Basketball History

The Oklahama City Thunder have recently relocated from Seattle (formerly the Seattle Supersonics), but the newest franchise in the NBA is the Charlotte Bobcats.

For a career it is Reggie Miller with 2,560.

For a season it is Ray Allen with 269 (2005-06)

For a game it is Donyell Marshall (March 13, 2005) and Kobe Bryant with 12 (January 7,2003).

80 Texas tech to 67 Ohio state on November 22, 2008, hard to believe huh

1. Dan McGwire - 16th overall pick by the Seattle Seahawks in 1991
   • McGwire is the younger brother of Major League Baseball's legendary slugger Mark McGwire. To refresh your memory, Dan was a 6'8" quarterback coming out of San Diego State University where he threw for 3,883 yards and 27 touchdowns in 1990. He barely saw any action his rookie season, then his second season was demoted to third string behind Stan Gelbaugh and Kelly Stouffer. His career totals are underwhelming at best. He completed a career 50 percent of passes, with two touchdowns, six interceptions, and five fumbles. The reason he's considered a bigger bust is because the Seahawks passed on Brett Favre to take McGwire. 
2. Tim Couch - First overall pick by the Cleveland Browns in 1999
   • It's always a big risk to take a quarterback as the number one overall pick, and Couch was no exception. He started the second game of the rookie season and played the next five seasons for the Browns as their starting QB. After that season, there was a massive controversy about whether they should start Couch or Kelly Holcomb. Holcomb had thrown for over 400 yards in the wild card round of the playoffs in 2002 because Couch was injured. At his best he completed 63.7 percent of passes in 2000. The next year he threw 21 interceptions in 16 starts. The saddest part of all is that Couch holds a Browns franchise record with a 59.8 career completion percentage. He's not the worst pick ever, but he's no first overall pick to rally around.
3. Vernon Gholston - Sixth overall pick by the New York Jets in 2008
   • The former defensive end attended "THE" Ohio State University, where he set a school record with 14.5 sacks in 13 games during the 2007 season. The Jets wanted him to play outside linebacker in their 3–4 defense. The Jets didn't use him much his rookie season, where they placed him on special teams. Gholston saw more playing time in his second and third seasons, back in a familiar role in the defensive end position. Over the three years he spent tallying stats in the NFL, Gholston played 45 games, recording 42 combined tackles. Nothing to be too terribly upset about, but the Jets ruined his chances of being at least a decent everyday player. Even so, Gholston never rose to the occasion. 
4. Tony Mandarich - Second overall pick by the Green Bay Packers in 1989
   • All anyone needs to know about Mandarich is the former offensive lineman didn't live up to being a second overall pick at all. He has mediocre stats in the NFL and was cut by the Packers in 1992. The fact that he was taken in front of Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas, and Deion Sanders (all three of whom were future Pro Football Hall of Famers) is quite shocking. The Packers kind of messed up a bit with that pick. 
5. Matt Leinart - 10th overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2006
   • Winning the Heisman Trophy as a junior in 2004, the quarterback was slated to be a prime pick in a future draft. Leinart knew little about losing while at USC, as he only lost twice in 39 starts. The Cardinals knew he was a risk because he had a weaker arm, but his frame and build were the makings of a great NFL QB. The Cardinals signed him to a six-year, $51 million contract to back up Kurt Warner. He actually got 11 starts his rookie season, but only finished with a record of 4–7. Leinart started just five games in his second season because of an injury later in the season. Even so, he only completed 53.6 percent of his passes. Needless to say, he was a waste of money. 
6. Charles Rogers - Second overall pick by the Detroit Lions in 2003
   • When he was coming out of Michigan State University, many compared Rogers' style to Randy Moss. The young wide receiver broke Moss' NCAA record by receiving a touchdown in 13 consecutive games. During the first five games of the 2003 NFL season, he caught three touchdowns and accumulated 243 yards, which is rather fantastic for a rookie. Unfortunately, he broke his clavicle in practices and was out the rest of the season. The 2004 season started poorly too. On his third snap, Rogers broke his clavicle yet again. The Lions gave him the rest of the season off and told him to go be with his family. In 2005, the Lions got word that he'd been breaking the substance abuse policy and he had to be suspended for four games. Word got out that he'd been using more drugs than previously thought and he was cut by the team in 2006. 
7. Heath Shuler - Third overall pick by the Washington Redskins in 1994
   • Since winning Super Bowl XXVI, the Redskins didn't have a good quarterback, and they saw Shuler as their savior. In one game during the 1994 campaign, Shuler threw five interceptions against the Cardinals. Fans became pretty mad and he was benched during the 1995 season due to poor play. He was traded in 1997 to the Saints for a fifth-round pick because his value dropped that much. Fortunately for Shuler, he found a career outside of football and eventually became a U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2007 to 2013.
8. Lawrence Phillips - Sixth overall pick by the St. Louis Rams in 1996
   • Phillips won two National Championships with the University of Nebraska as a running back in college. He was so highly regarded that the Rams actually traded away future Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis to the Steelers the same day they drafted Phillips. Boy, were they terribly mistaken. Off the field, Phillips always seemed to have troubles. He had such a high ceiling and Rams coach Dick Vermeil said his talent was something he'd never seen before. Unfortunately, Phillips wouldn't listen to reason or coaching and the Rams cut him for being quite stubborn. After his short three years in the NFL, he got into lots of trouble. He was arrested multiple times and while in prison in 2015, was charged with the murder of his cell mate. Sadly, in January of 2016, Phillips took his own life. 
9. Ryan Leaf - Second overall pick by the San Diego Chargers in 1998
   • This quarterback was highly regarded as one of the two best QBs in the 1998 draft, the other being Peyton Manning. Manning went first overall to the Colts and the rest is history. Leaf was a bit of a slacker and a wild guy. He missed conferences, was quite lazy, and was just a mess off the field. He was also a mess on the field for that matter: He fumbled his first ever snap. Off the field, after his short four seasons in the NFL, Leaf got into some legal trouble. He was using lots of illegal drugs and eventually pleaded guilty to burglary and drug possession in 2012. To say he was a bust is putting it lightly. 
10. JaMarcus Russell - First overall pick by the Oakland Raiders in 2007
    • The quarterback was primed to be one heck of a player coming out of LSU and being named the MVP of the 2007 Sugar Bowl. The Raiders picked Russell first overall, but he didn't sign with the team right away. He held out for bigger money, raking in $61 million with $32 million guaranteed. He only played with the team for three seasons and racked up just seven wins during that span. 

