Years ago, when Basketball Reference was emerging as the internet's leading stats website, it decided sports internet ...

Who calls LeBron James "The Little Emperor?" Why is James Harden nicknamed "Honey Bun?" Since when is Drew Eubanks known as "The Shaq of Troutdale?" These are all questions chronically online ...

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is regarded as one of the easiest to gain enshrinement in major American sports. Using Basketball-Reference's Hall of Fame probability stat as a guide, we ...

Career stats: 15.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.8 blocks, 58.7% FG Awards: 3x Defensive Player of the Year, 8x All-Star, 8x All-NBA, 5x All-Defensive Championships: 1 Other accolades: 2012 ...

Dick Pfander has spent most of his life collecting and analyzing box scores from every NBA game since the league’s founding. He did most of his work in solitude, by hand, before the age of personal ...

As the new NBA season begins, here are some stats milestones which are within reach Andrew Merrigan, for NBA.com DeMar DeRozan made 119 more midrange shots than anyone else in the NBA. Which major ...

The NBA and Christmas have been interlinked since the first slate of holiday games debuted in 1947. Check out this year's ...

Check out the milestones on the radar of some of the biggest names in the NBA right now. NBA.com Staff Chris Paul and LeBron James are both approaching big career milestones. James has played 1,506 ...

The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching as teams are finalizing their rosters ahead of the new campaign. Given the salary cap, multiple luxury tax aprons and various types of contracts available to ...

A new stat developed by AWS and the NBA called “Expected Field Goal %” calculates the likelihood of a shot going in based on positioning, pressure, and other variables. (Amazon Image) Amazon is not ...