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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The best NBA players from Boston College have all been little guys. Michael Adams, Dana Barros, Reggie Jackson and John Bagley are among the guards from BC who have flourished in the NBA. The only bigger player from BC with real success in the NBA is Jared Dudley, who won a ring with the 2020
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Chuck Person’s nickname was the Rifleman after the western tv series of the same name starring Chuck Connors. His full name is Chuck Connors Person. Person held onto the name the Rifleman throughout his career because of his great outside shooting in both in college at Auburn and in his 13 year NBA career. What
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The most well-known Steve Francis nickname is clearly Stevie Franchise. He got the name in his early days in the NBA when he was doing absolutely everything for his Houston Rockets teams. Francis was also called Wink as a child and put that name on his Sneakers: the Reebok Wink DMX. Why was Steve Francis
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The best player in the 1980 NBA Draft class was clearly Kevin McHale. McHale was the only Hall of Famer from the class and one of only five players from the class to ever make an NBA All Star team. The other four All Stars from the class were Andrew Toney, Joe Barry Carroll, Kiki
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Horace Grant was the third best player for the Chicago Bulls first three-peat title teams. Grant was good on both ends of the floor but was better on defense. He made four NBA All Defense 2nd teams but only one All Star game. Grant was a solid, winning NBA starter who slots a tier below
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Dennis Rodman and Eddie Robinson are the only two U.S. NBA players who didn’t play high school basketball. Rodman had a growth spurt after high school that led him to the NBA. Robinson was good in high school but had too much trouble to play. Others like Steve Francis and Mark Eaton barely played in
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The 1988 NBA Draft class included some great players like Hersey Hawkins, Dan Majerle, Anthony Mason, Rod Strickland and Mitch Richmond. Richmond was the only Hall of Famer and the best player in the class. Danny Manning and Rik Smits, the 1st and 2nd overall picks, had decent but slightly disappointing NBA careers. Who Were
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