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"With Bias being groomed to take over a dominant Celtics team at the same time that Jordan is bringing up the Bulls to one day be a dynasty, these two forces clash in epic battles that truly are missing from NBA history."
"It's the only walk-off Game 7 buzzer-beater in NBA history, and it couldn't have been more epic. It was guarded heavily, it bounced around the rim. This shot is straight from a movie script."
"It is easily one of the most impressive stretches the NBA has offered in the past two decades."
"Represented by that season's MVP and finals MVP Magic Johnson there's many goat-worthy teams of NBA history but in a seven-game playoff series this team may very well be the best of the best."
"It feels right now as if it's consistently and constantly on edge."
"If you can pick any player in NBA history that you've never had on your team to play for you, who would it be? Well, Chamberlain."
"He did that in year two: the 63 points against Larry Bird and the Celtics."
"On Pace to become the first player in NBA history the average 30 points per game on 60% shooter from the field."
"Not only was this one of the greatest performances by any player ever but he played all 48 minutes that game."
"This week of basketball should be remembered as one of the greatest of NBA history as it not only featured two all-time great performances but it was also about the incredible stories revolving around these performances."
"Both these guys are top 10 players of all time and two of the greatest players in NBA history."
"I am going to go with Lou Alcindor... for the greatest NBA draft prospect ever."
"We did win eight championships in 20 seasons."
"Tracy McGrady and Penny Hardaway turned the Magic into an Eastern Conference juggernaut."
"Numbers like that have only been posted 10 times in NBA history."
"Steph Curry: rightfully considered the greatest shooter in NBA history."
"Giannis, his brothers, and LeBron: building big threes and making history."
"Your window, it's just it can close so quickly... it just takes a lot of luck."
"I'll put him at Center in that season up against any Center in any season in NBA history."
"Wilt Chamberlain: this man scored 100 points in a game, yeah, the NBA record, a hundred points."
"Welcome to 'I traded for every draft pick in the 2003 NBA draft and re-simulated NBA history.'"
"It's the NBA Finals, and two teams are about to make their mark on 75 years of NBA history."
"Kevin Durant broke every rule of competition. He not only quit on his team to join the best team in the entire NBA, one that had just won 73 games." - Mike
"Kobe Bryant became the first guard ever drafted from high school into the NBA and just the sixth player to ever get drafted straight out of high school."
"Kobe was one of the most lethal scoring assassins in NBA history."
"Kobe was frustrated playing alongside of Shaquille O'Neal for many well-documented reasons."
"He reached a new level of offensive wizardry with the insane numbers, the barrage of threes, and the second-highest usage rate in NBA history."
"Westbrook put on an offensive showcase every single night, becoming the first player in 50 years to average a triple double."
"Yanis is actually making a case for the greatest season in NBA history."
"Forever remembered as The Flu Game, MJ, despite being visibly ill, led the Chicago Bulls to a 90-88 victory."
"For the first time in NBA Allstar history, we go to double overtime."
"Never fall in love with something that doesn't love you back. Don't fall in love with a house a deal there's always another deal there's always another house you have to keep fishing."
"LeBron peeled a title himself with the Lakers so the Pistons era ended by Young LeBron the Celtics era ended by Prime LeBron."
"Greg Odin NBA debut 35 minutes 32 points with 30 rebounds is this the greatest debut ever."
"The Mavericks are the NBA champions 2010/2011."
"It was a great experience, but you and before you and Kobe became close and you guys became teammates, yeah, you guys had a lot of battle."
"There's been no team in NBA history to overcome a 0-3 lead and win the series there's been a few I'm looking at it right now there's been a few to come back and force a game seven but they all run out of gas man."
"You win in the NBA with stars. You have to have two stars. The Lakers needed to get Magic to go with Kareem and then ultimately Worthy to go with Kareem and Magic to turn into Showtime and a dynasty."
"I truly believe a lot of people may have forgotten how dominant of a force he was in his second year in the NBA."
"LeBron's chase down block on Andre Iguodala in the closeout game seven is the best defensive play in NBA history."
"Record of 70-11, one of the greatest records in NBA history."
"I thought LeBron sold himself short when he left Cleveland the first time because I do think he could have won a championship in Cleveland without a super team."
