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Ed Macauley held the record for 39 days in 1958, the shortest in NBA history. Dolph Schayes held the record from 1958 to 1964 and was the first player to eclipse 15,000 career points. Bob Pettit held the record from 1964 to 1966 and is the first player to eclipse 20,000 career points. Wilt Chamberlain held the record from 1966 to 1984 and was ...
3 ( 1985, 1987, 1988) None. 1 ( 1988) 7. 2003. [ 56] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who voted as a player, was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Larry Bird, who voted as a team representative, was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Bill Russell (left) and Wilt Chamberlain (center), who voted as players ...
Stephen Curry has the highest free throw percentage in the NBA. This article contains a list of the top 50 players with the highest all-time free throw percentage in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The list only includes regular season games and only includes players with at least 1,200 free throws made.
This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts , and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing .
Kobe Bryant leads the Los Angeles Lakers, scoring the most points in the NBA while playing for only one team in an entire career. [ 8][ 9] Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks is second behind Bryant in scoring while playing for only one team. Oscar Robertson is the leading scorer for the Sacramento Kings franchise, playing all of his games ...
He also surpassed Mark Jackson and Steve Nash for fourth on the NBA all-time career assists list. [327] [328] On February 7, 2023, James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in NBA history. [329] Abdul-Jabbar had previously set the record on April 5, 1984, eight months before James was born. [330]
Among the most graceful basketball players ever, [114] Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the best centers ever and one of the greatest players in NBA history; [2] he was voted the best center of all time by ESPN ahead of Wilt Chamberlain in 2007, [194] and ranked No. 4 in Slam ' s "Top 100 Players Of All-Time" in 2018, [195] and No. 3 in ESPN ...
The 2024–25 Brooklyn Nets season will be the 49th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 58th season overall, and its 13th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On April 22, 2024, the Nets hired Jordi Fernández as their new head coach. [1]