The New Orleans Pelicans’ season has quickly taken a complicated turn. The team’s inconsistent performances, combined with the physical struggles of their star, have put the spotlight on one of the franchise’s most delicate issues: Zion Williamson’s future. A situation made even more unstable by the dismissal of Willie Green, decided after a start to…
The 3-point stats highlights, more than other stats, the particularities of the modern NBA game and the differences with the past. Unlike the NBA All-Time Scoring Leaders and minutes played leaders, which are dominated by no longer active players, the NBA 3 Point leaders is full of players still in activity. This peculiarity is due…
8th February 2023. LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and becomes the NBA all-time scorer. The Lakers star, with his 38 points against the Thunder, passes the NBA’s legend and writes his name even more indelibly in the history of this sport. Here you are the NBA all-time leaders in points. Most Points in NBA history…
Kevin Durant had 28 points to become the eighth player in NBA history to score 31,000 career points as the Houston Rockets rolled to a 117-98 win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. Durant now joins an exclusive club that includes Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki and…
According to Lou Canellis of Fox Chicago, a key figure has been moving in the shadows of the league: Luka Doncic allegedly reached out to the Los Angeles Lakers to understand whether there’s a real path to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo. A request that adds enormous weight to the trade rumors. The Lakers have asked for…
For most of the twentieth century, a fan followed basketball through a narrow keyhole of points, rebounds, and assists. The box score recorded outcomes, not the difficulty or value of each shot. Metrics like effective field goal percentage (eFG%) and true shooting percentage (TS%) adjust for the extra value of three-pointers and fold free throws…
No matter how talented an athlete is, a basketball career inevitably comes to an end, with most players hanging up their sneakers in their 30s. Fortunately, for many NBA stars, retirement is just the beginning. Today, there are countless ways for them to reinvent themselves, thanks to their charisma, star power, and built-in audiences. It…
LeBron James’ streak of 1,297 consecutive double-digit regular-season scoring efforts ended Thursday night, when the NBA’s career points leader was held to eight points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 123-120 win over the Toronto Raptors. James could have tried to win the game — and extend the streak — on the final possession, but he…
A piece of news nobody saw coming has shaken the NBA: the Los Angeles Clippers have decided to waive Chris Paul. The move came without any public signs of tension and has been described by multiple internal sources as a sudden rupture between the veteran and the franchise. The context behind the decision The Clippers’…
Another stoppage for Zion Williamson. The Pelicans star will be sidelined indefinitely due to a Grade 2 strain of his right adductor, the team announced on Tuesday. The injury comes in a season already marked by absences: Williamson has missed 12 of the Pelicans’ 22 games this year. Just a few days ago, he sat…
