20 NBA Facts You Maybe Didn't Know

these are 20 insane facts you didn't know about the NBA and first up you definitely didn't know NBA mascots are rich Filthy Rich according to sports Business Journal the Nuggets mascot Rocky the mountain lion makes a staggering 625 000 a year now that's absurd but Rocky isn't the only one making bang Perry the hawk the Atlanta Hawks mascot makes 600 000 a year whereas the Bulls and Sons mascots make a combined 600 000 per year for reference the average WNBA player makes around 120 000 a year in other words Rocky the mountain lion earns more than five times the average WNBA player sheesh but mascots aren't the only ones bringing in the big bucks so will referees not for the reason you may think because in 2007 word got out that long time NBA referee Tim Donahue was fixing NBA games causing even the FBI to get involved that's when Donahue knew the jig was up hence on August 15 2007 Donna he pleaded guilty to two federal charges it was sentenced to 15 months in prison from an NBA referee to an inmate that's why a turn of events but here's the plot twist what if I told you the tallest and shortest NBA players in history were once on the same team see back in 1987 the Washington Bullets were drawing more attention than ever before and it all revolved around two players five three Mugsy Bogues and seven seven but new bold to reference the height between them is almost two and a half feet sometimes you can't make this stuff up just like you can't make up what happened in 1999 because if you know anything about Dennis Rodman you know he's an absolute Menace and upon joining the Dallas Mavericks he attempted one of the most Savage Feats yet requesting jersey number 69. nice the only problem David Stern in the NBA wanted to keep the league family friendly so instead Dennis Robin was forced to add one and turn 69 into 70. that said the damage was done the Mavericks had already prepared a few 69 jerseys for Robin's arrival and rumor has it it's on full display at Mark Cuban's office yeah if anyone deserves to wear number 69 it was Dennis Rodman after all he achieved something no player has he led the NBA in rebounds per game for seven straight seasons that's right from 1991 to 92 through 1997 and 98 Robin led the league and rebounding every single year for reference nobody else has a street more than five seasons it may have been a character off the court but there's no denying it when that ball was in the air he was Unstoppable but now it's time to stop talking about Dennis Rodman and start getting serious that it's already hard enough to make the NBA yet Gerald Green had it even harder he only has nine fingers and as The Story Goes green and his brother were bored one afternoon that all of a sudden they placed a hoop on the top of the door the goal find out who could jump higher see there's one thing they failed to take into account Green's jewelry because as a kid Brienne often wore his mother's ring as if he won the NBA Finals so lo and behold as green was jumping tries to destruct he got the ring and his fingers stuck in the doors nailed to which green was immediately rushed to the hospital only to get his finger amputated dang dude is tough as Nails although Jimmy Butler and Kawhi Leonard might be even tougher these guys leave their Blood Sweat and Tears on the court in fact there's only two the players with more steals than fouls Butler and Leonard not this season but throughout their entire career to date Butler has 1244 career Steals and 1076 turnovers whereas Kauai has 1085 Steals and 1072 turnovers now that's not easy to do but neither is number 13 it was a 2012 match between the Raptors and the Lakers with only 4.2 seconds left on the clock the Raptors trailed 92-93 enough time for one more possession with the fate of the game on the line so who did the Raptor sub into the game My Soul Butler if you don't know who that is you're not alone up until that point Butler had played a single minute but now Butler had a chance to become a HomeTown hero can the Lakers have the ball so much for saving the day instead he became a statistical anomaly the first ever player to quarter turnover without playing a single minute not gonna lie that's hella impressive on the other hand Michael Jordan's 1990 performance in the Three-Point Contest is anything but impressive we're underway shot you so he really gets off to a good start now George missed his first two and now he's warmed up and I think you know it gets the fact that it's a new competition for us [Music] [Music] Craig performed here earlier today for some school kids and was on fire at that time it seems to still be on it right now 28 seconds remaining plus Jordan has really struggling his first two ratchet he's gonna have to really bury the next two in order to get into it he has missed this almost everyone and haven't gotten a red white or blue ball down it's 15-4 Craig Hodgins early on so Craig is filling it up right now I mean if he saves this kind of Rhythm he is going to be awfully tough to be someone called Shaq and Ben Simmons this is gonna get good but at least his meltdown came during all-star weekend because in November 1996 the Denver Nuggets led the Utah Jazz 70-34 with only one minute remaining in the second half that's when things started to unravel slowly but surely the Utah Jazz mounted a comeback led by Carl Malone and Jeff hornacek the Jazz outscored the nuggets 77-33 in the second half to win 107 to 103. safe to say that'll never happen again actually I lied because over 25 years later history repeated itself the good news it didn't involve the Denver Nuggets bad news it involved the Washington Wizards see on January 25th 2022 the Wizards were leading 66-31 against the Clippers late in the second quarter when the next thing the Clippers knew fans started to leave the arena from there on out they were a team on a mission despite not holding the lead in the first 47 minutes and 58 seconds the Clippers didn't quit they kept chirping and chipping away until eventually this happened don't foul you can't foul here Canard gotta watch out three seconds are you kidding me to give his team the lead he does Luke Canard