Paolo Napoleon James Banchero Italian: Paolo Napoleone Giacomo Banchero is an Italian-American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Banchero was named the Rookie of the Year of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 2022. Following his freshman season,…
Regenald Hezeriah Harding: The First NBA Teenage Phenom – Tragic Career of Drugs and Death by Gun Shot Hezeriah The First Phenom The history of professional basketball in 1960 shows a sport at the beginning of a big rise. …
Bill Walton – The Flower Child Bill Walton – The Flower Child, the 7’2″ sent from the Basketball Gods. Bill was a revolution and a revolutionary. great personality. stuttered ! REBEL Gregarious Brilliant mind, well studies other people with…
The NBA Larry O’Brien Trophy NBA Larry O’Brien Trophy: NBA Larry O’Brien Trophy: 1. You Say You Want an Evolution The Beatles sang “You say you want a revolution” in 1968, but it took the NBA almost 40 years to make a…
Pete Newell Pete Newell … … The BIG Man Guru … & A Basketball Legend! You can not mention the history of basketball without including the great ‘GURU” of the game, Pete Newell. Pete Newell (1915–2008) was a Hall of Fame…
Wilt Chamberlain is to this day the “best” basketball center to have ever played the game. It’s not even a debate. What is at question is how you define best. In this usage of the word we mean, best athlete,…
Current NBA Stars Playing at Young Age Video The NBA draft eligibility requires players to be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. THE BIG BABY OF THEM ALL As of the 2025-26 NBA…
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed “the Wizard of Westwood“, he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in…
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Oscar Schmidt Locker Room Oscar Schmidt basketball trading cards exist, primarily featuring his legendary international career with Brazil, with key rookie cards like the 1986-87 Merchante (often misspelled ‘Smith’) being notable, alongside Panini and other international releases, but his lack of…
Victor Wembanyama Wikipedia Page Victor Wembanyama is French, born 4 January 2004, … nicknamed “Wemby“, and “the Alien“. He is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected first overall by…
Nikola Jokic Is No Joker The Joker is no joke on the basketball court. He wasn’t the biggest name in the 2014 NBA Draft but Nikola Jokic has proven to be one of the best. And with his emergence as…
Tarzan Cooper Tarzan Cooper: A legendary center for the New York Renaissance (Rens) in the 1930s and 40s best basketball players of the 1920s were headlined by Nat Holman, regarded as the era’s premier all-around player and a star for…
Dr. James Naismith Invents Basketball Basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor, in December 1891 at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. He devised the game using peach baskets as hoops and a…
The Beginning of Basketball In France THE BEGINNING OF BASKETBALL IN EUROPE Melvin Rideout Takes Basketball To Paris France Melvin Rideout, one of Naismith’s students and original basketball disciple, went to Paris to help set-up the YMCA’s new center at 14,…
Frank McGuire A Legend of The Game LOVE OF THE GAME Frank McGuire is best known for his love of ‘basketball people’ (all people) and his ability to teach the game of basketball. It is said by many that…
Bucky Lew Harry “Bucky” Lew (1884-1963) was basketball’s first Black professional player, >breaking the color barrier in 1902 in the New England Basketball League (NEBL) with the , and went on to become the first Black coach, manager, referee, and franchise owner…
George Mikan was the most famous basketball player in the United States in the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s. He was professional basketball’s first true ‘superstar’, and the most popular player in the first years of the NBA.…
FIRST NBA CAMPIONSHIP GAME While the NBA as the world knows it today did not come into fruition until the 1949-50 season, its first official season is considered to be the 1946-47 season. That year marked the formation and inaugural season of…
The First Televised Basketball Game – The earliest known film/video of a complete basketball game is from a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in 1939. See this film footage of the first profession game being recorded on film below. Until…
Clearing The ‘Fog’ From The Game of Basketball Forrest Clare “Phog” Allen Forrest Clare “Phog” Allen (November 18, 1885 – September 16, 1974) Phog Allen lettered in college baseball and basketball, the latter under James Naismith, the inventor of the game. …
New York Celtics A good understanding of how professional basketball teams operated and made money in the 1910 to 1930 time period can be found in a review of the N.Y. Celtics, no relationship to the Boston Celtics. The Original N.Y…
