TOP 10 NBA PLAYERS WITH THE MOST HOLDERS OF "NBA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER" OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 6x NBA Most Valuable Player (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)

Bill Russell - 5x NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965)

Michael Jordan - 5x NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)

Wilt Chamberlain - 4x NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966, 1967, 1968)

LeBron James - 4x NBA Most Valuable Player (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)

Moses Malone - 3x NBA Most Valuable Player (1979, 1982, 1983)

Larry Bird - 3x NBA Most Valuable Player (1984, 1985, 1986)

Magic Johnson - 3x NBA Most Valuable Player (1987, 1989, 1990)

Bob Pettit - 2x NBA Most Valuable Player (1956, 1959)

Karl Malone - 2x NBA Most Valuable Player (1997, 1999)

Treadmill Meatwad from the season 10 episode. Muscles. Drawn by longtime ATHF BG artist, Bob Pettit

Miami’s Tyler Herro is the the first white American-born player to win an award in a decade

Miami’s Tyler Herro is the the first white American-born player to win an award in a decade

Tyler Herro (r.), the NBA’s Sixth Man of the YearPhoto: Getty Images Tyler Herro is a cold white boy. The Wisconsin native and University of Kentucky product won this season’s NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in runaway fashion, as he became the first member of the Miami Heat to receive the honor after collecting more than 274 total voting points than Cleveland’s Kevin Love (second place) and 360…

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My old friend and classmate, Leah Hayes, repeats the myth of improved enrollment under the Steves' Presidencies.

Bless her.

She says:

From my loose understanding of the numbers, the school continued to grow while SR was alive and remained a guiding influence. When Bob the 3rd took over there was some additional growth until people started figuring out what the 3rd and Jr were all about. They have presided over the long slow death of the school. Stephen Jones slow led that decline some. Steve Pettit actually stopped the bleeding and the school began to grow again. Now that the 3rd is pulling the puppet strings, he will finish the decline that he and his father began in the late 70's and early 80's. And things need to be done in secret because they lack integrity and are unwilling to be accountable. They will all meet Jesus one day, and He will burn up their wood, hay, and stubble. I am betting there is more stubble than wood.

Heavens-to-Betsy, Leah! Have you looked at any facts at all?

Honey, do you remember when we had five in a room in the 80s & 90s? That was under 3rd! BJU was booming! You were there.

I've been keeping track. I have all of BJU's official numbers. I have the numbers from the 1940s and the 1980s and the 2010s and the 2020s.

I remember when Pettit called himself "the Recruitment President."

I remember when Sam Horn and Bobby Wood were supposed to "right" enrollment.

I've got it all documented.

But let's look at the 1940s. Here's 1949:

Here's 1982. That's 3rd's peak. Third, honey. THIRD:

Third oversaw that boom. That was a boom!

And Pettit?

Now those are all snapshots for those years. Here are the numbers that BJU reported to the State of SC for the totals of full-time undergraduate students since Bob 3's reign:

Stephen Jones did anything but "slow the decline," Leah. And Pettit did not "grow the school again." It leveled off. He was promising 3000 by 2020. He didn't make it. See?

You all are creating these myths in real time.

Wake. Up.

I tagged "GOAT", and it applies doubly: Bill Russell, the perfect combination of intelligence, work ethic, team spirit and athleticism, is the greatest basketball player ever to live, while Red Auerbach, the best basketball coach ever, doing the work of eight people or more today (no assistant coaches, no scouts), transformed the fast break into the most potent offensive weapon in basketball, and picked the right players, acting as a scout, for the team-oriented basketball in which both he and Russell believed, which resulted in NBA championships, eight in a row to be exact (1959-66), such as no other coach has ever and probably will ever win.

To those who doubt the quality of the era: Imagine an era with Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Bob Pettit, Elgin Baylor, Jerry Lucas, Willis Reed and so on as your competition, all concentrated on eight or nine teams, typically with just ten players each.

Well, one does not have to imagine, because that is what the Boston Celtics faced when they won eight consecutive championships, with Bill Russell winning nine under Auerbach, plus two as player-coach, also with no assistants, for eleven rings, more than his fingers.

