The Basketball Section

Michael Jordan's #23. Larry Bird's #33. Both of Kobe Bryant's #8 and #24 jerseys. All of them are some of the most iconic numbers in the history of the NBA. However, not every number gets the same amount of love that heavily used numbers like #3, #11, or #20. The numbers on this list are so infrequently used that only one player has ever worn them in an NBA game. Now, there are a couple of ground rules for this list. First off, along with the NBA, ABA and BAA uniform numbers will also count in this. For example, Taj Gibson was the first NBA player to wear #67, but thanks to Moe Becker in 1947 also wearing it in the BAA, you won't be seeing #67 here. Second, numbers that have never been used won't be here, so there won't be a #58, #64, or a #69, even though I'm told that last one would be nice. And finally, there are a few numbers I haven't included, those being #07 and #09. Those aren't typos, as the Rochester Royals issued both #07 and #09 to Paul N...

 Well, this did numbers the last time I did it, so let's run it back with some 90s attitude. I've already looked at the best undrafted players from both the 2000s and the 2010s , so now I'm going back and looking at the best undrafted players of the 1990s. Every time the NBA holds its annual draft, there are plenty of players who don't get their name called and go undrafted. Despite that, many undrafted players have gone on to have lengthy, successful careers that are "totally fly" or "hella phat" or other things people in the 90s would say. If you're still here after that, thank you, and let's get into this. These are the best undrafted players from each year of the 1990s. 1990: Scott Williams Just like last time, I'm starting this list off with a weak pool of undrafted players. There are literally only four players who went undrafted in 1990 that anything resembling an NBA career, with the best being Scott Williams. Williams attended No...

Most of us have probably felt the disappointment of not being picked for a sports team in high school. Now imagine that, only the selection process is on national television, all your friends & family are with you waiting for a call that's never coming, and you have to watch as everyone else in the pool is picked over you, and that's probably how it feels to go undrafted. Every year, hundreds of college athletes declare for the draft with the hopes of going pro in their sport of choice. However, with a limited number of draft selections available, not all of them will make the cut and find themselves on a team by the end of the draft. The NBA is no stranger to this, as with only 60 picks in each draft, plenty of prospects go undrafted each year. That's not to say that someone's NBA dreams are dead if they don't get picked, as plenty of undrafted players from various draft classes end up making it to the NBA, with some even having lengthy, successful careers for ...