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The Alphabet Tournament — I went ahead and built an all time team for each letter of the alphabet, based on first name. Where there are two possible names I went with the more commonly used one (e.g. Magic Johnson rather than Earvin Johnson). Because I'm also a fan of European basketball I've sprinkled in some Euroleague legends, especially in letter where pickings were slim. I swear on my life this is not AI generated! **A-team** G Allen Iverson, G Andre Iguodala, F Alex English, F Amare Stoudemire, C Anthony Davis B

Greatest NBA Player in every date — From BasketballReference - Accolades will be a factor too #January: - 1: Mike Mitchell - 2: Kirk Hinrich - 3: Doug McDermott - 4: Al Jefferson (HM: Victor Wembanyama) - 5: Alex English - 6: Gilbert Arenas - 7: Todd Day - 8: Calvin Natt - 9: Muggsy Bogues (HM: Michael Beasley) - 10: Glenn Robinson - 11: Tony Allen (HM: Darryl Dawkins) - 12: Dominique Wilkins - 13: Tom Gola - 14: Swen Nater - 15: Bob Davies - 16: Gerald Henderson - 17: Dwyane Wade - 18: Gary Trent Jr. - 19: Javale McGee - 20:

Making All-Time Starting 5 of every Jersey number that has been worn — Rule: - Player with multiple jersey number will be selected not as their prime but only the season they were playing in those numbers - Every player is not position locked Some of this starting 5 doesn't make sense spacing wise, or some all time great don't make the cut due to other players just have more better fit or some i just put because of their accolades. So feel free to fix some of these team in your opinion. #00 - PG: Johnny Moore - SG: Jordan Clarkson - SF: Benedict Mathurin - PF:

The streak continues: all 75 years of the NBA have featured a Finals with at least one player who's a current, past, or future Knick. — The list: 1950: Slater Martin 1951: The Knicks played in the Finals 1952: The Knicks played in the Finals 1953: The Knicks played in the Finals 1954: Slater Martin 1955: Connie Simmons 1956: Tom Gola 1957: Slater Martin 1958: Slater Martin 1959: Gene Conley 1960: Slater Martin 1961: Gene Conley 1962: Carl Braun 1963: Dick Barnett 1964: Willie Naulls 1965: Willie Naulls  1966: Willie Naulls 1967: Art Heyman 1968: Jim Barnes 1969: Jim Barnes 1970: The Knicks played in the F

[OC] Nikola Jokic & Trae Young: The Only Two Players in 30 Years Without An All-Star Teammate - An Analysis — ### Background (This post will focus on Trae Young as I’m a Hawks fan but I think it shouldn’t be lost on anyone that two of the best playmakers of this generation have never had an All-Star teammate while they were also on the roster.)   As an aforementioned Hawks fan, I’ve watched and appreciated Trae Young since he's stepped foot into the league. Watching last night's game v. the Miami Heat where his starting teammates were a 19-year old rookie, a 21-year old defensive stalwart with a

Top 250 Players (Careers + Peaks): 2024 Update — As promised, here is the 2024 update for the top 250 players, in list form. I did make a slight tweak to my formula based on feedback and my own feelings towards how I was counting ABA accomplishments (in short, they're worth a little bit less now). For active players, I'll list their 2023 rank in parentheses. I'm just going to put the rank instead of the score, because LeBron scored a few points, and since he's at the top of the scale on one of the metrics, it resets everybody else's score down

Top 10 NBA players for each letter of the alphabet — The origins of this list came about when the Denver Nuggets won the NBA chip last year. I asked my bball group chat if winning the NBA chip made Jamal the best NBA player named Jamal/Jamaal. I then made this list: Jamal Murray Jamal Crawford Jamal Mashburn Jamaal Magloire Jamaal Tinsley After some research we learned about Jamaal Wilkes and then we made Tinsley an honorable mention. With the NBA playoffs coming, I thought I tried to do something similar but on a much larger scale and share it

All Star and All NBA appearances of top 5 picks in the modern era — After seeing the interesting post by u/SerialRapper, the comment by u/NJ_Citizen and having too much time on my hands, I thought it would be interesting to see how many top 5 picks since 1966 have gotten an All Star or All NBA/All ABA selection, and how much it differs from the 75% of first overall picks who managed to do so. 1966 (5/5): 1. Cazzie Russell (1x All Star) 2. Dave Bing (7x All Star, 3x All NBA, HoF) 3. Clyde Lee (1x All Star) 4. Lou Hudson (6x All Star, 1x All NBA, HoF) 5. Jack Ma