"He could well be the greatest all-around forward in NBA history."
"Welcome to the day that NBA legends recall the time LeBron James became the greatest player of his generation."
"MJ was the first player in NBA history to be selected for nine all NBA first defensive teams."
"...Kyle Korver had that one game against the bucks he dropped 11 points in 65 seconds one of the best heat check moments in NBA history."
"You've seen a part of NBA history. This is an upset they'll be talking about for many, many years."
"I just want him to find happiness because when I look at Michael Jordan, I look at Kobe Bryant, this brother, Kevin Durant is one of the greatest scorers we've ever seen in NBA history. Absolutely NBA history. So I just want him to be happy."
"The shot was his signature and he used it to write his own indelible chapter in NBA history."
"...googly Auto's best year saw him as a top scorer on a team with Kevin Garnett and Stefan Marbury and may have seen him as one of the key pieces on another great what if in NBA history in the 2000 Phoenix Suns."
"LeBron did two of the most incredible performances in NBA history."
"Throughout NBA history a prevailing misconception has persisted suggesting that the majority of NBA players have had an easy Journey."
"Jamal Murray is the first player in NBA history to go 50 40 90 in any Conference Championship."
"The Chicago Bulls '96 Bulls have no shot against the 2017 Warriors."
"There's not too many players with the versatility of Giannis in the history of the NBA."
"MJ's best stat is him never losing three games in a row during the '90s."
"The early 2000s Dallas Mavericks with Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki... one of the more forgotten duos in NBA history."
"The 1986 Slam Dunk Contest was the most memorable highlight of Webb's career."
"Larry Bird gets the nod, Bird won three rings while owning a complete all-around game matched by very few throughout NBA history."
"Jaylen Brunson joins Michael Jordan and Elgin Baylor as the only 27-year-olds in NBA history to average 35 Plus points per game in the playoffs."
"I think of things like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when you think of the young Hardaway and the young Shaquille O'Neal."
"Kevin Durant as a second option is the best second option in NBA history."
"That run will always be remembered mainly because you have that shot that was just one of the craziest shots in NBA history."
"I'm not going to diminish the fact that he went 6-0 in the NBA Finals."
"Jokic is considered by many to be one of the greatest passing big men in NBA history."
"It's going to be really, really hard to find a player throughout NBA history that's going to provide you with 25 points, nine assists, while basically only making three mistakes on a game-to-game basis."
"MJ has easily the most scoring titles in NBA history with a total of 10."
"Wilt Chamberlain doesn't just have the record for the most total rebounds in a single season, but he also has the second spot, the third spot, the fourth spot, the fifth spot, the sixth spot, and the seventh."
"The NBA has changed a lot in the last 20 years."
"Tell me what executives in the history of the sport that has had Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Reggie Jackson all on the same team."
"Anyone who knows NBA history understands that these two men changed the game in many ways during their time in the league."
"The overall idea that the '80s and '90s were a far less skilled time in the NBA compared to today is probably fair."
"For the past 10 years, the Clippers have been part of some of the biggest disappointments in NBA history."
"Mike Brown actually won the only unanimous Coach of the Year in NBA history today."
"Kobe, in my opinion, is one of the greatest offensive weapons in the history of the NBA."
"Johnson had arrived, and the NBA would never be the same."
"November 19th, 2004 will forever be remembered as one of, if not the worst moments in NBA history."
"You can't tell the story of the NBA without those two players."
"Those '01 Lakers definitely can compete with any team in NBA history for that one season."
"One of the most spectacular players in NBA history."
"In the 80s and 90s, the NBA was filled with alphas: Bird, Magic, Jordan, Isiah Thomas, Hakeem Olajuwon."
"One of the most insane defensive sequences in NBA history."
"That is my case of why Jordan's '88 MVP is the greatest MVP in NBA history."
"It's no accident Billups won the seven straight conference finals his peak years."
"The history of the NBA is when you have a chance to get an MVP caliber player in their prime, you get them."
"Kevin McHale is probably the greatest low post scorer in the history of the NBA."
"The 1986 Celtics are arguably the greatest team in NBA history."
"They had the greatest passing frontcourt most likely in NBA history."