Well, that is debatable. I personally think it is either Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, but many different people have been suggested.

The enitre list of winningest coaches in all divisions can be found here http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Coaching.pdf

But the winningest Division III coach overall is Glenn Robinson of Franklin and Marshall who just reached career victory number 799 on 2-6-2011.

micheal jordan, larry bird,chris brown, and yo gotti

1. Juan Dixon 2269

2. Greivis Vasquez 2171

3. Len Bias 2149

4. Albert King 2058

5. Adrian Branch 2017

6. John Lucas 2015

7. Lonny Baxter 1858

8. Tom McMillan 1807

9. Keith Booth 1781

10. Johnny Rhodes 1743

11. Terrence Morris 1733

12. Walt Williams 1704

13. Earnest Graham 1607

14. Nik Caner Medley 1573

15. Laron Profit 1566

16. Greg Manning 1561

17. Derrick Lewis 1457

18. James Gist 1414

19. Gene Shue 1386

20. Exree Hipp 1372

Other Notables:

Will Hetzel 1370

Tony Massenburg 1354

Evers Burns 1315

Jay McMillen 1300

**Joe Smith 1290

Bob Kessler 1266

Lee Brawley 1244

Jim O'Brien 1235

Drew Nicholas 1221

Steve Sheppard 1219

Larry Gibson 1198

Eric Hayes 1188

Mike Jones 1180

Obinna Ekezie 1172

Maurice Howard 1161

***Buck Williams 1153

Steve Blake 1139

DJ Strawberry 1126

Duane Simpkins 1123

Ekene Ibekwe 1109

Chris McCray 1108

Landon Milbourne 1099

Gary Ward 1094

Keith Gatlin 1087

Kevin McLinton 1064

Brad Davis 1026

John Gilchrist 1022

Len Elmore 1017

Lawrence Boston 1007

**Ben Coleman 942 (estimate)

*Steve Francis 579

**Chris Wilcox 554

*Bison Dele (Brian Williams) 363

****Active

***Played 3 seasons

**Played 2 seasons

*Played 1 season

JJ Reddick, Duke, 473

Carlos scored 92 points and John scored 62 points.

