Things you recently learned about the NBA

[JJ_PR]

Yesterday I was re-watching Game 1 of the 1992 Finals, and they said Jordan set a new record for 3-point-attempts in an NBA Finals game. Nobody had attempted TEN 3-pointers before.

Wow.

[theforumblue]

For example, I didn't know the Pistons made the finals three straight times from 1988-1990. I knew about their two titles during that span but I didn't know they where literally a possesion away from possibly three peating the year before.

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[Note: And things get even crazier from there... with fans on the court during the final couple of seconds as the Pistons tried to tie it... and a possible trip no-call.]

Against the Lakers, no less, who they defeated 16 years later to win their third title.

they won an * title the following year vs the lakers.

[trueballer7]

I grew up watching Lebron, up until recently I didnt know taking 5 steps without dribbling the ball was a travel in the NBA

[hauntedcomputer]

That stringing together three good regular-season games in a row makes you a GOAT candidate.

[MelTurpin]

That there are at least 30 players who are "top 10."

[Myth]

I didn't know that Jerami Grant was Horace Grant's nephew until a few months ago.

Just in case you weren't familiar with more of the family tree, Jerami is brothers with Jerian Grant, and both are the sons of Harvey Grant who played in the NBA and is Horace's twin brother.

And as a side story: When they were kids, Harvey once stabbed Horace in the butt with a fork, and Horace left it in until his mom got home to get Harvey in trouble.

[BarneyGumble]

That the league and its players don't like minorities in America being treated unfairly but they are totally cool with it happening in China.

[Jadoogar]

That the league and its players don't like minorities in America being treated unfairly but they are totally cool with it happening in China.

Almost as if they live in America so they would identify with those issues more?
Want to clean up the world? Start with your own backyard.

[JujitsuFlip]

I didn't know that Jerami Grant was Horace Grant's nephew until a few months ago.

Just in case you weren't familiar with more of the family tree, Jerami is brothers with Jerian Grant, and both are the sons of Harvey Grant who played in the NBA and is Horace's twin brother.

And as a side story: When they were kids, Harvey once stabbed Horace in the butt with a fork, and Horace left it in until his mom got home to get Harvey in trouble.

I legit didn't know Horace had a twin brother, wow.

[dickfox]

I learned this week that Scottie Pippen was just as good as Michael Jordan.

Scottie Pippen told me.

[mediocrityrules]

The Celtics and Knicks are the only original NBA teams left in the NBA. There were 11 basketball clubs when the league first started but every other team has gone bankrupt except the Warriors (who moved). Here's what happened to the other 9 founding teams:

1. Chicago Stags -> lasted 4 years, had their name changed to the Chicago Bruins and travelled around as one of the teams that played against the Harlem Globetrotters before disbanding. The NBA expanded again in Chicago with the Zephyrs in 1961 and finally the Bulls were the permeant expansion team in 1966.
2. Cleveland Rebels -> only lasted one season before the team went bankrupt. The NBA re-emerged in Cleveland when the Cavaliers were one of 3 expansion teams in 1970.
3. Detroit Falcons -> also only lasted one season before going under. The Fort Wayne Pistons, who actually pre-dated in the NBA and were a part of another league, joined the NBA in 1949 and then moved to Detroit in 1957.
4. Philadelphia Warriors -> never went bankrupt, but they moved to the San Francisco area in 1962 and became the Golden State Warriors.
5. Pittsburgh Ironmen -> only lasted one season and were the worst team in the league. Pittsburgh has never had a NBA team since. They did have an ABA team from 1967-1972 but sadly it went under before the NBA-ABA merger.
6. Providence Steamrollers -> they lasted 3 seasons before throwing in the towel. And there has not been a professional sports club based in Rhode Island in the 60+ years since.
7. St. Louis Bombers -> were one of the more successful early NBA franchises since they lasted a whole 4 seasons. St. Louis got another NBA team soon after that when the Milwaukee Hawks moved there in 1955. This team would go on to become the Atlanta Hawks in 1968.
8. Toronto Huskies -> a sad story as they weren't good and lasted only one year. Toronto had to wait 48 years to have another chance at a professional basketball team when the Toronto Raptors became a NBA expansion in 1995.
9. Washington Capitols -> yes the same name as the hockey team in DC. They lasted 5 years before moving to another basketball league and then going bankrupt after one more season. DC got another team in 1973 when the Baltimore Bullets moved across the river to DC, and then rebranded as the Wizards in 1997.

