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11 Players Who Should've Played on One Team Their Whole Career

Close your eyes and try to picture this; Tim Duncan, one of the greatest players in basketball history. He's down in the paint, backing down a defender...while wearing a Phoenix Suns jersey. You can't do it, can you? What about an Atlanta Hawks jersey? Not that one either, right? How about anything other than a San Antonio Spurs jersey? It's impossible, isn't it? Some players have become so synonymous with certain teams that it's impossible to imagine them playing for anyone else. Just imagining Kobe Bryant or Magic Johnson not playing for the Lakers is practically out of the question, and guys like Stephen Curry have made it hard to see them any other team. Of course, for guys like Curry, playing for one team their entire career isn't the case. Sometimes they get traded away, sometimes they sign with another team, sometimes they come out of retirement, but whatever way it happens, they are moves that ended career-long runs with one team. With that being said...

6 Best Christmas Performers in NBA History

Christmas is one of the best days of the year for an NBA fan. Not only are there games on national television, but we get to see some of the league's best players and teams (and for some reason, the Lakers.) With Christmas right around the corner, I thought I'd take a look at some of the best players who made Christmas their day. With that in mind, here are the 6 best Christmas performers in NBA history. Oscar Robertson Few were as good as Oscar Robertson was during the 60s in the NBA. The 1963-64 season's MVP was the first player to ever average a triple-double for a while season and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980. On Christmas, Robertson had no trouble playing like the Hall of Famer he was. In his nine Christmas Day games, Robertson averaged 30 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game while shooting 46% from the field and 93% from the free throw line. Robertson had three separate occasions where he scored 38 points on Christmas Day an...

8 NBA Draft Day Mistakes

When it comes to the NBA Draft, hindsight is 20-20. No matter how much scouting a team does, you can never tell for sure how good a college prospect will adapt to the NBA. With that in mind, some decisions have come back to bite certain teams in the ass. Whether it be drafting a bust right before taking an All-Star or trading away a bust for an All-Star, these decisions have gone on to haunt teams & fans for a long time. Here are 7 mistakes made on draft day. Drafting Al-Farouq Aminu over Gordon Hayward & Paul George (2010) Let's start with a simple one where a team selected an OK player over future all-stars. Coming off a poor 2009-10 season where they went 29-53, the Los Angeles Clippers got the #8 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft and opted to select a small forward to replace Rasual Butler and pair up with Blake Griffen, who would be debuting next season after missing his entire rookie season due to injury. There were three viable options to choose from with the...