Following the summer break, teams hold training camps in October. Training camps allow the coaching staff to evaluate players (especially rookies), scout the team's strengths and weaknesses, prepare the players for the rigorous regular season, and determine the 12-man active roster (and a 3-man inactive list, if needed) with which they will begin the regular season. Teams have the ability to assign players with less than two years of experience to the NBA development league. After training camp, a series of preseason exhibition games are held. The NBA regular season begins in the first week of November. In the regular season, each team plays 82 games, which are divided evenly between home and away games. Schedules are not identical for all teams. A team faces opponents in its own division four times a year, teams from the other two divisions in its conference either three or four times, and teams in the other conference twice apiece. A team can therefore have a relatively easy or difficult schedule, depending on the division and conference it is located in. Following the recent changes to the National Hockey League's scheduling format, the NBA is now the only major league in which all the teams play each other during the regular season, and where a season ticket holder can see every team in the league come to town in any one season. In February, the NBA regular season is interrupted to celebrate the annual NBA All-Star Game. Fans are balloted throughout the United States, Canada and through the Internet, and the top vote-getters at each position in each conference are given a starting spot on their conference's All-Star team. Coaches vote to choose the remaining 14 All-Stars. Then, East faces West in the All-Star game. The player with the best performance during the game is rewarded with a Game MVP award. Other attractions of the All-Star break include the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge game, which pits the best rookies and the best second-year players against each other; the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, a competition between players to see who is the best 3-point shooter; and the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk contest, to see which player dunks the ball in the most entertaining way. Shortly after the All-Star break is the league's trade deadline. After this date, teams are not allowed to exchange players with each other for the remainder of the season, although they may still sign and release players. Major trades are often completed right before the trading deadline, making that day a hectic time for general managers. In April, the regular season ends. It is during this time that voting begins for individual awards, as well as the selection of the honorary league-wide postseason teams. The NBA Sixth Man Award is given to the best player coming off the bench (not starting for his team). The NBA Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the best rookie player. The NBA Most Improved Player Award is awarded to the most improved player. The NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award is awarded to the league's best defender. The NBA Coach of the Year Award is awarded to either the best coach in the league or the coach that has made the most positive difference to a team. The NBA Most Valuable Player Award is given to player deemed the most valuable for that season. Additionally, The Sporting News awards an unofficial (but widely recognized) NBA Executive of the Year Award to the general manager who is adjudged to have done the best job for his franchise. The postseason teams are the All-NBA Teams, the All-Defensive Teams, and the All-Rookie Teams; each consists of five players. There are three All-NBA teams, consisting of the top players at each position, with first-team status being most desirable. There are two All-Defensive teams, consisting of the top defenders at each position. There are also two All-Rookie teams, consisting of the top first-year players regardless of position. Playoffs The NBA Playoffs begin in late April.

Wilson Chandler, in the New York Knicks,

Thaddeus Young, in the Philadelphia 76ers,

Antoine Wright, in the Toronto Raptors,

J.J. Hickson, in the Cleveland Cavaliers,

Hakim Warrick, in the Milwaukee Bucks,

Alexis Ajinca, in the Charlotte Bobcats,

Jamaal Magloire, in the Miami Heat,

Fabricio Oberto, in the Washington Wizards,

Tim Duncan, in the San Antonio Spurs,

Ronny Turiaf, in the Golden State Warriors,

Kareem Rush, in the Los Angeles Clippers,

and Josh Powell, in the Los Angeles Lakers.

Pretty sure it was Iverson.

There is a guard playing for the Toronto Raptors who is named Anthony Parker. The San Antonio Spurs' starting point guard is also named Tony Parker.

#5 Rich Nemcek

#10 Scott Turner

#15 Dave McNally

#20 Bob Ritter

#22 Carl Nicks

#23 Steve Reed

#24 Tom Crowder

#30 Bob Heaton

#32 Eric Curry

#33 Some guy named Larry

#40 Brad Miley

#42 Alex Gilbert

#44 Leroy Staley

(#5 through #20 are the right guys, but it's possible their numbers are mixed up)

The starters were Bird, Miley, Gilbert, Nicks, Reed

The first off the bench were Staley and Heaton

The other guys very rarely played, except in the last 5 minutes or so of games when the score was totally lopsided (which happened a lot that year... ISU averaged over 90 pts a game).

Record was 33 and 0 (actually it was 33 and 1, but I like to forget the last game of the season). Plus won all of their pre-season, exhibition games, incl. vs. the Soviet National Team featuring a moster guy named Kachinko.

Kobe Bryant has played in 1,166 games including playoffs,All-Star games, and regular season. He has played in 980 regular season games, 11 All-Star games, and 175 playoff games.This was typed 1/3/10

Wilt Chamberlian scored 100 points agains the (then) Phildaelphia Warriors in 1962.

There have been only four #15 seeds that have defeated #2 seeds:

Richmond over Syracuse 73-69 in 1991

Santa Clara over Arizona 64-61 in 1993

Coppin State over South Carolina 78-65 in 1997

Hampton over Iowa State 58-57 in 2001

An NBA game consists of 48 minutes of play. However, with timeouts, halftime, free throws, and other parts of the game that cause time to stop, NBA games actually last around 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Lebron James, it was Kobe before him. However this is age, not fewest games played.

The first six are all Celtics: Bill Russell with 11, Sam Jones with 10, then Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Satch Sanders, and John Havlicek with 8 each.

The full list can be seen on "List of NBA players with most championship rings" on Wikipedia.

About 19 points in the YMCA. In college maybe 50-70 points. And the NBA (National Basketball Association) is about 97 points

The above answer is only half correct. In fact, Kobe Bryant, a great basketball player only averages 24.6-30.0 ppg (points per game)

Abdul-Jabbar was married to Habiba Abdul-Jabbar, and together they had three children: daughters Habiba and Sultana and son Kareem Jr., who also played basketball. They were divorced in 1978. He has another son, Amir, with Cheryl Pistono. Another son, Adam, made an appearance on the TV sitcom Full House with him.