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During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Johnson wore only jersey No. 26 and put up 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.

The GOAT debate in the NBA is one that will be going on forever, and though there are really just two or three legit ...

While NBA Draft hype mostly goes to the first picks, No. 2 overall picks have had plenty of success in the NBA over the years ...

King was the first first-round pick in Nebraska basketball history when he was taken 14th overall in the 1991 NBA draft. In ...

LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson were all No. 1 NBA draft picks, but who was the best player to ever be taken first overall?

Fourteen players in NBA history have won a championship and been named league MVP in the same season. Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics was the first to do it back in 1956-57.

Her husband, the legendary Bobby “Slick” Leonard, took over the Pacers in 1968, won three ABA titles and ushered the franchise into the NBA when the league absorbed the ABA in 1976.

On this day in 1965, the NBA draft was held in New York City, and Boston selected two players of note. The first was forward Ron Watts, drafted out of Wake Forest with the 17th overall pick of the ...

BOSTON — Two years ago, Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown was not ready for the NBA Finals. He shot 43.3% from the field and 31.8% on 3-pointers in the final three games – all Celtics ...

Coached by Al Baker, and led on the court by future NBA player Howard Porter, the 1966-67 Booker High basketball team rolled everyone in its path. The Tornadoes opened that season with an 83-55 ...

It would take 18 more years for the league to put a Black referee on the court for a regular-season game. It happened on Feb. 12, 1968, when Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, donned a ...