA.
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361. Stephen Curry broke his own NBA record for threes in a season, leaving the new mark at 288.
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362. Magic Johnson was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996, and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
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363. On Thursday night's "Inside the NBA", Sir Charles Barkley compared that sort of popularity-contest balloting to the 2016 presidential election.
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364. The NBA Live would be totally different today if Hurricane Hugo didn't force Duncan to play basketball.
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365. Carmelo Anthony attended the game Sunday to see Dwyane Wade, one of his closest friends who's playing in his final NBA season.
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366. Vince Carter moved into 25th in all-time NBA scoring during the game, passing Robert Parish.
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367. Magic Johnson has worked as a motivational speaker, and was an NBA commentator for Turner Network Television for seven years, before becoming a studio analyst for ESPN's NBA Countdown in 2008.
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368. Steve Kerr returned for the 2017 NBA Finals where he led the Warriors to victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.
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369. Paul Pierce says Duke could beat the Cavaliers in a game of college basketball's best vs the NBA's worst teams.
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370. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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371. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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372. Dominique Wilkins was selected to the All-NBA Second Team for the third time in his career.
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373. Stephan Marbury played in the NBA from 1996 to 2009.
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374. Charles Barkley became the third player ever to win league MVP honors in the season immediately after being traded, established multiple career highs and led Phoenix to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1976.
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375. Stephen Douglas Steve Kerr is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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376. Jason Kidd is the first coach in NBA history to lead two franchises to the playoffs in his first two years as a head coach.
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377. Stephen Curry helped the Warriors return to the NBA Finals in 2017 and 2018, where they won back-to-back titles.
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378. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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379. In 2008 Joe Bryant was named Most Valuable Player and carried his team to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics.
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380. Steve Kerr described the Milwaukee Bucks as one of the best teams in the NBA ahead of their meeting on Friday.
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381. Scott Brooks intends on putting him to work regardless by having Howard impart his NBA insight onto Washington's young big men, Thomas Bryant and Bobby Portis.
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382. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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383. Kobe Bryant is one of two NBA athletes whose signature shoe lines still have a lasting impact on the league far after their playing days are done.
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386. Carmelo Anthony hopes to see himself play at Madison Square Garden again if an NBA team signs him.
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387. The NBA expanded rapidly during this period, one purpose being to tie up the most viable cities.
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388. Steph Curry made eight three-pointers in the game to reach 200 for the season, becoming the first player in NBA history to make 200 three-pointers in four straight seasons.
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389. Steve Kerr became the first rookie coach to win the NBA Finals since 1982, when Pat Riley did it coaching the Lakers.
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390. Vince Carter passed Charles Oakley for 24th on the NBA's career games played list with 1,283.
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391. Paul Pierce scored 1,000 points for the 15th straight season, becoming the only active NBA player and the sixth player in NBA history to score 1,000 points in 15 straight seasons.
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392. Dominique Wilkins concluded the season with 24,019 career points, placing ninth on the NBA's all-time list.
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394. In January 2013, Allen Iverson received an offer to play for the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League, but he declined.
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395. Steve Kerr has the highest career three-point percentage in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made.
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396. Stephen Curry is one of the most successful players in the NBA, and he has become an international celebrity, on par with four-time MVP LeBron James.
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397. Dwyane Wade said he is certain Anthony can still help an NBA team.
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398. Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul warms up before a NBA basketball game at Toyota Center on Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019, in Houston.
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399. Steve Kerr won his third championship as a head coach when the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals in four games to give Kerr his eighth championship of his career.
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400. Stephen Curry is the Warriors' all-time free-throw leader, and has led the NBA in free throw percentage four times.
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401. Karl Malone was a physical defender and rebounder, and one of the most durable players ever in the NBA.
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402. LaMarcus Aldridge declared for the 2004 NBA draft but ultimately withdrew his name.
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403. Steve Kerr parted ways with Chicago Bulls in 1999 and would go on to enjoy two successful spells with the San Antonio Spurs, winning two NBA finals in the process.
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404. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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405. Jason Kidd became the second player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire postseason.
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406. Vince Carter finished the season ranked 27th on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 22,223 career points.
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407. Kobe Bryant was the first guard to ever be drafted into the NBA straight from high school.
