The day after Kyrie Irving made his trade request, members of the Lakers expressed confidence that they would ultimately be able to land Irving for a package that included Russell Westbrook and a first-round pick.
LeBron James' post-up game has an unmistakable, entirely predictable rhythm. “There's nothing you can do,” James told SCNG. For a player who has averaged more than 27 points per game for his career, good for the fifth-highest average in NBA history, many coaches preface any perspective about James' chase of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's hallowed career scoring record by saying James isn't “a natural scorer.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA yet he doesn't get talked about nearly enough in those conversations. Regardless, Kareem remains far and away the greatest scorer of all-time and his exploits stretched even into the latter stages of his career. No longer the athlete he was in his prime, Kareem relied on his number of post moves, particularly the sky hook, to get baskets over anyone who tried to guard him. On Feb. 5, 1985, the Houston Rockets had a pair of Hall-of-Famers more than a decade younger than him, and neither stood a chance.
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
21 | PG | |
7 | SF | |
31 | C | |
10 | SG | |
3 | PF | |
35 | PF | |
28 | PF | |
6 | SF | |
30 | C | |
14 | PG | |
15 | SG | |
17 | PG | |
20 | SF | |
95 | SF | |
4 | SG | |
0 | PG |