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Larry Bird became the first player to earn $5 million or more with a salary of $7,070,000 in the 1991–92 season. Magic Johnson became the first player to earn $10 million or more in the 94–95 season with a salary of $14,660,000. Patrick Ewing became the first player to earn $15 million or more in the 95–96 season with a salary of $18,724,000.
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 ...
Team. Kobe Bean Bryant ( / ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Bryant won five ...
Youngest player to win the NBA Slam Dunk Championship: ( 18 years, 169 days) [ 36] Youngest player to start an All-Star game: ( 19 years, 169 days) [ 35] Youngest player to score in an All-Star game. Youngest player to score in a Playoff game. Youngest player to score a 3-pointer in a Playoff game.
NBA progressive leaders and records for turnovers for every season Season Year-by-year leader TOV Active player leader TOV Career record TOV Single-season record TOV Season 1977–78: Artis Gilmore* CHI: 366: Artis Gilmore* CHI: 366: Artis Gilmore* CHI: 366: Artis Gilmore* CHI: 366: 1977–78 1978–79: George McGinnis* DEN: 346: Kevin Porter ...
This is a list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season leaders in steals . Statistics accurate as of the 2023–24 NBA season. John Stockton has the most steals in NBA history. Stockton is also the all-time leader in assists. Jason Kidd has the second-most steals and the second-most assists in NBA history.
The NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player[ 1] ( MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player (s) voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game. The league also re-honored players from the previous two ...
LeBron James moved one step closer to catching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA's all-time scoring title.