Luka Dončić: A legend is born
This regular season, Luka Dončić averaged 28.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 8.8 assists. In NBA history, only Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook have either matched or exceeded those numbers.
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Honoring Mamba Day: Kobe Bryant’s most underrated season
People debating Kobe Bryant’s most memorable season may talk about his 2008 MVP campaign, his 2009 or 2010 championship runs or his 2005-06 season, when he averaged more than 35 points per game. While these were all great seasons, Bryant’s most underrated and underappreciated season, all things considered, was the
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NBA’s 1st superstar: George Mikan
Throughout his six-year NBA career before his first retirement, Mikan led the league in scoring three times and in rebounding two times, and was top five in field goal percentage three times.
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Why Kevin Durant is not the greatest scorer in NBA history
Kevin Durant is many things — a scoring champion, an MVP, a finals MVP and a future Hall of Famer. What is he not? The greatest scorer of all time. Durant has no reason to be included in “greatest scorer of all time” conversations, yet people (including his former teammate
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‘Greatness Code’ is Apple TV+’s limp attempt at sharing athlete stories
“Greatness Code” features A-list names within a variety of sports arenas — from basketball to surfing to snowboarding and more.
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Is Wilt Chamberlain the greatest of all time?
Wilt Chamberlain has 118 career 50-point games. The next five players with the most 50-point games make up 110 50-point games.
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Is Jayson Tatum an NBA superstar?
Throughout his first two seasons, Tatum scored at least 30 points once. In this 19-game stretch to finish the 2020 regular season, Tatum had nine 30-point games.
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Speak up and dribble
High-profile Black athletes share a unique and powerful platform for effecting immeasurable social change, and it is only becoming more powerful by the day.
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Athletes must utilize their platforms for social justice
With sports halted by the coronavirus, athletes have a chance to use their platforms for something bigger than sports. They need to speak up.
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Game on: NBA’s return is what we need right now
“The NBA’s back.” With these three words, Adrian Wojnarowski, more commonly referred to as Woj, emphatically ended his informational tweet and sent the collective basketball world into a frenzy. Following the death of Kobe Bryant in late January, players across the league expressed a newfound motivation and desire to win
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