Things you should know...

- Jerry Sloan hat als einziger Head Coach mit nur einem Team 1.000 Siege erlangt.

- Cablevision firmiert seit 12 Jahren als Besitzer der New York Knicks. In dieser Zeit haben die Knickerbockers 7x die Playoffs verpasst, einen Conference Titles gewonnen, keinen Division Titel, und keine Meisterschaft. Mit Jeff van Gundy, Don Chaney, Lenny Wilkens, Herb Williams, Larry Brown und Isiah Thomas mussten sechs Head Coaches gehen. Allan Houston stattete man 2001 mit einem Vertrag im Wert von 100.4 Millionen $ aus - der Shooting Guard konnte anschließend in nur noch einer Saison alle 82 RS-Games bestreiten.

- Einziger Rookie of the Year in der langen Geschichte der Philadelphia 76ers ist Allen Iverson (1996/97).

- What is the Collective Bargaining Agreement?
It's the legal contract between the league and the Players Association that sets up the rules by which they all operate. (It's commonly abbreviated as "CBA," which is not to be confused with the Continental Basketball Association. The abbreviation CBA will be used in the remainder of this document.)
The CBA defines the salary cap, the procedures for determining how it is set, the minimum and maximum salaries, the rules for trades, the procedures for the NBA draft, and hundreds of other things that need to be defined in order for a league like the NBA to function.
Incidentally, the CBA is also what prevents the NBA from being in violation of antitrust laws. Many of the NBA's practices (salary cap, draft, etc.) would violate the Sherman act were the CBA not arrived at through collective bargaining.

- Noch kein Laker wurde DPOY.

- Folgt man der Statistik, ist Gilbert Arenas der beste value pick der letzten 20 Jahre.

- 24 Punkte, 28 Rebounds, 15 Blocked Shots: diese bemerkenswerte Statline gelang Shaquille O'Neal am 20.11.1993 beim 87-85 seiner Orlando Magic gegen die New Jersey Nets.

- Chauncey Billups nach dem ASG 2007: 'I didn't like it at all. I loved being here. I loved being a part of it, but I don't like it at all. We need something to make the guys play a little harder, to compete against one another. ... If I paid my hard-earned money to see KG and Kobe and Wade, I want to see them really play. You know what I'm saying?' Nichtsdestotrotz war Billups auch 2008 wieder mit dabei.

- LeBron James: 'I wanted to play ball no matter what time of the day it was, no matter what the weather was. Playing ball for me was a release as a kid.'

- Einige Kategorien, in denen Kevin Garnett nicht All-Time Leader der Minnesota Timberwolves ist: Blocks per game (Platz 2, 1.7); Steals per game (Platz 6, 1.4); Points per game (Platz 3, 20.5); Assists per game (Platz 8, 4.5); Field Gold Pct (Platz 7, 49.1).