The NBA’s most unbreakable records, including marks by Wilt Chamberlain, History of NBA…
LeBron James established a club that could only have one member, even decades from now, when he surpassed the 50,000-point milestone last week (combining regular season and playoff points).
Stephen Curry has the ability to create a new one-man category on Thursday night. He can become the first player in NBA history to achieve 4,000 points in a career with just two 3-pointers. James Harden of the Los Angeles Clippers is the only player in history to have
Stephen Curry has the ability to create a new one-man category on Thursday night. He can become the first player in NBA history to achieve 4,000 points in a career with just two 3-pointers. James Harden of the Los Angeles Clippers is the only player in history to have earned 3,000. Curry, who turns 37 on March 14, is 35 years old and roughly 900 3s ahead of Harden. Harden, who has averaged about 200 treys per season, would have a hard time reaching 4,000 on his own. Catching Curry, though? Most likely not. Just this season, Curry
The benchmarks that James and Curry have set may very well be headed for immortality when they retire. Here are a few more NBA individual records that are probably going to be remembered.
• The complete 1961–62 season of Wilt Chamberlain is essentially preserved in statistical concrete and will never be reproduced. No one comes close to his record-breaking 50.4 points per game average. Other than Chamberlain, Michael Jordan is the only player to average over 37. With an average of 39.5 shots each game, Chamberlain set a record that no one can match. Nobody else has a higher average than thirty. Both Jordan and Allen Iverson once averaged 27, while Elgin Baylor
• The 41 technical fouls committed by Rasheed Wallace. In Portland, Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference finals is notorious due to contentious whistles. The following season, Wallace recorded a record 41 technicals en route to 18 ejections, further deteriorating his relationship with officials. The NBA introduced new regulations in 2006 that mandated penalties for a season after a player turns 16,