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#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Freelance". #FreelanceMovie. Latin American hocum with John Cena and Alison Brie. 2/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Freelance” (2023). “Freelance”, currently streaming on Prime Video, sets an early bar for the most brainless bit of movie nonsense in 2024. I don’t mind fantasy adventure films… but grounding them even vaguely in common sense is a pre-requisite for me. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: Mason Pettits (John Cena) is unhappy in his life. He is ex-special…

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Top 20 NBA players in career rebounds, along with their total career rebounds and average rebounds per game:

1. Wilt Chamberlain - 23,924 rebounds, 22.9 RPG

2. Bill Russell - 21,620 rebounds, 22.5 RPG

3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 17,440 rebounds, 11.2 RPG

4. Elvin Hayes - 16,279 rebounds, 12.5 RPG

5. Moses Malone - 16,212 rebounds, 12.2 RPG

6. Tim Duncan - 15,091 rebounds, 10.8 RPG

7. Karl Malone - 14,968 rebounds, 10.1 RPG

8. Shaquille O'Neal - 13,099 rebounds, 10.9 RPG

9. Hakeem Olajuwon - 13,748 rebounds, 11.1 RPG

10. Wes Unseld - 13,769 rebounds, 14.0 RPG

11. Walt Bellamy - 14,241 rebounds, 13.7 RPG

12. Robert Parish - 14,715 rebounds, 9.1 RPG

13. Charles Barkley - 12,546 rebounds, 11.7 RPG

14. Kevin Garnett - 14,662 rebounds, 10.0 RPG

15. Bob Pettit - 12,849 rebounds, 16.2 RPG

16. Nate Thurmond - 14,464 rebounds, 15.0 RPG

17. Jerry Lucas - 12,942 rebounds, 15.6 RPG

18. Bill Bridges - 11,054 rebounds, 11.9 RPG

19. Willis Reed - 8,414 rebounds, 9.5 RPG

20. Dave Cowens - 10,444 rebounds, 10.3 RPG

¿Sabonis padre o Sabonis hijo?. Domantas lidera la NBA con 21 triples-dobles esta temporada (seis en los últimos siete partidos) y logra hitos a los que no se acercó Arvydas, cuya sensación de dominio sí fue superior. Un debate lícito   NACHO DUQUE Hace unos años, preguntarse si el mejor de los Sabonis era Arvydas o Domantas podía considerarse herejía. Ahora, como hizo Javi Gancedo, reputado periodista del departamento de prensa de la Euroliga, ya no tanto. Dentro de lo difícil que es comparar jugadores (aunque compartan genética), épocas y dejando de lado el romanticismo de los que ya tenemos una edad, el debate no es una locura. Parece lícito. Resultados de la jornada Pacers 122-130 Raptors Knicks 113-111 Pistons Grizzlies 86-111 Nets Kings 110-121 Heat El padre dominó Europa con el Zalgiris, el Mundo con la Unión Soviética y podría haber sido uno de los mejores pívots en la historia de la NBA de no haber sufrido una rotura en el tendón de Aquiles y aquellas leyes que le impedían atravesar el Telón de Acero. El hijo, en un baloncesto muy distinto al de los 80 y los 90, está lejos de mostrar una sensación de poderío como la de su progenitor, pero las estadísticas le están encumbrando como uno de los mejores y más polivalentes pívots de la Liga. Aquel crío nacido en Portland mientras su padre jugaba en los Blazers y crecido en la Costa de Sol es ahora una máquina de producir triples-dobles. Lleva ya 21 esta temporada, liderando esa estadística en la NBA. En la derrota ante los Heat (110-121) hizo 14 puntos, 14 rebotes y 10 asistencias. Era el sexto en siete encuentros. El octavo en los últimos 10. El pívot de 2,08 metros y 27 años está promediando 20,1 puntos, 13,2 rebotes y 8,4 asistencias con un 61,9% en tiros de campo y un 41,9% en triples. Todos ellos son máximos en su carrera NBA... y no le llegaron para estar en el reciente All Star, encuentro que sí disputó el curso pasado. Con su última actuación, el