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10 things you may not know about Euroleague’s all-time top scorer Mike James

Mike James just surpassed Vassilis Spanoulis to become the all-time scorer in the history of the Euroleague. The former NBAer has played 10 seasons in Europe, averaging 16.5 points per game throughout his career in the continent’s top competition. …

Mike James just surpassed Vassilis Spanoulis to become the all-time scorer in the history of the Euroleague.

The former NBAer has played 10 seasons in Europe, averaging 16.5 points per game throughout his career in the continent’s top competition.

Here are ten things you may not know about Mr. Natural.

On this day: Celtics trade for Isaiah Thomas; trade for Atkins, Hunter

On this day in Celtics history, the team dealt for IT, and nine years before that, for Chucky Atkins and Lindsey Hunter.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team traded forward Tayshaun Prince to the Detroit Pistons in 2015 in exchange for power forward Jonas Jerebko and small forward GiGi Datome. As part of the deal, the Celtics also sent guard Marcus Thornton to the Phoenix Suns. In turn, the Suns sent a young point guard fighting for playing time in their crowded backcourt rotation to the Celtics in exchange for Thornton’s services.

That floor general was none other than the future King in the Fourth, Isaiah Thomas, who was unhappy about having to compete with fellow Phoenix guards Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe to get on the court with the Suns.

IT carved out a starting role quickly with his new team, eventually becoming a part of Celtics lore himself with multiple deep playoff runs with the franchise.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 13

Today’s installment focuses on the 24 players who wore No. 13 over the years as of September 2023.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the 24 players who wore No. 13 over the years as of September 2023.

“If Bird hadn’t hit that jumper and we went to overtime, I know she would have gone through the gate, I wouldn’t have been there,” said Gorman. https://t.co/7OrFzM8Ayf

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 4, 2023

Ranking the 21 players who have played for the most (at least 10!) NBA teams

Ish Smith has now suited up for nearly half the teams in the league. Who else comes close?

There is something special about a journeyman who has experience playing for various different franchises during their NBA careers.

As of the time of publishing this article, there are 21 players who played at least one game for at least 10 different teams around the league. While many are former undrafted free agents who scrapped and clawed their way around to stay pros, others were former top picks.

Joe Smith (No. 1 overall pick in 1995), Jim Jackson (No. 4 pick in 1992), Jeff Green (No. 5 pick in 2007) and D.J. Augustin (No. 9 pick in 2008) were lottery picks before bouncing around from team to team.

One reason for this is that you have to be pretty good to convince so many teams that you are worth an NBA contract.

So we took a look at the players who have played for the most teams while in the NBA. Feel free to use this as a resource next time you are having trouble guessing a player for Immaculate Grid.

Note that some active players who could potentially make this list in the future if they keep signing with new teams in the NBA include Justin Holiday, Robin Lopez, Jae Crowder, Seth Curry, George Hill, JaVale McGee, Markieff Morris and Noah Vonleh.

The pie charts provided below indicate how many games each player played with each team so you can track longevity.

All data is available via Basketball-Reference and NBA.com.

On this day: Wilkins, James sign; Wanamaker, Krstić, Olsen born

Former Celtics Dominique Wilkins and Mike James signed with Boston today, and Brad Wanamaker, Nenad Krstić and Bud Olsen were born today.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame small forward Dominique Wilkins signed with the Celtics in free agency in 1994. The Human Highlight Film — as Wilkins had come to be called for his frequent, flashy dunks — went on to win a gold medal in the 1994 World Championship of Basketball with the so-called “Dream Team 2” before joining the team in the fall.

Wilkins would play but one season with the Celtics, putting up a very respectable 17.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game in his age-35 season, displaying an exceptionally rare high-level longevity.

After the season was over, Wilkins would head overseas to play for Greek club Panathinaikos, with whom he would win a EuroLeague championship.

On this day: McHale, Embry, Thompson inducted; Brown, Moore drafted

On this day, Kevin McHale, Wayne Embry, and John Thompson were inducted into the Hall of Fame, and Jaylen Brown and E’Twaun Moore were drafted.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, franchise legends Kevin McHale, Wayne Embry, and John Thompson were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. McHale had been drafted by the Celtics out of the University of Minnesota with the third overall pick of the 1980 NBA draft.