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408. The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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409. Jason Kidd was one of the most brilliant point guards to ever grace an NBA court and was coming off a successful playoff run for a rookie head coach in Brooklyn.
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410. LaMarcus Aldridge averaged a career-best 23.4 points per game, made a league-best 659 field goals, and was voted onto the All-NBA Second Team.
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411. Colin Cowherd explains why Klay Thompson breaking the NBA record for most three-pointers in a single game, and the Warriors continued success, should be attributed to Steph Curry.
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412. In 1995, the NBA Summer League expanded to Canada with the addition of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors.
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413. Charles Barkley was presented with Most Valuable Player honors at the All-Star Game and, at the end of the season, named to the All-NBA First Team for the fourth straight year.
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414. On July 1, 2011, at 12:01 am, the NBA Live announced another lockout.
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415. Kevin Durant could team up with Irving to chase more NBA titles and add more to his legacy.
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416. The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by FIBA ( known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.
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417. In 1950, the Boston Celtics signed Chuck Cooper, becoming the first NBA franchise to draft a black player.
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418. Wilt Chamberlain capped off his rookie season by winning the 1960 NBA All-Star Game MVP award with a 23-point, 25-rebound performance for the East.
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419. James Harden is the second youngest player in NBA history to win the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.
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420. Charles Barkley joined a veteran team that included two of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler.
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421. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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422. Jalen Rose says Isaiah Thomas reaching out to the Celtics was just proof he was desperate for a job in the NBA.
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423. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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424. Michael Jordan was capable of aggressively driving to the basket, as well as drawing fouls from his opponents at a high rate; his 8,772 free throw attempts are the 11th-highest total in NBA history.
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425. Charles Barkley was named to the All-NBA First Team for the third consecutive year and earned his fourth All-Star selection.
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426. Stephen Curry capped a memorable season by helping the Warriors knock off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, giving the team its first championship since 1975.
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427. Paul Pierce spent the first fifteen years of his career with the Boston Celtics, who drafted him with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft.
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428. Draymond Green capped off a great season with an NBA championship and a triple-double in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, playing a center position role in place of Andrew Bogut.
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429. On January 24, 2008, Carmelo Anthony was named to his second consecutive NBA All-Star Game—his first as a starter.
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430. Klay Thompson declared for the 2011 NBA draft after his junior season, being selected 11th overall by the Golden State Warriors.
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431. Michael Jordan retired for a second time in January 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Wizards.
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432. Dwyane Wade played for the NBA Finals in the behalf of Miami Heat along with Chris Bosh and LeBron James in 2011 until 2014.
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433. James Harden is the only NBA player other than Wilt Chamberlain to score 30-plus points in 20 consecutive games.
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434. The Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals in six games, the franchise's 16th championship and last of the 20th century.
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435. Carmelo Anthony placed 16th in the NBA for points per 48 minutes.
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436. Minneapolis Lakers earned another matchup with the Celtics in the NBA Finals by sweeping Denver, losing just one game to Golden State, and then sweeping Seattle.
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437. Michael Jordan is one of only seven players in history to win an NCAA championship, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.
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438. James Harden became just the fourth NBA player in the last 25 years to post those totals in a single game and matched the third-highest point total for any NBA player in his team debut.
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439. LeBron James was selected by his hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft.
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440. Golden State Warriors are still the clear favorites to win the 2019 NBA title, but there's no question that they haven't been quite as dominant this season as they have been in the past.
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441. San Antonio Spurs clinched the playoffs for a 16th consecutive season, as well as extended the NBA record with 50+ games for 14 consecutive seasons.
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442. Hakeem Olajuwon led the Rockets to a championship in the 1994 NBA Finals in a seven-game series against the New York Knicks, the team of one of Olajuwon's perennial rivals since his collegiate days, Patrick Ewing.
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443. Dominique Wilkins averaged 26.7 points to finish fifth in the NBA scoring race.
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444. LeBron James led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals, becoming the first player in nearly 50 years to reach the championship round in five consecutive seasons.
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445. The NBA Summer League expanded rapidly during this period, one purpose being to tie up the most viable cities.
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446. On November 24, 2017, Derrick Rose left the team to re-evaluate his future in the NBA.
