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,…
Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson Magic Johnson Magic Johnson Johnson at South by Southwest in 2022 Personal information Born August 14, 1959 (age 66)Lansing, Michigan, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)[1] Career information High school Everett (Lansing, Michigan) College Michigan State (1977–1979) NBA draft…
Current Young NBA Players Draft Selections Analyis 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 season,…
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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Title: A Brazilian Champion Date: June 2026 By Doctor Dunkenstein I won a Championship in my years in Brazil while playing for the famous great club Fluminense, I shared that Brazilian basketball feat with Oscar, as he too had won…
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…
Bob Kurland Robert Albert Kurland (December 23, 1924 – September 29, 2013) was an American basketball center, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now Oklahoma State Cowboys)Standing 7-foot (2.1 m) tall, … … … he has been credited as the first person…
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…