That deal for that pick, which Boston had acquired along with big man Robert Parish in exchange for the top overall pick of that draft, was widely considered to be one of the most lopsided deals in league history. McHale would have an immediate impact on the young core being built around forward phenomenon Larry Bird.

Along with Parish, forward Cedric Maxwell, point guard Dennis Johnson and shooting guard Danny Ainge, the Celtics would form a dynasty he would win three championships with in the 1980s.

Former NBA player Mike James calls Steph Curry ‘one dimensional’

According to one former NBA guard, Steph Curry is “just kind of one-dimensional at times.”

After becoming the NBA’s leader for all-time made 3-pointers, Steph Curry added another All-Star appearance, his fourth NBA championship and his first NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award during the 2021-22 season to his already long list of achievements on the basketball court.

Despite having a decorated resume that features things like unanimous MVP awards and multiple NBA titles, it’s still not enough for some.

On a recent appearance on The Players Choice podcast, former NBA guard Mike James was asked to list his top-five players in the league. While listing players like Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid and LeBron James, the former Brooklyn Nets guard has one notable omission.

When explaining why he left Curry off his top five, James surprisingly went on to call the Golden State Warriors star guard “one dimensional.”

Via The Players Choice Podcast:

Steph — like how he plays and how he gets stuff off, it’s just kind of one-dimensional at times if that makes sense — He’s not the primary ball-handler a lot and for a point guard that kind of bothers me. But he does score off the dribble so I mean he’s a superstar. When you’re picking your top five, you’re kind of just nit-picking.

Listen to the full podcast here.

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Former Nets guard Mike James calls Steph Curry’s game one-dimensional

Former Brooklyn Net Mike James sounds off on why Steph Curry isn’t in his top-five players list.

Former Brooklyn Nets guard Mike James sounded off on Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry’s style of play earlier this week, calling it “one-dimensional.”

Professional French basketball player James joined the Players Choice podcast, opening up on Curry. He said:

Steph, how he plays and how he gets stuff off, it’s just kinda one-dimensional at times. He’s not the primary ball-handler a lot, and for a point guard that kinda bothers me.

The former EuroLeaguer was discussing his top five players, which he didn’t include Curry on.

James was teammates with Kevin Durant and the two grew very close, he actually also talked to the podcast about Durant’s appearance overseas to attend James’ playoff campaign. He revealed that Durant may have already known the team was going to lose in the postseason.

He lists Durant, LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic in his top-five players list.

“I think those other five can do whatever they want to do on any team in the world right now,” Mike James said.

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Former Nets guard Mike James lists Sixers’ Joel Embiid as top 5 player

Former Brooklyn Nets guard Mike James lists Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid as a top five player in the league.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has earned a ton of respect around the league as one of the top players in the game.

He shows off his skills on a nightly basis, leading the league in scoring at 30.6 points per game in the 2021-22 season. He became the first big man to lead the league in scoring since Shaquille O’Neal in 2000, and he is the first big man to average 30 in a season since Moses Malone in 1982. He threw the Sixers on his back every night.

Former Brooklyn Nets guard Mike James, now playing in the EuroLeague, hopped on “The Players Choice” podcast and listed Embiid among the top five players in the league. His other four are Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo. He left Stephen Curry off the list.

Mike James on his reasoning for leaving Curry off his list:

I think those other five can do whatever they want to do on any team in the world right now. If we put Luka, Embiid, Bron, KD, and Giannis on any team in the world, they’re gonna be who they are right there. … He’s still gonna be Steph, but I think he maximizes him at that team, which is nothing wrong with that. I mean, you can maximize yourself as a team and that can be your role and there’s nothing wrong with that at all.

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Embiid and the Sixers look to maximize the talent they have on the roster and chase the Larry O’Brien trophy. With the big fella and James Harden healthy, that is the hope for Philadelphia heading into the 2022-23 season.

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