Take our quiz to see if you can get more questions right than he did!... Read More NBANews + IssuesSports SiriusXM remembers Bill Russell, 11-time NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics Look back on Russell’s incredible professional sports career with SiriusXM hosts and guests. Read More ...
A four-time champion, Thompson's best moment came in 2015 when he scored 37 points in one quarter. 12 of 15 Paul Pierce Jim McIsaac-Contributor-Getty Images Three-pointers made: 2,143. They don't call Paul Pierce "The Truth" for nothing. He was a small forward who could...
The coldest nickname in NBA history belongs to Spurs' Hall of Famer, George "Iceman" Gervin. The four-time scoring champion was apparently given him nickname because he'd barely sweat during games while his opponents were huffing and puffing trying to hang with him. Gervin was an excellent at...
JORDAN POOLE KNOWShow this looks. We're speaking in theWashington Wizardslocker room, and he's trying to explain why his play has been sooffthis year. It's mid-January, and his Wizards just lost to the defending championDenver Nuggets, their fourth consecutive loss in a mini-losing streak...
7:45 p.m. ET:JaVale McGeehas agreed to a three-year deal with theDallas Mavericks, a sourcetold ESPN's Tim MacMahon. McGee is a three-time NBA champion, winning with theGolden State Warriorsin 2017 and 2018 then with theLos Angeles Lakersin 2020. ...
Wut?!? That's right - the Caru-show closes out the lottery. Think this is too high? Let's put it this way: the NBA champion Lakers would take Caruso over every player selected in this redraft hereafter. While his numbers are not exciting, Caruso's impact is clear when you look at...
6 of 16 Slam Dunk champion goes No. 5 Mike Powell/Getty Images Kenny "Sky" Walker's career started off very promising. After being selected fifth by the Knicks, Walker would average over 10 points a game in each of his first two seasons and would win the 1989 Slam Dunk contest. Th...
Great Moments in Sports Quiz The Warriors reached the NBA finals in 1964 with a team dominated by Chamberlain and in 1967 with a substantially rebuiltsquadthat featured forwardRick Barry, centerNate Thurmond, and guard-forwardJeff Mullins, only to lose on each occasion. Barry, who had led the...
The top-ranking teams at the end of each season engage in a playoff to determine the NBA champion, which claims the title of world champion. Probably the most dominant team in NBA history was theBoston Celtics, which, led by centreBill Russell, won 11 of 13 titles from 1956–57 to 196...
Despite losing again in the first round of the playoffs, the Timberwolves’ strong performance against the eventual champion Denver Nuggets in that series impressed observers around the league. The Timberwolves continued their upward trajectory in 2023–24 on the strength of spectacular offensive play ...