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In just over two decades, Kobe Bryant won five NBA championships, earned two NBA Finals MVP awards and became an 18-time NBA All-Star. His 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors was one of the ...
Maurice José "Moe" Harkless (born May 11, 1993) is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player who last played for the Rip City Remix of the NBA G League.He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before being drafted 15th overall, after his freshman season, in the 2012 NBA draft.
The Warriors attained a historic level of success, winning three NBA titles and setting the NBA wins record during the period from 2014 to 2017. The success of the Warriors' small ball lineups has caused some analysts to consider small ball to be the future of basketball, eschewing traditional lineups in favor of a brand of "positionless ...
First African-American basketball player to win the NBA All Star MVP, the NBA Finals MVP, and the NBA MVP all in the same season: Willis Reed (New York Knicks) First African-American NCAA Division I basketball coach: Will Robinson (Illinois State University) [Note 2] First African American to initiate the concept of free agency.
TV series 'Clipped' chronicles the fall of an NBA owner and the rise of Black players' activism. Curtis Bunn. June 4, 2024 at 2:03 PM ... the Clippers beat the Golden State Warriors in a playoff ...
But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever. I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African American," said Bird. [24] [25] Contrary to Bird's assertion, as of 2017, White Americans, made up only 34% of the NBA's viewership, making it the only major sports league in North America, that doesn't have a majority white viewership ...
Editor’s Note: A new series “Kobe: The Making of a Legend” traces the story of Kobe Bryant from his childhood in Italy to his athletic superstardom and provides an intimate look at his post ...
The 1948 Globetrotters–Lakers game was a dramatic match-up between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Minneapolis Lakers. Played in Chicago Stadium, the game took place two years before professional basketball was desegregated. The Globetrotters' 61–59 victory – by two points at the buzzer – challenged prevailing racial stereotypes about ...