The 1979 NBA Draft was the Magic Johnson draft. Magic was picked 1st overall, was easily the best player in the class and was one of two Hall of Famers in it alongside Sidney Moncrief. The draft featured five other players who made at least one NBA All Star game but was not very impressive […]
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The Anaheim Amigos were one of the eleven original teams in the American Basketball Association. The team was bad on the court and a disaster off of it, failing to win games and to draw any interest from fans. They lasted one season as the Anaheim Amigos before being sold, moved and rebranded as the
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Tacko Fall is the tallest Celtics player ever at 7’6” tall. He is also tied for 3rd tallest player in NBA history. There is a 5 way tie for 2nd tallest Celtic at 7’2”. The best player among the eleven tallest Celtics is Shaquille O’Neal but the player who had the best Celtics career is
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David Robinson had a remarkable growth spurt in high school and then grew even more during his first two years at the Naval Academy. Robinson shot up from 5’9” to 6’6” in high school and began playing basketball. After getting some attention for basketball and enrolling at Navy, Robinson grew even further to 7’0”. When
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Reggie Miller’s nickname, The Knick Killer, came from his work for the Indiana Pacers against the New York Knicks in the teams’ 1990’s rivalry. The Knicks and Pacers met 6 times in the playoffs and Miller was a consistent problem for the Knicks. He once scored 8 points in 9 seconds to steal a playoff
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Larry Bird helped the 1979-1980 Boston Celtics make a stunning turnaround from the prior year. Bird joined a squad featuring Cedric Maxwell, Dave Cowens and Tiny Archibald and led by new head coach Bill Fitch. Together the team improved 32 wins going from 29 wins the prior season to 61 in ‘79-’80. Who played for
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Shawn Kemp was an excellent player who did not quite have a Hall of Fame career. Kemp was one of the best, and most ferocious, in-game dunkers in league history. But despite making six All-Star teams and three All NBA 2nd Teams, his career statistics and accomplishments leave him just a bit short of the
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Shawn Kemp’s nickname, The Reign Man, came from Seattle SuperSonics announcer Kevin Calabro. Calabro saw the phrase on a poster in the arena before a game and started using it to describe Kemp after one of his thunderous dunks. Calabro also coined the nickname The Glove for Kemp’s teammate Gary Payton. How did Shawn Kemp
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Spud Webb, who was 5’6” tall and 133 pounds, was the lightest NBA player in history. The ten lightest NBA players in history were all 150 pounds or less. All but one of those players was under 6’ tall. None of today’s lightest NBA players qualify for the list of the all-time lightest players. Who
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The 1978 NBA Draft was the Larry Bird draft. The Celtics took the all-time great with the sixth pick even though he had one more year of school left. The gamble paid off for the Celtics as Bird became an all-time great. Mo Cheeks, drafted in the 2nd round by the Sixers, was the other
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