Basketball, Listed

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

Cleveland Cavaliers

Everything can be split into BL (Before LeBron) and LE (LeBron Era), a franchise wandering in the wilderness until a King led them to the promised land in 2016 and brought new hope to a championship starved city.

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Foundational pieces: 30 notable NBA expansion draft picks

Utilized to seed the roster of new franchises, expansion drafts have been staged 11 times in NBA history, starting with the Chicago Packers in 1961 and most recently with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004. These are the most notable selections in expansion draft history, from flops to revivals to impending franchise cornerstones.

Lucky ticket: 12 unlikely NBA Draft Lottery winners

Over the last four decades, the NBA Draft Lottery has made and broken the fortunes of numerous franchises. We detail the 12 most surprising leaps to the top spot over that time

Heart of the deal: 10 notable NBA franchise ownership changes

An NBA franchise changing hands in ownership is often a seamless and relatively mundane event but in these 10 cases, it was a watershed moment, either by virtue of its novelty, its sale price, and/or its impact on the future of the franchise and the league itself.

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