pívot de los Kings llegó a los 40 dobles-dobles consecutivos en una sola temporada ya fuera con rebotes o con asistencias. Hasta ahora, sólo 10 jugadores habían alcanzado esa cifra. Y los nombres son de vértigo: Wilt Chamberlain, Elvin Hayes, Moses Malone, Walt Bellamy, Bob Pettit, Elgin Baylor, Jerry Lucas, Kareem Adbul-Jabbar y Kevin Love. El apellido Sabonis ya forma parte de una nómina de mitos y, quién lo habría dicho hace un tiempo, pero es por Domantas y no por Arvydas. La mejor temporada de papá en la NBA fue la tercera, cuando promedió 16,0 puntos, 10,0 rebotes y 3,0 asistencias. Lejos de lo que hace su hijo en la actualidad, pero cifras extraordinarias para quien ya tenía 33 años e importantes cicatrices en su corpachón de 2,21 metros. Sin ellas, quién sabe. Siempre será uno de los mayores "¿Y si...?" de la historia del baloncesto. Los Heat sobreviven sin los sancionados Los Heat llegaron a Sacramento con las ausencias de Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic y Thomas Bryant, sancionados tras la pelea del partido ante los Pelicans, y sin los lesionados Tyler Herro, Terry Rozier, Josh Richardson y Orlando Robinson. Sin embargo, se las apañaron para llevarse su octava victoria en los últimos 10 encuentros. Estadísticamente, el mejor fue Bam Adebayo con 28 puntos y 10 rebotes, pero el alma del equipo fue Jaime Jaquez Jr., que hizo 20 de sus 26 puntos en la segunda parte. Los reversos y la intensidad del alero de origen mexicano hicieron estériles un nuevo triple-doble de Domantas Sabonis, los 28 puntos de Keegan Murray con 6/7 en triples y los 27 de De'Aaron Fox. Scottie Barnes obliga a su entrenador a invitar a una cena El entrenador de los Raptors, Darko Rajakovic, prometió a sus jugadores que cuando ganaran tres partidos seguidos les invitaría a cenar. "Como somos un equipo modesto, pagaré unas pizzas", dijo el técnico de la franquicia de Toronto. Alcanzaron el objetivo superando a los Pacers por 122-130 gracias a un gran Scottie Barnes, que hizo un triple-doble con 21 puntos, 12 rebotes y 12 asistencias a lo que añadió cinco tapones.

RJ Barrett sumó 24 puntos. De nada sirvieron los 34 de Bennedict Mathurin o el 27+9 de Pascal Siakam, que se medía a su antiguo equipo. Tyrese Haliburton, muy por debajo de lo habitual, hizo nueve puntos con 2/11 en tiros, y siete asistencias. Kevin Ollie se estrena ante Aldama y los Grizzlies Los Nets no tuvieron problemas para ganar en Memphis (86-111) en el que fue el primer triunfo en el banquillo de Kevin Ollie. Se llevó el tradicional remojón por parte de sus jugadores. Dennis Schroder anotó 18 puntos para liderar a los siete de Brooklyn que llegaron a la decena en anotación. En los Grizzlies, que han perdido 11 de los últimos 13 encuentros, Santi Aldama volvió a ser titular para acabar con siete puntos (3/5 en tiros de campo) y cinco rebotes. Para recibir en tu celular esta y otras informaciones, únete a nuestras redes sociales, síguenos en Instagram, Twitter y Facebook como @DiarioElPepazo El Pepazo/Marca

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TOP 10 NBA PLAYERS WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF THE TITLE "NBA ALL-STAR GAME MVP" OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Kobe Bryant - 4x NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)

Bob Pettit - 4x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1956, 1958, 1959, 1962)

Michael Jordan - 3x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)

Shaquille O'Neal - 3x NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000, 2004, 2009)

Oscar Robertson - 3x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1961, 1964, 1969)

