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Breanna Stewart entered the top 10 on the WNBA's all-time scoring leaderboard! How high will Stewie climb? 📈 Check out the full leaderboard on Basketball Reference: https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/leaders/pts_career.html
When the Sonics moved to the Oklahoma City in 2008, their records, stats, and history went with them—but if Seattle gets another NBA team, that history could return. Watch our new YouTube video about some of sports' most complicated franchise histories: https://youtu.be/A0FNcgjMjgY
LeBron has had six seasons that would land on the Sixers single season APG leaderboard. How many assists will he average this season, passing to Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, and Joel Embiid? 👀
LeBron has had six seasons that would land on the Sixers single season APG leaderboard. How many assists will he average this season, passing to Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, and Joel Embiid? 👀
Four of the players in Philly's new starting five averaged 20+ points last season 🤯
Paige Bueckers posted her 33rd career 20-point game, tying Arike Ogunbowale for the 5th most by a WNBA player in their first two seasons. 📈 Here's the full leaderboard: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/2G8YU
In 2014, the Charlotte Bobcats changed their name, but that's not the only thing that changed... 👀 Watch our newest YouTube video, where we untangle some of sports' most confusing franchise histories: youtu.be/A0FNcgjMjgY
Pause and screenshot to decide where LeBron will play next season!
Long before Wall, the first No. 1 overall pick by the Wizards was Walt Bellamy. The Hall of Famer won Rookie of the Year in 1961-62 averaging 31.6 PPG and 19.0 RPG and made all four of his career All-Star appearances as a member of the then-Chicago Packers, Chicago Zephyrs, and Baltimore Bullets.
Do you know which NBA 1st overall pick averaged the most points per game as a rookie? 🤔 Click here for the answer: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/L3HjC
No player is truly "untouchable," not even the all-time greats. The Giannis trade got us wondering: how often do NBA superstars actually get traded? Turns out, more often than you might think.
The Knicks were the NBA champions, but it was the Lakers who had the most viewed team page on Basketball Reference this season. 👀 Our full season recap: https://info.basketball-reference.com/25-26-nba-season-review
How often do the greats get traded? 🤔 Giannis Antetokounmpo ranks 23rd all-time, among qualifying players, in win shares per 48 minutes. Of the top 25, more than half of them have been traded at least once. Of the 14 who have been traded, the majority (8 out of 14) have been dealt more than once.
The most viewed player page in each month for the last year. LeBron generously allowed three guest winners this season! Explore our full NBA Season-in-Review here: https://info.basketball-reference.com/25-26-nba-season-review
Which of our top 10 most viewed player pages this season is the most surprising? 🤔 Scroll through our full NBA Season Recap here: https://info.basketball-reference.com/25-26-nba-season-review
Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals was 10 years ago today. Did you know that only 4 points were scored over the final 4:39 of this historic matchup? 🤯 Take a look at the box score: https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201606190GSW.html
Knicks uniform numbers, including retired numbers, are on Basketball Reference. 👀 Check them out here, in case you're looking to get a banner made: www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/nu...
Would this team go 82-0? 👀 Here’s a look at the most viewed Basketball Reference player pages at each position this season. Check out our full 2025-26 NBA Season-in-Review: https://info.basketball-reference.com/25-26-nba-season-review
Most points in franchise history in a non-overtime game! 💪 The Fever's 113-91 win over Toronto set a franchise record for points in a game that ended in regulation. Here's the full leaderboard: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/s5MBb
In Year 23, LeBron is still dominating—on the court and on Basketball Reference. Here's which players had the most page views in each month, from last offseason through the Knicks’ championship run 📆
Whether you were marveling at LeBron’s stats, checking out Luka’s first full season in LA, or you’re just a big Jake LaRavia fan—the Lakers had the most views of any team page on our site this season! 📈
Would this team go 82-0? 👀 Here’s a look at the most viewed Basketball Reference player pages at each position this season.
Another season on the throne for King James 👑 In his 23rd NBA season, LeBron had the most viewed NBA player page on Basketball Reference! 🥇
The 2025-26 Basketball Reference season recap is here! 🏀 In this thread, we’re breaking down the stats on which players & teams you looked up the most this season, starting with the most-viewed player pages on a single day. 🧵👇 Explore it all here: info.basketball-reference.com/25-26-nba-se...
Players to have a block AND a go-ahead FG in the final 15 seconds of a playoff game, in the play-by-play era (since 1997): 🏀 OG Anunoby (2026 NBA Finals, Game 4) 🏀 LeBron James (2018 First Round, Game 5)
New York held the Spurs to an offensive rating of 101.0 over the first two games of the NBA Finals—18.6 points lower than their regular season mark of 119.6. In Game 3, San Antonio finally had a nearly exactly average offensive output in Game 3 and led the entire 4th quarter. Who takes Game 4?
How have small guards fared in the NBA Playoffs over the last 5 seasons? 🤔 J. Kyle Mann explored this question with Stathead on the latest Bill Simmons Podcast.
With 8 made threes on Thursday night, Olivia Miles set a new WNBA rookie single-game record. 🥇 See the full leaderboard: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/uc2rW
