The “Ice Man” won four NBA scoring titles thanks to his patented finger roll floating jumper (but he could score from anywhere on the court), and was the first player to reach 20,000 career points post-merger
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Always a bridesmaid: 15 players who have finished second in NBA MVP voting but never won
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Short of the promised land: 26 greatest players who have never reached the NBA Finals
Over 900 players have taken the court for an NBA Finals game in the last 80 years, but that does not include the 26 legends on this list.
Mostly valuable: 17 greatest players who never earned NBA league MVP
Whether they were stuck on non-contenders, unlucky to go up against bigger legends, or simply robbed of the award, these are the 17 greatest players to never win the NBA MVP award.
Second acts: 22 franchise legends who ended their career with a brief stop on an unfamiliar team
The star players on this list are indelibly linked with a single franchise where they built their legend, but closed out their career looking not-quite-right in a different jersey.
Noms de plume: 75 greatest NBA and ABA player nicknames
From the iconic to the cool to the slightly derisive, we count down the 75 greatest player nicknames in NBA history.
Fraudulent voting: 20 controversial NBA league MVP decisions
As is bound to be the case whenever humans are making objective decisions based on subjective criteria, the NBA MVP winners have not always made sense in retrospect. Sometimes, they don’t even make sense as they’re being awarded. These are the 20 most notable cases.
Sibling rivalry: 10 lesser-known NBA playing brothers of star players
Though some were pretty great players in their own right, these siblings got lost in the shuffle of their more famous brothers’ NBA success.
Always a bridesmaid: 15 players who have finished second in NBA MVP voting but never won
Some of the greatest players in NBA history have been denied winning the MVP trophy, and many of them finished as close as possible without being first.