Author: Guillermo Vanderheiden
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Is Jonas Valanciunas a champion?
Jonas Valanciunas spent six and a half seasons with the Toronto Raptors and helped the team to a 39-16 start before he was traded to Memphis last season. But he won’t be receiving a championship ring from the Raptors. … “It’s their decision,” Valanciunas said…
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Who is the number 1 NBA player of all time?
Rank Player From —- —————- —- 1 Michael Jordan 1985 2 Wilt Chamberlain 1960 3 Bill Russell 1957 [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]- Michael Jordan. – LeBron James. … – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. … – Bill Russell. … – Magic Johnson. … – Wilt Chamberlain.…
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Is BJ Armstrong in the NBA Hall of Fame?
His NBA career continued another five seasons; playing with the Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic before coming full-circle to end his career in 2000 with the Bulls. His number “10” was retired by the University of Iowa. B. J. Armstrong was inducted into…
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Why do Russian female names end in A?
In Russian, not only is the ‘ah’ sound feminine, it is the only feminine sound. Russians want their girls to have names that sound female, so they cluster around ending ‘ah’ sounds. … (Note for clarity: some nouns in Russian can in fact be gender-neutral,…
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Where did the Charlotte Hornets move to?
New Orleans [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Charlotte Hornets —————– History Arena Location[/mks_pullquote] Why did the Hornets leave Charlotte? 2002–2003: relocation to New Orleans The consensus was that while Charlotte was as basketball-crazy as ever, fans took out their anger at Shinn on the team.…
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Who has the highest free throw percentage of all time?
Rank Player FT% —- ————— —– 1. Stephen Curry .9064 2. Steve Nash* .9043 3. Mark Price .9039 4. Peja Stojaković .8948 [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]52.7 percent[/mks_pullquote] Who has missed the most free throws in NBA history? Wilt Chamberlain Not all of his…
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How many times did the Spurs beat the Heat in the Finals?
The Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat in five games (4–1) for the Spurs’ fifth NBA championship in franchise history. [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Kevin Durant scored 17 of his 36 points in…
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Did Wilt really score 100?
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″…
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Will EuroLeague continue?
The regular season is due to finish on April 9, 2021, with the top eight teams in the standings then advancing to the best-of-five playoffs. With the passion and intensity that comes with every Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game, however, every game is like a playoff…