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448. On June 24, 2010, the Golden State Warriors selected Ekpe Udoh with the 6th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft.
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449. Kobe Bryant finished in fourth place in the voting for the 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award but received 22 first place votes—second only to winner Steve Nash.
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450. At the top of his game, Wilt Chamberlain was selected for the All-NBA first team for three consecutive years: 1960, 1961 and 1962.
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451. Jerry West had a jump shot with a release the NBA lauded as "lightning quick", and was known for making baskets late in the game, earning him the nickname "Mr Clutch".
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452. Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a regular season or playoff game in his 14-year NBA career.
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453. Dominique Wilkins showed no signs of fading in his 12th NBA season, even after a tumultuous midseason trade.
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455. Dirk Nowitzki is the sixth player to achieve over 30,000 regular-season points and is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history.
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456. James Harden was selected by the head coaches as a reserve for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game, which marked his second consecutive All-Star selection.
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457. Dirk Nowitzki became the 5th player in NBA history to play 21 seasons, tying an NBA record.
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458. In 2015, Stephen Curry won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
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459. Dirk Nowitzki became the first Maverick ever to be voted into the All-NBA squads, making the Third Team.
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460. Steve Kerr has won two NBA Championship titles as the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, and is currently pushing for a third, as the Warriors are facing the Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals.
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461. The LA Lakers earned the second overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and selected Brandon Ingram from Duke University.
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462. The NBA Live will no longer be testing for marijuana use in the off season.
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463. On January 21, Dwyane Wade was selected to play for the East in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, which was his sixth overall All-Star appearance.
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464. The Philadelphia Warriors won the Western Division crown that season, but lost the 1964 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, four games to one.
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465. Kevin Durant was selected second overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
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466. Jason Kidd led the Nets to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003.
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467. Scott Brooks ended up playing 10 NBA seasons with six different teams and won a championship with the Rockets in 1994.
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468. Dwyane Wade became the fourth player in NBA history to score at least 50 points while his team lost by at least 20 in a game.
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469. The San Antonio Spurs were one of the first NBA teams to wear these branded jerseys.
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470. Karl Malone has the most career postseason losses of any NBA player ever, with 95.
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471. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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472. Stephen Curry is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring basketball teams, from high school to the NBA, to regularly employ the three-point shot.
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473. The NBA landed the most important college star of the era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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474. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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475. Allen Iverson was named NBA Most Valuable Player; at 6 feet and 165 pounds, he became the shortest and lightest player to win the MVP award.
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476. Golden State Warriors selected Ekpe Udoh, a power forward from Baylor, as the 6th pick of the 2010 NBA draft.
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479. On Thursday night's "Inside the NBA", Sir Charles Barkley compared that sort of popularity-contest balloting to the 2016 presidential election.
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480. The Minneapolis Lakers advanced to the NBA Finals by sweeping the Nuggets, defeating the Warriors in five games, and sweeping the SuperSonics in the Western Conference Finals.
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481. Draymond Green started playing basketball professionally after being selected by Golden State Warriors in the 2012 NBA draft.
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482. Golden State Warriors are and will always be Curry's team owing to the point guard having been drafted by them and growing up to be the undisputed leader of the team that has gone onto dominate the NBA in recent seasons—the Bay Area team have won three championships in the last four years and could make it three straight in 2019.
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483. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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484. Draymond Green is a Defensive Player of the Year Award winner in his own right, though, and a three-time NBA champion.
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485. Shaquille O'Neal was named the 1993 NBA Rookie of the Year and became the first rookie to be voted an All-Star starter since Michael Jordan in 1985.
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486. Kevin Durant is arguably among the top three players in the NBA at the moment along with LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard, while Anthony Davis and Stephen Curry are likely to be contenders.
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487. The Minneapolis Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, their last being in 2010.
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488. From 2005 to 2008, the NBA Live had the distinction of being the only one of the four major leagues in which all teams play every other team.
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489. The NBA expanded rapidly during this period, one purpose being to tie up the most viable cities.
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490. Dwight Howard declared for the 2004 NBA Draft forgoing the possibility of a college career.
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491. Michael Jordan finished among the top three in regular-season MVP voting 10 times, and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
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492. The Los Angeles Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Celtics four games to two to defeat the Celtics for the first time in Laker history in the NBA Finals.
