A dedication to basketball history, catalogued and ranked for posterity, then presented in convenient list form

Player pages


Bill Russell

The ultimate basketball victor, Russell was a two-time NCAA champion at San Francisco, an Olympic gold medalist in 1956, and won a record 11 NBA titles in just 13 seasons…

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LeBron James

What do you get when you combine the skill of Wilt Chamberlain with the longevity of Kareem? A four time champion, four time Finals MVP, four time league MVP, and…

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Magic Johnson

The original “Unicorn,” who possessed the size and skill even as a rookie to fill in at center in game six of the 1980 NBA Finals; made a shocking retirement announcement in 1991…

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Oscar Robertson

First player ever to average a triple-double in a season, an accomplishment that took 65 years to be repeated, a champion with the ’70-’71 Bucks, an Olympic gold medalist, and…

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Charles Barkley

The NBA’s Sisyphus, a warrior memorably remembered for fighting stubbornly against impossible odds, who stands as the third greatest player of all time without an NBA championship and made the NBA Finals…

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Wilt Chamberlain

A record books shatterer and four time league MVP who is inexorably linked with Bill Russell, who got the better of him seven times in eight postseason matchups; also had a reputation…

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Larry Bird

Nicknamed “Legend” for good reason, his career was brilliant but brief, really lasting only 10 quality seasons due to injuries, and marked in many ways by his longtime rivalry with Magic…

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Jerry West

Greatest player of all time to never win league MVP, the only player ever to earn Finals MVP in a losing cause and yet so synonymous with the NBA that his silhouette is…

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Team pages


Boston Celtics

The all-time leaders in NBA championships and arguably the quintessential NBA franchise, with superstars like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, and…

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Philadelphia 76ers

Originally the Syracuse Nationals, champions in 1955, they relocated to Philadelphia in the early ’60s and produced two of the…

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Los Angeles Lakers

Originally based in Minneapolis, the Lakers relocated to Los Angeles and came to embody Hollywood glamour in basketball form, with…

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Phoenix Suns

Maybe the most star-crossed franchise in NBA history, they’ve played in three NBA Finals and come up just short each…

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