I documented the top usage player of every team that won a playoff series over the past 20 years. Here are the ceilings of individual players as top options on their playoff teams in this window. — NOTE: I expanded this to 1997 when this stat started being measured. As a result, players like Hakeem Olajuwon should be in higher tiers but are not because the numbers dont go back far enough. Same for 4/6 Jordan rings with the Bulls. Tier 1: Top usage on multiple championship winning teams * Lebron James (2012 Heat, 2013 Heat, 2016 Cavaliers, 2020 Lakers) * Steph Curry (2015 Warriors, 2017 Warriors, 2022 Warriors) * Kobe Bryant (2009 Lakers, 2010 Lakers) * Tim Duncan (2005 Spurs, 2007 Spurs,

Top 250 Players (Careers + Peaks): #120-111 (OC) — Previous posts: [Introduction/Methodology](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/14kf4vy/top_250_players_careers_peaks_introduction_oc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [236-250](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/14ymtj9/250_greatest_players_careers_peaks_236250_oc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [221-235](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/15271q0/top_250_players_careers_peaks_221235_oc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [206-220](https://www.redd

How would you rank the NBA champions of the 2000s from 1st to 10th? — Basis for Main Superstar or Star: Who was the centerpiece of the championship team? Basis for Secondary Star: Who was more of a compliment to the Main Star but also won their own accolades and showed up on the box score? Basis for Primary Role Players: Who averaged consistent double-digit minutes in the playoffs and played most of the games? ​ * 2000 Lakers: 67-15 Reg Season, 15-8 Playoffs * Main Superstar: Shaquille O'Neal * Secondary Star: Kobe Bryant * Primary Role Players

[OC] Ranking the best teams of the 2000s -- with a twist. You can only use each franchise one time. (Part 3 of 3) — For this offseason exercise, we're going to rank the best teams of the [2000s]( https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/presents19256296/golden-state-warriors-steph-curry-stopped-only-kevin-durant). As mentioned in the title, we wanted to introduce a caveat: we can only use a franchise once. Every team will get ONE single-season entry that they can submit to the rankings committee. Because there are so many teams, we're going to break them down into three parts: teams [ranked 21-30](htt

[OC] A new Points Metric & Stat! PPG% - The percentage of team points scored by a certain player — Hi all! I'd like to start by talking a little about the stat. I actually came up with the idea 4 years ago and it largely came about because people talk about Kobe's 40 point playoff games and the >50 win teams he's taken down, in a slower era. So I figured something needs to account for the low scoring games. What matters more, someone dropping 30 with a final score of 90, or scoring 30 when the final score is 120? This needed to be addressed. By using points as a percentage of the team's to

Play-off Opposition: NBA Legends Ranked by Victories over 50+ Win Teams — DISCLAIMER: These are NOT who I consider to be the twelve greatest players of all time, mostly consensus ones plus a few I wanted to do out of curiosity. No player from before 1968 was considered. And finally, this stat is mostly meaningless and meant for interest. Different eras bring different types of teams, and one 60 win team might be nothing compared to the others. I found it interesting to just review the teams of the past that always just came up short to some of these super star lead on

[OC] Each NBA Franchise's Best 82-Game Regular Season Record — |#| |Year|Team|Record|Key Player|Key Player|Key Player|Key Player| |:-:|:-:|-:|:-|-:|:-|:-|:-|:-| |*1*|[](/GSW)|2015-16|Golden State Warriors|**73-9**|Steph Curry|Klay Thompson|Draymond Green|Harrison Barnes| |*2*|[](/CHI)|1995-96|Chicago Bulls|**72-10**|Michael Jordan|Scottie Pippen|Dennis Rodman|Toni Kukoc| |*3*|[](/LAL)|1971-72|Los Angeles Lakers|**69-13**|Wilt Chamberlain|Jerry West|Gail Goodrich|Jim McMillian| |*4*|[](/BOS)|1972-73|Boston Celtics|**68-14**|John Havlicek|Dave Cowens|Jo Jo Wh

Top 100 players in All-Time 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts - and the worst 3PT% of the high volumes ones. — It's for the regular season. In bold: Active players. In bold for 3PT% - average or below 3pt shooting in today's standards - **34.8%** so far in the 2021-2022 season. 1.[Ray Allen](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/allenra02.html) 7429 - 40% 2.[**Stephen Curry**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryst01.html) 6929 - 43.1% 3.[**James Harden**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hardeja01.html) 6918 - 36.3% (He is **33.7%** this season, so far

The Best NBA Player from each College (A-N) — This is part one of this list. **This list is based off of accomplishments in the NBA (or ABA), not college or international leagues.** Please let me know of any mistakes or if I missed something. \--- **Key:** AS - All-Star AN - All-NBA, All-ABA, All-BAA AD - All-Defensive AR - All-Rookie MVP - Most Valuable Player FMVP- Finals Most Valuable Player DPOY - Defensive Player of the Year 6MOY - Sixth Man of the Year MIP- Most Improved Player COTY - Coach of the Year EOTY- Executive

