Basketball

Did You Know? - Ann Meyers

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Did you know Ann Meyers is the only woman to sign a contract with an NBA Team. She inked a $50,000 offer from the Indiana Pacers back in 1979 to try out for the team. One of the top Woman players of all time, Ann participated in three tryout practices, before she was let go. Let’s give it up for Ann! Can you guys name the famous MLB Player she married in 1986?

Burn of The Week - Larry Bird Torches Hawks

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Our newest installment of the Blaze ‘Burn of the Week’ honors one of the best; Mr. Larry Legend. It was back on March 12th, 1985 when Bird torched the Atlanta Hawks for a career high 60 points!! He went 22 of 36 from the field and 15 of 16 from the line while scoring a Celtics record 37 points in the 2nd half. If you come across videos of this game, it’s so funny to watch the Hawks bench going nuts while Larry was knocking down jumpers left and right.

Kevin Johnson

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Point Guard Kevin Johnson earned the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award for the 1988-89 season. It was KJ’s first full season in Phoenix after being traded there mid-way through his Rookie year from Cleveland. Johnson averaged 20 points per game along with 12 assists that year putting him alongside Magic Johnson & Isiah Thomas as the only other players to average those kinda numbers. Happy Birthday KJ!!

Jose Ortiz - First Puerto Rican Player Drafted In The NBA

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Jose Ortiz became the first Puerto Rican born player to be drafted into the NBA when the Utah Jazz selected him 15th overall in the 1987 draft. Considered by many to be one of the top Puerto Rican players ever, his NBA career was rather lackluster. He played in only 64 games over two seasons with the Jazz averaging just 2.9 points & 1.2 rebounds per game.

Doobieous Distinctions - Mavericks Win One!!

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Our Doobieous Distinction of the day goes to the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks who on January 29th, 1994 got their first home victory of the season in a 108-104 win over the Sacramento Kings. The win snapped a NBA record 19 game home losing streak, and improved their record to 3-39. That sure was a rough year for the Mavs who would go on to finish 13-69 with losing streaks of 20, 16 & 17 games thrown in there. Damn.

Burn of The Week - Vinnie 'The Microwave' Johnson

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This installment of the Blaze ‘Burn of The Week’ goes out to our man Vinnie Johnson. The man known as ‘The Microwave’ sure heated up late in Game 5 of the 1990 NBA Finals. Vinnie torched the Portland Trailblazers for 15 fourth quarter points including the game winner with 00.7 seconds left giving the Detroit Pistons their second consecutive NBA Championship.