NBA history podcasts
The 2022/23 NBA season is heating up nicely, and there is one team that is currently taking the league by storm and perhaps returning to prominence, the Boston Celtics. The Massachusetts-based outfit currently sits at the top of the NBA’s Eastern Conference and appears to have put a bad run behind them in recent weeks … Read more
The NBA playoffs are where the real action begins. Forget about the regular season – true fans know that teams save their best for the playoffs and the chance of winning an NBA ring. Over the years, the playoffs have given us some amazing series and matches. More interestingly, there have been some truly incredible … Read more
The decade of the 1960s in the NBA belonged to the Boston Celtics. In every year of the decade besides 1967, the Celtics hoisted up the NBA championship trophy and had become a team of legend and legends led by center Bill Russell. Along with Russell, the likes of John Havlicek, Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, … Read more
Darryl Dawkins was one of the most outrageous characters in NBA history. He was also known as Dr. Dunkenstein, Double D, or Sir Slam. But his most famous nickname was actually given to him by Stevie Wonder, and that nickname is Chocolate Thunder. I would argue that Dawkin’s cultural impact was greater than his basketball … Read more
We have two related stories today. The first is about the lowest scoring game in NBA history, which directly leads to the second story about the invention of the shot clock. An Absolute Debacle – Minneapolis Lakers vs Ft. Wayne Pistons On Wednesday, November 22, 1950, the Minneapolis Lakers were playing host to the Ft. … Read more