In 1998-99, Darrell Armstrong came off the bench to average 13.8 points, 6.7 assists, and 2.2 steals per game for the Orlando Magic, becoming the first player to win the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award and the NBA Most Improved Player Award simultaneously. The following year, he became the Magic's starting point guard and had a career year, averaging 16.2 points per game.

The film stars Kyrie Irving as Uncle Drew, the title character from his Pepsi Max advertisements that began airing in 2012, along with former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Aaron Gordon, Reggie Miller, and Nate Robinson, as well as former WNBA player Lisa Leslie.

On January 31, 2014, the Nets set a record they would probably rather forget, snagging only 17 total rebounds in a 95-120 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

A multi-dimensional player, Alvin Robertson registered 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 steals while playing for the Spurs against the Phoenix Suns on February 18, 1986. He is one of only four NBA players (and the only non-center) to record a quadruple-double (double digits in four statistical categories in a single game).

The ABA disbanded after the 1976 season. Four of its teams (Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets, and San Antonio Spurs) were absorbed into the NBA in the ABA-NBA merger, and the remainder, including Artis Gilmore's Kentucky Colonels, folded. As a result Gilmore went into the special 1976 ABA dispersal draft, and was chosen first overall by the Chicago Bulls.

On March 12, 1958, in the last game of the 1957-58 NBA regular season, Maurice Stokes was knocked unconscious after he drove to the basket, drew contact, and struck his head as he fell to the court. He was revived with smelling salts and returned to the game. Three days later, after recording 12 points and 15 rebounds in an opening-round playoff game against the Detroit Pistons, he became ill on the team's flight back to Cincinnati. Stokes later suffered a seizure and was left permanently paralyzed. He was diagnosed with post-traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury that damaged his motor-control center.

Blaze the Trail Cat joined the Trail Blazer family in 2002 and has been the team's biggest fan ever since.

On February 21, 2003, Washington Wizard Michael Jordan dropped 43 points four days after his 40th birthday in an 89-86 win over the New Jersey Nets. He also grabbed 10 rebounds and had 4 steals.

Two months after the U.S. release of The Matrix, the Phoenix Suns selected a lengthy forward with the No. 9 pick in the 1999 NBA Draft. It didn't take long for Shawn Marion's extraterrestrial arms, legs, and speed to make an impression. In the pre-season of his rookie year, Kenny "The Jet" Smith dubbed Marion "The Matrix", which would become one of the NBA's most widely recognized pseudonyms.

Cable network entrepreneur and Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner bought the Hawks in 1977, partially to provide programming for his cable channels. The Hawks were the only NBA team in the Deep South at the time, just as the Atlanta Braves were the only Major League Baseball team, and Turner's ownership was instrumental in keeping both teams in the region.