1. Steve Kerr has won the NBA finals 40% of the time since entering the league in 1988. Trond Wuellner.
  2. The Los Angeles Clippers have never retired a number. Via Bill Simmons  .
  3. For all the digital ink spilled by people like me on the importance of taking three-pointers and layups, there is almost no correlation between aggregate shot selection and overall team quality in college basketball. [Hoop Vision]
  4. Backboards weren’t originally designed for players to bank shots off of — they were implemented to stop spectators in elevated seats from reaching over the hoop and disrupting the game. [Hang Up and Listen]
  5. Goaltending in basketball was legal until 1944, because nobody actually tried to do it until then. [Dragon Hoops]
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    2 months ago

    OP linked some dude on twitter. Don’t even know who he is or what count he did.