Basketball is one of the most loved sports in the world and is also among the most popular ones. Basketball‘s most popular platform is National Basketball Association or NBA. This is a men’s professional basketball league in North America and is widely profitable. It was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946. There are many interesting facts and figures associated with NBA and to know more about this league, you can read the following.
1.Predicting the NBA Champion
The 2013/13 season saw Miami Heat get the highest point per game at 102.9 for the Eastern conference while the highest points per game for the western conference was earned by Houston Rocket at 106.1. Miami Heat has won two NBA championships while Oklahoma City Thunder has won 1.
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2. NBA Draft history
As far as the NBA history is concerned, Tony Parker has earned the maximum steals with 28 steals in total whereas Nate Archibald has 19th overall. The biggest deals for the year 1998 were Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix Suns got the biggest deal of 2006.
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3. 2013-14 NBA GM Survey
Everywhere NBA.com conducts a General Manager survey in which all the 30 GMs are asked 56 questions and the results revealed that the toughest player according to them was Kobe Bryant whereas the breakout star votes went to Anthony Davis.
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4. Earning finals glory
Here’s a look at some of the best achievements on basketball’s biggest stage. Elgin Baylor holds the record for most points in a game at 61 points whereas Bill Russels has the highest rebounds in a game at 40 rebounds. Magic Johnson holds the record for most assists in a game at 21 assists whereas Robert Horry holds the record for most steals in a game at 7 steals. The most 3 pointers made by an individual in one game is by Ray Allen who made 8 3-pointers. Other highest 3 pointer makers are Kenny Smith and Scottie Pippen.
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5. NBA Twitter all stars
NBA is very popular on Twitter and this is evident from the fact that there are 11263530 total NBA team followers and 26% of all people following NBA teams follow Los Angeles Lakers. There are a total of 448069 total NBA team tweets on Twitter and Brooklynnets have the most tweets as compared to all other teams.
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6. NBA’s top 5s on social media
As far as social media is concerned, Los Angeles Clippers are the fastest growers on Facebook whereas Thunder OKC is the fastest growing team on Twitter. In terms of fan engagement, Los Angeles Lakers are doing the best job and Atlanta Hawks need to buck up.
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7. MBA vs. NBA
When comparing some of the most famous MBAs in the world with the most popular NBA players in the world, we found that Tim Cook’s net worth is $400M while Lebron James’s net worth is $120M. Some MBA holders in NBA are Herb Kohl, Joe Lacob and Stan Kroenke.
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8. Stephen Curry journey to the NBA
Stephen Curry was born in Ohio finished his senior season by shooting over 48% from three point range. He held many college records and holds the NBA regular season record for three pointers in a season. Warriors Franchise is the record holder for most three pointers made in a game.
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9. The NBA lockouts
The biggest salary in NBA is earned by Kobe Bryant and the salary figure is $25.2 Million. For NBA, the average player salary is $5.15 M. An average MBA game pours $1.3 Million into the local economy and this means a total of $1.5 Billion is added to the local economy in an average season.
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10. 2013-2014 NBA final predictions
As far as the predictions, go, Miami Heat and Houston Rockets are projected to face each other in the NBA finals. The duo of Dwight Howard and James Harden can put Houston Rockets in a position to chase the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Miami Heat is predicted to win this year’s NBA final.
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11. NBA Social playoffs
Social networking websites too are ready for the NBA tournament of 2013-2014. A social NBA playoff will be conducted on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ Circles. The first round will be decided by the number of Facebook Likes while the second round will be decided by the total social following. The third round will be decided by Twitter Interactions which is equal to tweets, replies to tweets and retweets. The fourth round will be decided by the sum of player twitter followers for each team.
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12. Pro Sport salary structures
The median salary of Lakers and Kings Salary is $67 Million which is contributed by $92 Million from Lakers and $44 Million from Kings. The median salary for Bruins and Islanders is $59 whereas that of Yankees and Pirates is $84 Million. $123 Million is the average median salary for Redskins and Buccannears.
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13. 2013 NBA Finals
The 2013 NBA finals were held between San Antonia Spurs and Miami Heat. The key bench players for Spurs are Manu Ginobill, Gary Neal, Boris Dlaw and Matt Bonner while the key bench players for Miami Heat are Norris Cole, Ray Allen, Shane Battler and Chris Andersen. When both teams are compared on the basis of their head to head associations, Spurs have a total number of 101.6 points whereas Miami Heat have a total of 97.2 points. Spurs has 42.9 points in rebounds in total and Miami Heat has a total of 37.4 points in rebounds. In terms of Blocks, Miami Heat has more points whereas in terms of Turnovers too, Miami Heat has more points.
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14. NBA Social media playoffs
All the NBA teams have increased their fan base in the year 2013. LA Lakers added 3.2 Million fans while Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat added 2.6 M and 2.5 M respectively. 22 teams saw their unmetric score of Facebook decrease in the year 2013 on comparing with the year 2012. LA Lakers had the highest drop from 92 to 59. The Twitter unmetric scores saw a mix of ups and downs in the year 2013. LA Clippers dropped from 72 to 37 and Brooklyn Nets had the highest gain from 22 to 37. Miami Heat leads the pack of all the NBA teams in terms of Facebook engagement.
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15. The Evolution of NBA logo design
NBA was founded in the year 1946 and since then it has undergone many changes and improvements. Many teams of the NBA have changed their Logos multiple times and some of these teams are Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets. Charlotte Bobcats have had 3 logos till date while Chicago Bulls is one team which has the same logo ever since it was formed.
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