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493. Klay Thompson had his NBA All-Star debut in 2015 when he was selected in the reserve team of the Western Conference All-Star team.
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494. Scottie Pippen is second in the NBA in career playoff steals, with 395.
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495. Stephen Curry finished with 46 points as his winning shot was his 12th three-pointer, tying the NBA single-game record.
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496. Dirk Nowitzki was again elected to the first team All-NBA squad.
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497. The NBA is one of the most impressive sporting leagues in the world.
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498. San Antonio Spurs would go on to capture five division titles in their first seven years in the NBA and became a perennial playoff participant.
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499. Kevin Durant was selected as the second overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
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500. Draymond Green has learned to become an elite NBA player on the fly.
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501. Jerry West holds the NBA record for the highest points per game average in a playoff series with 46.3.
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502. Kobe Bryant was the first guard to play 20 seasons in the NBA.
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503. Scottie Pippen made his NBA debut on November 7, 1987 when the Chicago Bulls faced the Philadelphia 76ers as their first game of the season.
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506. Golden State Warriors are and will always be Curry's team owing to the point guard having been drafted by them and growing up to be the undisputed leader of the team that has gone onto dominate the NBA in recent seasons—the Bay Area team have won three championships in the last four years and could make it three straight in 2019.
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507. Magic Johnson won the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award for his efforts in leading the Lakers to a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, winning four of six games in the championship series.
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508. Steve Kerr was named the head coach of the Western Conference team for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game after Golden State had the best record in the conference.
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509. Chris Paul was the cover athlete for the video game NBA 2K8.
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511. Kevin Durant averaged 20.3 points per game that season and was the runaway winner of the NBA Rookie of the Year award.
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512. LeBron James has moved into the top-five on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
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513. The Philadelphia Warriors have won three of the four NBA Finals in which they faced the Cavs, winning in 2015, 2017, and 2018.
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514. Stephan Marbury played for the US in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the first of the US teams composed of NBA players to fail to win the gold medal at the Olympics.
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515. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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516. Wilt Chamberlain holds numerous NBA all-time records in scoring, rebounding and durability categories.
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517. Blake Griffin is an NBA All-Star adjusting to a new team and a new city.
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518. Kobe Bryant was just the third player in NBA history to average 40 points in a calendar month, which he has accomplished four times.
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519. On December 10, 2014, Steve Kerr became the first NBA rookie head coach to win 21 of his first 23 games.
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520. LaMarcus Aldridge was the second overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 2006 NBA draft.
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521. Dwyane Wade passed Larry Bird for 10th on the NBA's career postseason scoring list.
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522. LaMarcus Aldridge was selected second overall in the 2006 NBA draft.
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523. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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524. Dirk Nowitzki impressed with a combination of quickness, ball handling, and shooting range, and from that moment a multitude of European and NBA clubs wanted to recruit him.
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525. Michael Jordan is currently the principal owner and chairman of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
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526. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, the second-most behind the Boston Celtics.
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527. On September 23, 2016, Kevin Garnett announced his retirement after 21 seasons in the NBA.
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529. Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson exploded for 52 points on Monday against the Chicago Bulls, hitting an NBA record 14 three-pointers in the process.
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530. Michael Jordan managed to purge the team of several highly paid, unpopular players, but used the first pick in the 2001 NBA draft to select high schooler Kwame Brown, who did not live up to expectations and was traded away after four seasons.
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531. In 2008, Paul Pierce was named NBA final MVP after he helped guard Boston Celtics to the 2008 championship title, the only NBA championship he won in the course of his career, defeating a Kobe Bryant inspired LA Lakers.
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532. The NBA would become the first major North American professional sports league to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms.
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533. Charles Barkley is, to this day, considered one of the best power forwards to never win an NBA championship.
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534. Kevin Durant was part of four Western Conference finalist teams and an NBA Finals runner-up in 2012 in his nine seasons with the organization.
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535. Hakeem Olajuwon led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.
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536. Kevin Durant helped lead Oklahoma City to the 2012 NBA Finals, losing to the Miami Heat in five games.
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537. Kawhi Leonard became the 10th player from the San Antonio Spurs franchise to be honored by being placed on an NBA All-Rookie Team.