[OC] What would all-time rosters look like if everyone went home like LeBron in 2015? — # TL;DR Made [all-time hometown rosters](https://imgur.com/a/b2arjnJ) with original 30 NBA teams + 25 new teams to split populated areas and big teams ([spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LpvoXhV-IgauubYMzjdPwXHDpuSYYkzUPovb9E-0ijA/edit?usp=sharing) \+ [map](https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1uYi_WQwWQYpg_IkY0kZqvMK8dyYX7alC&usp=sharing)) # Player Pool and Team Pool I used the **top 969 players who have at least 10000 minutes played** in their career. Why 10000 minutes

The Late '90s of NBA franchise players in each NBA team: Do you agree with the list? — This is the Late '90s of NBA from 1996-97 to 1998-99 season. List of the late '90s NBA franchise players (1996-97 to 1998-99) in each NBA team: Atlanta Hawks: Dikembe Mutombo Boston Celtics: Antonie Walker Charlotte Hornets: Glen Rice Chicago Bulls: Michael Jordan Cleveland Cavaliers: Shawn Kemp Dallas Mavericks: Michael Finley Denver Nuggets: Antonio McDyess Detroit Pistons: Grant Hill Golden State Warriors: Erick Dampier Houston Rockets: Hakeem Olajuwon Indiana Pacers: Reggie Mill

IYO, What do you think these all-time NBA rosters in each team? — ****Atlantic Division**** ***Boston Celtics All-Time Roster:*** ***Starters:*** G: Bob Cousy G: John Havlicek F: Larry Bird F: Kevin McHale C: Bill Russell Bench: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Robert Parish, Dave Cowens, Jo Jo White, Rajon Rondo, Tom Heinsohn, Sam Jones, Ray Allen, and Antonie Walker ***Brooklyn Nets All-Time Roster:*** ***Starters:*** G: Jason Kidd G: Drazen Petrovic F: Julius Erving F: Kevin Durant C: Brook Lopez Bench: Kyrie Irving, Vince Carter, Buck Williams, Otis

Unique player accessories — So, I'm a product of 90's and 2000's era hoops and it dawned on me while watching highlights of some games from the other night...every team looks so homogenized. Even the stars. Granted, shoes nowadays are in much crazier colorways, but remember when we had stuff like Jordan's famous calf sleeve or those high ankles braces Glen Rice used rock? Ben and Rasheed Wallace had those extra long wristbands only they would wear and at one point, A.I. was virtually the only dude rocking the arm sleeve. T

Is Tanking Worth It? A Study on The Correlation Between Lottery Picks and the NBA Finals Over the Past Two Decades — Hello fellow basketball fans and those of you who claim to be basketball fans. I have decided to do a project with the intent of finding empirical evidence to determine the degree in which tanking (attaining lottery picks) leads to success (reaching the NBA finals). If this seems extremely extra and motivated, that’s because it is. I am sick and tired of seeing spoiled/know-it-all fans of well-run organizations (this is pointed) whine about how they’d rather lose to get a high draft pick as oppo

Haven't done one of these in a while. What are the circumstances needed to get these two teams to meet in the finals in 1996? — **Note: Team names in parentheses indicate the stage in a players that I've taken them from.** First off, Team A * Coach: Dwane Casey * PG: Kyle Lowry (Raptors), Jeff Teague (Hawks), Raymond Felton (Thunder) * SG: CJ McCollum (Blazers), Sasha Vujacic (Lakers), Bryn Forbes (Bucks) * SF: Shawn Marion (Suns), Joe Ingles (Jazz), Torrey Craig (Nuggets) * PF: Chris Bosh (Raptors), Kevon Looney (Warriors), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) * C: Brook Lopez (Nets), Javale McGee (Warriors), Marcin Go

[OC] What would rosters look like if you took the top 950+ players in WS/48 and put them on teams they grew up near? — If this seems familiar, I actually did a [version with 700 players and minimum 15000 minutes played](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/gz20cm/oc_what_would_rosters_look_like_if_you_took_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). I dropped the minutes requirement to 10000 to include players who spent most/all of their career in the ABA and players who burned bright but had injury troubles (Brandon Roy and Doug Collins). If you're not a fan of reading a lot of text, here's the [imgur l

Top 300-ish Players All-Time: general consensus rankings organized by tiers — **PLEASE READ THIS FIRST:** These are NOT my rankings/opinion. This is the result of charting the 5 most popular "top-100" lists (*and their Honorable Mentions*), namely Bill Simmons Pyramid (2010), Bleacher-Report (2015), ESPN (2016), RealGM (2017), and Slam (2018). Looking at them all together in a giant spreadsheet, certain "consensus" groupings emerged of players with overlapping rankings, and with certain common splits emerging between groups. Within each group, there were usually 25-35% of