Basketball, Listed

A dedication to basketball history, catalogued and presented in convenient list form.

Scottie Pippen

Rivals John Havlicek as the greatest player of all time who spent most of his career as not the best player on his own team; during Michael Jordan’s two-year retirement, his stint as top dog was mixed and almost got him traded to the Sonics

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Gold standards: Ranking the 18 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball teams

From the original “dream team” that brought home gold from Berlin in 1936 (with James Naismith watching) to the legendary 1992 edition to the latest American champions in 2016, we rank the 18 U.S. men’s basketball teams based on both their performance at the Olympics and their roster as a whole.

Inauspicious debuts: 18 greatest players who weren’t named to the NBA All-Rookie team

Any first year player in ’19-’20 who doesn’t make the All-Rookie team should take heart. Not all the best players have their greatness apparent from the beginning, and some miss out on accolades altogether in their rookie season. Here are the 18 greatest that weren’t considered great enough to be All-Rookie.

Missed connections: 19 blockbuster NBA trades that almost happened but fell through

Some of the greatest “what if” scenarios in NBA history have been trades that were rumored, agreed to in principle, and maybe even finalized then vetoed, but never happened. Here, we detail 19 of them that would have certainly changed the destiny of the franchises involved, if not the entire league.

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