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538. Wilt Chamberlain played in the NBA during the 1960s, and many people think he is one of the best players in basketball history.
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539. Dwight Howard was named to the All-NBA Third Team after having received five consecutive first-team honors.
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540. Bill Russell is one of seven players in history to win an NCAA Championship, an NBA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal.
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541. The Golden State Warriors won the Western Division crown that season, but lost the 1964 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, four games to one.
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542. Minneapolis Lakers took the Pacific Division title and then embarked on one of the most impressive playoff journeys in NBA history.
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543. Chris Webber was chosen first overall pick by Orlando Magic during the 1993 NBA Draft.
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544. Charles Barkley was named to the All-NBA team eleven times and earned two gold medals as a member of the United States Olympic Basketball team.
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545. Dirk Nowitzki is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records.
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546. In 1959 Wilt Chamberlain joined the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors and made an immediate impact on the league.
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547. Scottie Pippen was a constant presence in the NBA playoffs prior to this season, reaching the playoffs in 16 straight years.
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548. Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul takes a jump shot against the Orlando Magic during the second half of an NBA basketball game at Toyota Center on Sunday, Jan 27, 2019, in Houston.
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549. Charles Barkley is unafraid to tell you what he thinks about, well, anything, but especially when it comes to the NBA and the sport of basketball.
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550. Golden State Warriors reached the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year, facing a rematch against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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551. Blake Griffin made it very clear that his on-court battle with Ben Simmons was personal after the Aussie NBA star dated his ex, Kendall Jenner.
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552. On June 24, 2010, the Philadelphia Warriors selected Ekpe Udoh with the 6th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft.
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553. Stephen Curry shoots 54 percent from this range, while the NBA makes 35 percent of its threes overall and under 22 percent from between 30 and 35 feet.
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554. Paul Pierce was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player after averaging 22 points per game over the six-game series.
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555. Carmelo Anthony was second in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting, finishing runner-up to the Cavaliers rookie standout, James.
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556. Michael Jordan played in his final NBA game on April 16, 2003, in Philadelphia.
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557. Hakeem Olajuwon recorded a quadruple-double during the season, becoming only the third player in NBA history to do so.
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558. Kobe Bryant led the NBA in scoring during two seasons and ranks third on the league's all-time regular season scoring and fourth on the all-time postseason scoring list.
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559. Carmelo Anthony became the second-youngest player to score at least 40 points in a game in NBA history.
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560. On July 1, 2011, at 12:01 am, the NBA announced another lockout.
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561. Kobe Bryant entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers.
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562. Kobe Bryant was five years old when his father left the NBA and moved the family to Pistoia, Italy.
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563. Scottie Pippen ranked fifth overall in the NBA in steals, both for total and per game.
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564. On May 24, 1994, Isaiah Thomas was introduced as the head of basketball operations for the expansion Toronto Raptors, the first NBA franchise located outside the United States.
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565. Dwyane Wade was an eight-time selection to the All-NBA team and made three appearances on the All-Defensive Team.
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566. Stephen Curry broke another NBA record by becoming the first player.
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567. Russell Westbrook is averaging a triple-double for the third-straight year in what is his 8th All-Star caliber NBA season.
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568. Magic Johnson left Michigan State after his sophomore season and was selected by the Lakers with the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft.
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569. Kevin Durant joined Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James as the only teenagers in NBA history to average at least 20 points per game for a season.
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570. On June 25, 2009, Steph Curry was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
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571. Paul George was select 10th overall by the Indiana Pacers, making him the highest NBA draft pick in the history of Fresno State.
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572. In 2011, Derrick Rose was named the NBA Most Valuable Player, becoming the youngest player to win this award at 22 years and 6 months old.
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574. In Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Klay Thompson played in his franchise-record 100th postseason game.
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575. At the tender age of nineteen, Isaiah Thomas became responsible for rescuing the NBA's worst team.
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576. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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577. Hakeem Olajuwon played his first 17 NBA seasons in Houston, but he finished his career as a Toronto Raptor.
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578. Derrick Rose played one season at Memphis before entering the NBA Draft, but it was clouded by controversy.
