The Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker, born October 30, 1996, is the youngest player in the NBA. Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett were NBA active players at the time of his birth. Among the 60 picks from the 2015 NBA draft, Devin Booker, Jerian Grant, Larry Nance Jr. and Joe Young had their fathers play in the NBA. Last season, 26 players that played at least one NBA game were sons of former NBA players, including reigning MVP Stephen Curry. That was
Nerlens Noel missed the 2013-14 season with a torn ACL, so his rookie season was pushed back a year. It did not disappoint. Lost in Philadelphia’s 18-win season was a 6-foot-11, 228 pound defensive wizard who turn 21 years old with a week left in the season. While offensively challenged, Noel turned in the defensive season of a veteran. [Read more…]
In honor of Reggie Miller’s 50th birthday, here are 10 things you may not know about him: [Read more…]
Best wishes to the Mamba. Here, courtesy of former ESPN researcher Peter Newmann, are a few fast facts on the player we have seen too little of over the past two seasons. (Although yesterday, Saturday, he finally put up some shots for the first time since his rotator cuff surgery). [Read more…]