Basketball history podcasts
Things are fascinating for fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder, as they have been all season. With a strong roster full of depth led by an MVP winner in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, there’s much to be optimistic about, not just for this season’s conclusion. The current iteration of OKC was the market leader in the NBA … 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
The development of the one-handed jump shot takes us back to the 1930s. Back in those early days of basketball, it was considered proper form to shoot a two-handed set shot. You would put your feet fairly close together, bend at the knees, and launch the ball using both hands. It kind of looked like … 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
One event could have changed the landscape of NBA history as we know it. I am going to share about the time that the Lakers’ plane crashed in an Iowa cornfield. It happened on Sunday, January 17, 1960, and the Lakers had just played the St. Louis Hawks earlier in the day and were about … Read more