This. I learned this about 5 minutes ago.

[Harry Garris]

That the league and its players don't like minorities in America being treated unfairly but they are totally cool with it happening in China.

I am willing to bet that you also care significantly more about events that happen to your friends, family, or neighbors than you do about things that occur halfway around the world. The farther we are removed from a situation the more difficult it is to care.

[BarneyGumble]

That the league and its players don't like minorities in America being treated unfairly but they are totally cool with it happening in China.

I am willing to bet that you also care significantly more about events that happen to your friends, family, or neighbors than you do about things that occur halfway around the world. The farther we are removed from a situation the more difficult it is to care.

There’s a difference between not caring about it and making millions off it.

[Harry Garris]

That the league and its players don't like minorities in America being treated unfairly but they are totally cool with it happening in China.

I am willing to bet that you also care significantly more about events that happen to your friends, family, or neighbors than you do about things that occur halfway around the world. The farther we are removed from a situation the more difficult it is to care.

There’s a difference between not caring about it and making millions off it.

The players have nothing to do with that. They have zero input or say into who the league sells their broadcast rights to.

Also, the NBA isn't going out and clapping their hands in support of the CCP. They're just doing the exact same business they do in every other country in the world in the Chinese TV market. I don't know how much you know about the global supply chain, but about every single product or service that you purchase is going to pass through China on some step of the way. We are all indirectly supporting their government in the same way that the NBA is if that's how you choose to look at it.

[MaxZaslofskyJr]

That the Kings are the oldest franchise in the NBA. They have been around since 1923, in some shape or form. Almost 100 years!

Good one and through the NBL whose origins (to my mind) really ought to count as the birth of today's NBA.

[Myth]

I didn't know that Jerami Grant was Horace Grant's nephew until a few months ago.

Just in case you weren't familiar with more of the family tree, Jerami is brothers with Jerian Grant, and both are the sons of Harvey Grant who played in the NBA and is Horace's twin brother.

And as a side story: When they were kids, Harvey once stabbed Horace in the butt with a fork, and Horace left it in until his mom got home to get Harvey in trouble.

I legit didn't know Horace had a twin brother, wow.

I had the advantage of him spending time as a Portland Trail Blazer while I was a kid. All Blazer fans from that era were aware.

[JujitsuFlip]

Just in case you weren't familiar with more of the family tree, Jerami is brothers with Jerian Grant, and both are the sons of Harvey Grant who played in the NBA and is Horace's twin brother.

And as a side story: When they were kids, Harvey once stabbed Horace in the butt with a fork, and Horace left it in until his mom got home to get Harvey in trouble.

I legit didn't know Horace had a twin brother, wow.

I had the advantage of him spending time as a Portland Trail Blazer while I was a kid. All Blazer fans from that era were aware.

Makes sense. I know it said they were identical but I guess because they wore their hair and facial hair different, plus Harvey not always wearing goggles, they don't look identical to me.

[adubmac]

I learned that Mugsy Bogues has 39 career blocks

[SNPA]

Nothing. I know everything.

This is a cliched and immature response. I’m unhappy you beat me to it.

[G35]

For example, I didn't know the Pistons made the finals three straight times from 1988-1990. I knew about their two titles during that span but I didn't know they where literally a possesion away from possibly three peating the year before.

But Isiah Thomas is overrated...yeah right. If CP3 had won b2b titles and was one possession from a 3peat they would be saying he was the GOAT PG.

It is forgotten that those Pistons knocked out Jordan and the Bulls out of the playoffs three times and people act like it was no big deal.....