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580. Hakeem Olajuwon sought advice from the coaching staff about how to increase his playing time, and they advised him to work out with local Houston resident and multiple NBA MVP winner, Moses Malone.
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581. From 2005 to 2008, the NBA Summer League had the distinction of being the only one of the four major leagues in which all teams play every other team.
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582. Scott Brooks got his first NBA gig after a tryout in the Loyola-Marymount Summer League in Los Angeles back in 1988.
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583. Paul George is a remarkable player who is unarguably one of the best in the NBA.
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584. LeBron James decided to join with Bosh and Wade in part so that he could shoulder less of the offensive load; he thought that his improved teammates would give him a better chance of winning an NBA championship than had he stayed in Cleveland.
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585. Wilt Chamberlain is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game or average more than 40 and 50 points in a season.
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586. Minneapolis Lakers earned the top pick in the 1958 NBA draft and used it to select Elgin Baylor.
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587. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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588. Hakeem Olajuwon was the best center in the NBA at the time, so I was trying to improve my game against the best.
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589. Stephen Curry is the NBA's MVP and a big winner in another important category: fan favorite.
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590. In 2000, when Isaiah Thomas became head coach of the Indiana Pacers, NBA rules forced him to put the CBA into a blind trust, and the league crumbled.
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591. Vince Carter became the 11th NBA player with at least 1,600 3-pointers.
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592. Hakeem Olajuwon attended the 2013 NBA draft to bid farewell to retiring commissioner David Stern as Stern made his announcement for the final pick of the first round.
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593. On July 8, 2017, James Harden signed a four-year contract extension with the Rockets for approximately $160 million, giving him a total six-year deal with $228 million guaranteed—the richest contract in NBA history.
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594. Charles Barkley appeared in his second All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA First Team for the first time in his career.
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595. In 1984, Charles Barkley declared himself ready for the professional grind and Philadelphia 76ers picked him up as their power forward with the fifth overall selection in the 1984 NBA Draft.
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596. Charles Barkley was popular with the fans and media and made the NBA's All-Interview Team for his last 13 seasons in the league.
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597. Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points and set an NBA All-Star game record of eight made three-pointers, breaking the old mark of six jointly shared by Mark Price and LeBron James.
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598. Carmelo Anthony never turned into the player the NBA world expected, and now his career has taken an ugly final turn.
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599. Steve Kerr is a 5-time NBA champion, winning three championships with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs.
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600. Steve Kerr played a major part of the Bulls' championship victory in the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz.
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601. Charles Barkley was selected to his eighth consecutive All-Star Game, but did not play because of a torn right quadriceps tendon, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team.
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602. Dwight Howard has had a long great NBA career full of ups and.
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603. The NBA Live expanded rapidly during this period, one purpose being to tie up the most viable cities.
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604. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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605. Scottie Pippen was selected fifth overall in the 1987 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and traded to the Chicago Bulls for Olden Polynice and future draft pick options.
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606. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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607. The Minneapolis Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, the second-most behind the Boston Celtics.
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608. The only NBA Summer League teams that did not send a team to the Revue at least once were the Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards.
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609. Kobe Bryant declared for the NBA draft upon graduation and was selected in the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets, who traded him to the Lakers.
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610. Magic Johnson was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
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611. On September 25, 2001, Michael Jordan announced his return to the NBA to play for the Washington Wizards, indicating his intention to donate his salary as a player to a relief effort for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
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612. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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613. Derrick Rose fights back tears after career-high 50 points in Timberwolves' NBA win.
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614. The NBA would become the first major North American professional sports league to allow corporate sponsorship logos on official team uniforms, and the last to have a uniform manufacturer logo appear on its team uniforms.
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615. Vince Carter declared himself eligible for the NBA, but not before being reminded by his mother that he must complete his education.
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616. The Minneapolis Lakers won the rights to the seventh pick of the 2014 NBA draft with which they selected Julius Randle, a freshman power forward from the University of Kentucky.
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617. Russell Westbrook joined Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain (twice) as the only players in NBA history to record 20 triple-doubles in a season.
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618. Dwight Howard was coming off six straight All-Star Games and three NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards when he was traded from the Magic to the Lakers.
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619. The Minneapolis Lakers lost the Western Conference Semifinals in six games as the San Antonio Spurs advanced and went on to claim their second NBA title.
