During the 2020-21 NBA season, Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet led the league in average distance traveled per game. His 2.76 average miles traveled on the court was impressive, and it got me thinking about just how big an NBA basketball court is. An NBA court is 94 feet long and 50 feet wide. While…
The NBA’s salary cap is the limit in the total amount of money each team is allowed to pay their players.
Jordan Kilganon’s 49.5-inch vertical leap is impressive.
The NBA’s developmental league – the ‘G League’ as it has been called since 2017 – has been around since 2001. It has risen in popularity over the past few years, as it has become a legitimate option for high schoolers who want to skip college. Since the NBA’s One Year Rule prohibits players jumping…
In order to be a true basketball fan, you must speak like one. That means countless basketball terms that explain the game but also you must be able to speak the slang for cred among hoops diehards. Maybe you are a diehard already, or maybe you are looking to build your bball vocab to keep…
Golden State Warriors superstar, Steph Curry just signed a 4-year, $215M contract that will pay him around $45M annually until 2025-26. He is a multi-millionaire at the height of his sport. But not everyone gets paid like the Steph Curry’s of the league. There are guys on each team making the NBA’s minimum salary. You…
In terms of probabilty, the odds for making it to the NBA are low. Like, really low. In fact, you have about a 0.03%, or one in 3,333, chance of making it into an NBA team. Let’s go a step further to really drive that point home: out of 16,000 college basketball players in the…
Attending a basketball camp can be a great way to improve your skills, meet new friends and gain valuable connections.
Growing up in the mid-’90s meant that most of my basketball fandom lay at the foot of the GOAT, Michael Jordan. As a Jordan fan during my teens, when basketball meant as much in my life as just about anything, I devoured anything I could get my hands on about MJ. Jordan quotes were one…
The 2024-25 season will soon be upon us, and the Los Angeles Lakers are poised for another title run. That is, of course, if all of their players stay healthy. LA boasts the oldest average age for a team going into the season at 30.9 years of age. However, the player they will be monitoring…
