Weird coincidences in NBA history that you know of

[kennethgriffen]

Kobe can only win rings when he had HOF stacked frontcourts and the GOAT coach.

0 asg's 13ppg career odom who basically retired immediately after leaving kobe at only age 31?

bynum who averaged 6ppg in the playoffs and sat the entire 4th quarter every game and got shat out of the league by his 25th birthday?

gasol whos boarderline top 70-80 all time and arguably the 5th worst championship wingman in nba history .. 0-16 in the playoffs as lead dog and had 1 allstar appearance in 7 years prior to joining kobe?




stacked?



STACKED?????

[Shaquille O'Neal]

i always found it weird how the nba runs the same you get me, i get you back finals storyline


2006 miami beats dallas
2011 dallas beats miami

2008 celtics beat lakers
2010 lakers beat celtics

2012 lebron beats durant
2017/18 durant beats lebron

2013 miami beats sanantonio
2014 sanantonio beats miami

2015 warriors beat cavs
2016 cavs beat warriors



don't be surprised if a finals loser comes back to beat a previous winner again this year

2017 durant beats kyrie
2019 kyrie beats durant


???


there always has to be a storyline and this is probably the only one possible for the finals

Not only this, but:


2006 - Erick Dampier played for the Mavs - lost to the Heat.

2011 - Erick Dampier played for the Heat - lost to the Mavs.
He was on the wrong side both times.

[Kblaze8855]

Every champion from 1984 to 2017 had at least one player on its roster that year who had played with Shaq at some point in their career.

Greg Kite for the Celtics in 84 and 86. Bryon Scott for the 85, 87, and 88 Lakers. THe Pistons...John Salley and Dennis Rodman. 91-93 Bulls Horace Grant...94 and 95 Rockets...Horry. 96-98..Rodman. 99 would be....shit. Cant think of who on the Spurs.

2000-02 Lakers. 03 would be Steve Kerr...who now that I think about it would be the 99 answer as well.

04 Pistons...Lindsey Hunter. 05 Spurs...Horry. He was on the 06 Heat. Spurs in 07....with Horry retired....dont know. Thats gonna annoy me...

08 Celtics had all the guys who were still there when Shaq came to retire in Boston.

09 and 10...Kobe. 11...no clue. 12-13 Lebron and Wade. 14....cant think of anyone.

15 Barbosa was probably on the Suns with Shaq. 16 Lebron. 17....Sideshow bob was on the Cavs when Shaq was there I guess.

The Mavs and Spurs who played with Shaq are gonna bug me all day. Im too proud to go check.

[Walk on Water]

Kobe and Lebron both had their first big injuries against the same team.

[Ben Simmons 25]

Weird coincidence... Kyrie goes down with injury... Celtics win multiple games by 10, 15+ points, go undefeated... ball movement and team as well as individual defense are at season highs. Kyrie comes back... within 2 games, teammates are fighting on the bench, ball movement has stopped and nobody cares about defense. How weird.

[Stephonit]

LeBron James and Steph Curry were both born in Akron Ohio.

[superduper]

0 asg's 13ppg career odom who basically retired immediately after leaving kobe at only age 31?

bynum who averaged 6ppg in the playoffs and sat the entire 4th quarter every game and got shat out of the league by his 25th birthday?

gasol whos boarderline top 70-80 all time and arguably the 5th worst championship wingman in nba history .. 0-16 in the playoffs as lead dog and had 1 allstar appearance in 7 years prior to joining kobe?




stacked?



STACKED?????

Are you shocked they're avoiding this like the plague? Because I'm not.

[jongib369]

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[72-10]

I'll give you one - last game of the 1982-83 regular season, Spurs vs. Mavs, teammates Artis Gilmore shot 8-8 from the floor and Gene Banks shot 9-9 from the floor. What's more, Gilmore had 11 turnovers. Not sure when else this has happened. Kind of the opposite of that recent Minnesota game.

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

In the 2015-2016 season, the Mavs had 3 players on their roster that had the exact same birthday: June 26, 1984. They were Deron Williams, JJ Barea and Raymond Felton.

[72-10]

The NBA had 16 different players with the surname Johnson on their rosters over the course of the 1981-82 season, a league record and probably a record for any professional sports league in the world. The league even made a music video for it, which has apparently disappeared from the net.

[And1AllDay]

In 2016 Durant played a 73-win team and was up 3-1 and lost
In 2016 LeBron played a 73-win team and was down 3-1 and won
Durant then joined the 73-win team after being up 3-1 against them.

[Ainosterhaspie]

In the 2015-2016 season, the Mavs had 3 players on their roster that had the exact same birthday: June 26, 1984. They were Deron Williams, JJ Barea and Raymond Felton.

THIS is the sort of thing that gives this thread some nice potential if people can keep their annoying agendas out of it.

[theaussieguy]

No coincidence that the price for the commodity salt drops DRASTICALLY after Curry has a banger.

[Anti Vida]

Chris Bosh drafted to the Raptors. Dude actually looked like a Dinosaur.