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HoopsHype ranks the Top 25 players in the NBA for the 2023-24 season under the age of 25 years old.
The NBA has arguably never been as talented from top to bottom as it is today, and a big reason for that is the number of elite young players being drafted into the Association recently.
Today, we’re going to take a look at the Top 25 players under the age of 25 for the 2023-24 season, a list featuring an MVP candidate and various All-NBA-level players.
With so many great guys to look into, let’s jump right into the action.
HoopsHype ranks the 10 players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week.
With just over a month remaining until the 2023-24 NBA trade deadline (Feb. 8), we’re expanding our usual Trade Rumor Rankings (usually five players) to 10 players this week because there’s just so much trade scuttle to discuss.
For anyone unaware, the way we order these Trade Rumor Rankings is by ranking players based on the number of trade rumors they were part of over the previous week, judged by appearances on our Trade page.
With so many players and trade rumors to discuss, let’s jump right into the action.
HoopsHype ranks the 25 best left-handed players in NBA history, including Manu Ginobili, Bill Russell and James Harden, among many others.
According to StatHead, there have been just 342 left-handed players on record in the history of the NBA.
To celebrate the accomplished few southpaws to reach the Association, today, we’re going to rank the Top 25 best left-handed players in NBA history.
Let’s get right into it.
Just missed the cut: Zion Williamson, Anthony Mason, Ben Simmons, Jalen Rose, David Lee, Nick Van Exel, Thaddeus Young, De’Aaron Fox
Playing on Christmas Day is widely regarded as an opportunity for players to gain more visibility and acclaim. For many NBA stars, this has become an annual tradition. However, this isn’t the case for everyone. Here’s a list of All-Stars who, …
Playing on Christmas Day is widely regarded as an opportunity for players to gain more visibility and acclaim. For many NBA stars, this has become an annual tradition. However, this isn’t the case for everyone.
Here’s a list of All-Stars who, surprisingly, never had the chance to showcase their skills in a Christmas Day game during their careers.
Getting to play on Christmas Day is an accomplishment in itself, a sign that your team matters in the NBA. Winning on this day is especially challenging, as squads typically face off against the league’s top contenders. Kobe Bryant, for instance, …
Getting to play on Christmas Day is an accomplishment in itself, a sign that your team matters in the NBA. Winning on this day is especially challenging, as squads typically face off against the league’s top contenders. Kobe Bryant, for instance, had a record of 6-10 in Christmas Day games. However, a select group of All-Stars managed to maintain an undefeated record on this special day. Leading this elite group is Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen, who impressively never lost in his seven Christmas Day appearances.
Discover the rest of the unbeaten Christmas Day All-Stars below:
HoopsHype presents the 13 NBA players who are most underperforming preseason expectations in 2023-24 so far.
A little while ago, we discussed the NBA players who were most overperforming their preseason rankings in 2023-24. To judge that, we looked at our consensus Top 100 player rankings – which used rankings from our site, ESPN, Bleacher Report, The Ringer and CBS Sports from before the season to find a consensus ranking of the Top 100 players in the NBA for 2023-24 – and judged that against our own Global Rating data to see which players were most overperforming those preseason rankings.
That list can be found here.
Today, we’re doing the opposite to check out the NBA players most underperforming their preseason rankings, according to Global Rating.
HoopsHype ranks the 12 best players from the inaugural In-Season Tournament of 2023-24, led by GOAT candidate LeBron James.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament was a resounding success, with the NBA’s television ratings for this time of the year up as fans were excited to watch basketball in December that was meaningful.
The Los Angeles Lakers ultimately came out victorious in the first edition of the IST, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis leading the way for the team. Both will rank very high on this list.
Part of what made the IST so interesting, though, was the fact that it was a smaller team that made it to the final to face Los Angeles, the Indiana Pacers. That’s what makes this type of tournament – one with a one-game knockout round through the championship – so exciting: Truly anyone can win it.
Still, the Lakers’ firepower proved too much for Indiana in the final, as Los Angeles defeated the Pacers 123-09.
Below, our ranking of the top players from the 2023-24 In-Season Tournament.
HoopsHype presents the 13 NBA players who are most overperforming preseason expectations in 2023-24 so far.
A fun aspect of NBA preseason rankings is looking back on them to see what predictions have aged well and which have aged poorly.
Today, we’re taking a look at the latter, as we check out the NBA players in 2023-24 who are making the consensus player rankings from before the season look bad.
To do so, we’re checking out our own Global Rating data to see where the metric actually ranks every player currently to find out who is most outperforming preseason expectations.
HoopsHype ranks the 20 best short NBA players ever, which we defined as being six feet tall or below.
Although being tall is obviously quite important for NBA players, some guys have enjoyed long, successful careers despite being short (at least by professional basketball player standards).
Today, we are going to rank the Top 20 greatest short players in NBA history, with short being defined as their listed height being six feet tall or below.
Let’s jump right into the action.
We are six weeks into the season and are starting to get an idea of who are the best upcoming free agents. Here is an early look at 15 of the best 2024 free agents and what their next contract could look like.
We are six weeks into the season and are starting to get an idea of who are the best upcoming free agents. Here is an early look at 15 of the best 2024 free agents and what their next contract could look like.