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620. Bill Russell is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history.
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621. The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, the second-most behind the Boston Celtics.
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622. Michael Jordan left college after his junior year to join the NBA.
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623. Gary Payton earned his first of 9 consecutive All-NBA team selections when he was chosen to the All-NBA Third team in 1994.
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624. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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625. LaMarcus Aldridge is set to make his seventh-career NBA All-Star appearance and his third as a member of the Spurs.
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627. Jason Kidd was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the fourth time in his career.
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628. Kawhi Leonard was named to the Second Team All-America and would forgo his final two seasons at San Diego State to enter the 2011 NBA draft.
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629. In 2007, the NBA Summer League attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league.
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630. Dominique Wilkins earned a berth on the All-NBA Second Team and became the first Hawks player to be named NBA Player of the Week three times in a season.
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631. Steve Kerr missed all of 2015 and most of January 2016, although technically the NBA credited Walton's win-loss record to Kerr.
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632. Steph Curry finished his rookie season with 166 three-pointers, which were the most ever by a rookie in NBA history.
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633. Charles Barkley is one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all time, an Emmy-winning sports analyst, has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and was rumored to be dating Madonna at one point.
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634. The Minneapolis Lakers were able to pull together and make the NBA Finals, only to lose in heartbreaking fashion to a now-dominant Celtics team.
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635. Michael Jordan is the most decorated player in the NBA, past or present.
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636. LeBron James quickly emerged as a league star and concluded his first season by winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.
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637. Dwyane Wade was named a consensus All-American and decided to forgo his senior season so as to declare for the 2003 NBA draft, in which the Heat selected him as the fifth overall pick.
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638. Tony Parker has won four NBA Championships, all of which were with the Spurs.
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639. Boston Celtics won 11 of 13 The NBA titles from 1957 through 1969, a dominance unparalleled in modern sports.
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640. In 2001, Joe Bryant had appeared in twenty NBA playoff games.
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641. Golden State Warriors made a three-pointer in 151 consecutive games, which broke the NBA record of 127 set by Kyle Korver in 2014.
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642. On Thursday night's "Inside the NBA", Sir Charles Barkley compared that sort of popularity-contest balloting to the 2016 presidential election.
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643. Karl Malone made his first All-Star Game in 1988 on the strength of 27.1 points per game, and made his first All-NBA team at the end of the season.
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644. Scottie Pippen claimed the starting small forward position during the 1988 NBA Playoffs, helping the Jordan-led Bulls to reach the conference semifinals for the first time in over a decade.
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645. Carmelo Anthony demonstrated great explosiveness earlier in his NBA career, but like most players at the age of 30 he has lost some athleticism and does not throw down dunks quite like he used to.
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646. Steve Kerr became the first rookie coach to win an NBA Final since Pat Riley in 1982 after leading the Golden State Warriors to win the 2015 NBA trophy.
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647. The Minneapolis Lakers went on to miss the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2005, for just the second time in the last two decades and for just the sixth time in franchise history.
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648. Chris Webber was named to the All-Star team again in 2000 and 2001 while cementing his status as one of the premier power forwards in the NBA.
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649. Derrick Rose has played for four NBA teams and is currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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650. Draymond Green was selected with the 35th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
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651. Steph Curry broke his own NBA record for threes in a season, leaving the new mark at 288.
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652. Gary Payton stated when the NBA comes back to Seattle he wants to be part of the team so it won't be relocated again.
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653. Kobe Bryant holds the NBA record for the most seasons playing with one franchise for an entire career and is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
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654. Shaquille O'Neal played for six teams throughout his 19-year NBA career.
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655. In January 1999, Steve Kerr was acquired by the San Antonio Spurs in a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls, whereby Chuck Person and a first-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft was sent to Chicago.
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656. The Los Angeles Lakers went on to miss the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2005, for just the second time in the last two decades and for just the sixth time in franchise history.
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657. Minneapolis Lakers have won 16 NBA titles and have appeared in the NBA Finals 15 other times.
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658. Karl Malone won his first NBA Most Valuable Player award, and the Jazz were the top team in the Western Conference and the playoff champions in that conference.
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659. Over his 15-year NBA career, Chris Webber made over $176 million.
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