Category: NBA
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How the Clippers Ended Up Owning Larry Bird’s Draft Rights
During one brief moment in the summer of 1978, the Buffalo Braves (now the LA Clippers) owned Larry Bird’s draft rights. How this highly improbable circumstance came to be involves a Hollywood mogul, some legal technicalities, and the only franchise swap in NBA history. The Origin of Bird Rights A controversial rule that allows teams…
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Don’t Mess with The Dipper: The Time Mel Daniels Tried to Fight Wilt Chamberlain
You had to be one tough SOB to willingly want to fight Wilt Chamberlain, who stood over 7 feet tall with a 7 foot 8 wingspan. Mel Daniels was this and a hell of a lot more, and he wasn’t one to back down. This is the drama and comedy of their infamous 1974 skirmish.…
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The Toronto Raptors’ Expansion Team Was Wild
Every expansion team’s inaugural season is memorable for one reason or another. For some, it’s because they didn’t suck as much as initially expected. For others, it’s purely for nostalgia and record-keeping purposes. But for the Toronto Raptors, their 1995-96 expansion season was memorable for all the wrong reasons before the team ever played a…
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar And The Dookie
One of the (second) leading-scorer in NBA history’s most interesting stories involves a restroom interaction with a fan at a Naismith Hall of Fame event.
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Fines, Suspensions, and BS: The Isaiah Rider Era in Atlanta
“It was the worst trade I was involved with in more than 30-some years in the NBA.” These are the infamous words of former Atlanta Hawks general manager Pete Babcock when asked about the summer 99′ deal that brought Isaiah Rider to the team. In theory, Rider was supposed to be the cornerstone of a…
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How Billy “The Whopper” Paultz Got His Name
Earning an impressive nickname is a right of passage in sports. The way Billy “The Whopper” Paultz got his and what it stands for, is legendary. What’s in a Name? From Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Watkins to Trajan “The Alaskan Assassin” Langdon, and most recently, Robert “The Timelord” Williams. There have been some memorable nicknames in…
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Troy “T-Hud” Hudson Should Have Shut Up and Dribbled
Undrafted point guard Troy “T-Hud” Hudson is most remembered for a brief run as a “Laker Killer” in the first round of the 2003 playoffs, a series which his team lost btw. But “T-Hud” also has three rap albums and more than 800 tracks to his name, with names such as “I’m a Gangsta” and…
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Ron Artest Used to Hate Wearing Pants
The man formerly known as Metta World Peace and Ron Artest had a highly memorable and decorated 18-year NBA career. We all know about the time he beat the shit out of a beer-slinging Detroit Pistons fan, but he also admittedly liked to sip Hennessey during halftime as a member of the Chicago Bulls…and not…
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The Reason Chris Dudley Was Face-Down on a Massage Table Wearing 15 Headbands
Zach Randolph, a 5 lb. metal plate, and headbands are all reasons why.
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Charles Oakley and Jeff McInnis’ Love Triangle
Athletes have been finding themselves in personal entanglements since the time of Marn Grook, look it up. Charles Oakley and Jeff McInnis are no different, after ending up in a love triangle with the same woman in the early 2000s. Laid up in the Shack If two guys end up throwing hands, the root cause…
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Why Lorenzen Wright Was Murdered By His Ex
A greedy ex-wife out for insurance money, a wannabe rapper out on bail, and a landscaper with a penchant for murder killed Lorenzen Wright.
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Eddie Griffin Watched Porn, Crashed Car
Crashing his Cadillac Escalade while enjoying adult entertainment on its dashboard DVD player is among the mildest things Eddie Griffin did.