Years ago, when Basketball Reference was emerging as the internet's leading stats website, it decided sports internet nicknames would have a home with them.

Who calls LeBron James "The Little Emperor?" Why is James Harden nicknamed "Honey Bun?" Since when is Drew Eubanks known as "The Shaq of Troutdale?" These are all questions chronically online ...

Last month, Harden also passed Andre Miller (8,524) for No. 12 all-time in assists and has 8,553 in his career. He’ll need ...

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is regarded as one of the easiest to gain enshrinement in major American sports. Using Basketball-Reference's Hall of Fame probability stat as a guide, we ...

The year’s points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and 3s are now locked in and we take a closer look at each one.

Career stats: 15.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.8 blocks, 58.7% FG Awards: 3x Defensive Player of the Year, 8x All-Star, 8x All-NBA, 5x All-Defensive Championships: 1 Other accolades: 2012 ...

The NBA and Christmas have been interlinked since the first slate of holiday games debuted in 1947. Check out this year's ...

Dick Pfander has spent most of his life collecting and analyzing box scores from every NBA game since the league’s founding. He did most of his work in solitude, by hand, before the age of personal ...

The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching as teams are finalizing their rosters ahead of the new campaign. Given the salary cap, multiple luxury tax aprons and various types of contracts available to ...