how do you do that was incredible but not as incredible as the nine insane facts still ahead because coming in at number nine we got one of the all-time greats Kobe Bryant see in 2007 the Black Mamba was on a different planet because prior to March 16th the Lakers were on a seven game losing streak and let's just say this didn't go over well with Kobe he was going to do whatever it took to win however there was one major obstacle standing in his way the Portland Trailblazers shot after shot play after play the Blazers were right there with them that's when Kobe said screw it I'm subscribing to the channel fast forward to the end of the game and Kobe Bryant has 65 points but more importantly the Lakers won 116 to 111 in overtime yet the Black Mamba wasn't finished he'd follow this performance by scoring 50 points against the Timberwolves before scoring 60 points against the Grizzlies and dropping another 50 against the Hornets safe to say it was a high streak is an understatement in just a single week he recorded more 50 point games than Dwyane Wade did his whole career not even LeBron or MJ could do that just like LeBron and MJ don't have the best free throw technique granny style I hope so there it is this young man was shooting terrible on me crazy but mathematical analysis supports the underhand approach according to a lead researcher from Yale University if the thrower is capable of controlling the release in angle and Speedwell the underarm throw is slightly better for a basketball free throw but if you don't take his word for it take Rick Barry's word for it Barry was the pioneer of the underarm free throw as well as one of the most effective Shooters and by his retirement in 1980 varies free throw percentage of 90 ranked first in NBA history the only problem it makes him look like a however it's a lot better to look like a than be broke which for NBA players is easier said than done 60 of NBA players go broke after five years among the notable athletes to go broke 76ers Legend Allen Iverson NBA All-Star Antoine Walker and defensive Superstar Dennis Rodman combined these players blew over 330 million dollars after retirement which goes to show the rich don't always get richer speaking of which you'll never guess who owns the highest offensive rating in the NBA history now you may think this title belongs to the lethal score like Stephen Curry or Nikolai jokic after all an offensive rating is the number of points produced by a player per 100 possessions yet this statistic has one Bland problem it favors low usage and high efficiency big man so instead white pal owns the highest offensive rating in NBA history with 131.1 followed closely behind by Jared Allen and Rudy gobert now never in a million years did I expect that but I also didn't expect the correlation between basketball performance and strip clubs however recently someone conducted a scientific study on the League's biggest strip club addict James Harden I mean this dude once spent so much money at a strip club his jersey is in the rafters yeah my man loves to party but what he didn't realize was the effect it had on his game James Harden's best performance comes in a city with the worst strip club Toronto meanwhile his worst performance comes in the city with the best strip club Miami lesson learned if you want to beat the Sixers just invite James Harden to a strip club but while James Harden will be remembered for partying Michael Jordan's name will always be synonymous with his shoes yet that wasn't always the case when the iconic red and black high-top Jordan 1 debuted in 1984 not everyone was a fan in fact the NBA rule book stated that each player must wear shoes that not only match their uniform but match the shoes worn by their teammates dang who put Karen in charge of the League's uniform rules put all jokes aside the rule cost MJ big time whenever he wore those kicks on the court he was five five thousand dollars which may not seem like a big deal but for young MJ it was so instead Nike stepped in and agreed to pay all the fines it wasn't until the 2000s that the rule was finally lifted better late than never which reminds me we still have three facts left to reveal and trust me these facts will blow your mind because at number three it's the time Cal bowler picked up seven fouls in a single game which is strange considering the NBA only allows up to six pounds per game however in a 1999 game between the Hawks and the Trailblazers the referees forgot to count because within 15 minutes of playing time bowler already had picked up a sixth foul the referees mistakenly let him keep playing it wasn't until his seventh foul that the rest realized they had made a big mistake a mistake that will go down forever in NBA history but now let's transition from a massive blunder to an ancient artifact Vince Carter because there's been a lot of players in the NBA 76 year existence but only one player that has played in four different decades Vince Carter an eight-time All-Star Carter played 22 Seasons spanning 1998 to 2020. in other words he played in the 90s 2000s and 2010s and the 2020s for reference over the time period he played against 12 different father-son Duos there could only be one possible explanation my man ages better than Juan that said wine doesn't have anything to do with our final fact now we all know how great Michael Jordan is to put it simply you can't have a goat debate without bringing his name up however there is one stat from MJ's career that best them all not his six championships five MVP awards or even his 10 scoring titles instead it's this from 1990 to 1998 barring the two years MJ played baseball his Chicago Bulls never lost three games in a row now if there's one thing MJ should be remembered for is his resilience this dude was unfazed win or lose you can always depend on Jordan but do you know what NBA players can depend on baddies whether it's the Kardashian sister Marvel actresses or even Grammy award-winning singers there's no denying it NBA players are at their best when there's baddies around so what are you waiting for click the video

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Published: Sat May 20 2023