LeBron James - 3x NBA All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008, 2018)

Julius Erving - 2x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1977, 1983)

Bob Cousy - 2x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1954, 1957)

Magic Johnson - 2x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1990, 1992)

Isiah Thomas - 2x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1984, 1986)

Unused art by Bob Pettit from the season 3 Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode. Gee Whiz

On Tuesday, March 6, 2023 in #BJUChapel, Steve Pettit was explaining to the student body about the conflict between Pelagius and Augustine. And in a Gnostic-ish moment, in explaining that spiritual love is not the same as "natural love," Pettit stated (11:57):

This is not what Taylor Swift sings about, you know? "Love Story."

It's a fairly standard, albeit fundamentalist and sectarian, point.

But the students were tickled. Really tickled.

They went on to tease that maybe Swift would come to Artist Series! After all, Disney is good now at the New and Improved Bob Jones University!

Chief of Staff and Friend of the Archive, Randy Page had to say something:

Killjoy.

Bob Jones University President Signs New 3-Year Contract : Inside US

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The president of a private college in South Carolina has signed a deal that would keep him in the position for at least three more years. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit signed the extension Thursday, the university said in a news release. The agreement runs from the day after commencement in 2023 to the day after commencement in 2026, “I look forward to…

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Jan. 16, 1963 - Bill Russell (center with Bob Cousy and Tom Heinsohn) scored 19 points, hauled in 24 rebounds, and blocked a myriad of shots as the Eastern Division upset the West, 115-108, tonight in the 13th annual NBA All Star game. “Russell just dominated the game,” said the West’s coach, Fred Schaus of the Los Angeles Lakers. Russell also dominated the MVP voting. He won this award for the first time in his six All-Star appearances. The 6-foot-10-inch center, along with two slick ball-handling guards, Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati and Bob Cousy of Boston, stunned the West, which opened the game with what was billed as the greatest offensive lineup in basketball history. The result, before a crowd of 14,838 at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, snapped a 2-game Western winning streak. The East took a 9-4 edge in the series. The West opened with Wilt Chamberlain, averaging nearly 48 points a game for San Francisco, at center; Walt Bellamy of Chicago and Bob Pettit of St. Louis at forward; Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, both of Los Angeles, at guards. But the smaller, quicker Easterners harassed the West on defense and outran them on offense. #NBA #1960s #NBANews #OTD #basketball #celtics #lakers

Here are 20 of the greatest upsets in NBA game history, along with some details on why they were so surprising:

1. 2016 NBA Finals Game 7: The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James, came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The Warriors had set a regular-season record with 73 wins and were heavily favored to win the championship.

2. 2004 NBA Finals Game 5: The Detroit Pistons, led by Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace, defeated the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship. The Lakers had Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and four future Hall of Famers on their roster.

3. 1994 NBA Finals Game 5: The Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, defeated the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win their second consecutive championship. The Rockets were heavy underdogs, having barely made the playoffs with a 47-35 record.

4. 2011 NBA Finals Game 6: The Dallas Mavericks, led by Dirk Nowitzki, defeated the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship. The Heat had formed a "Big Three" with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh and were heavily favored to win the title.

5. 1999 NBA Finals Game 5: The San Antonio Spurs, led by Tim Duncan and David Robinson, defeated the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship. The Spurs had never won a championship before and were not expected to do so that year.

6. 1978 NBA Finals Game 7: The Washington Bullets, led by Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes, defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship. The Sonics had won the championship the previous year and were heavily favored to repeat.

7. 2013 NBA Finals Game 6: The Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to force a Game 7. The Spurs had been one basket away from winning the championship in Game 6 but were unable to close out the series.

8. 1987 NBA Finals Game 4: The Los Angeles Lakers, led by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to win their second consecutive championship. The Lakers were heavy underdogs, having lost to the Celtics in the Finals the previous year.

9. 1958 NBA Finals Game 6: The St. Louis Hawks, led by Bob Pettit, defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship. The Celtics had won the championship the previous year and were heavily favored to repeat.

10. 2012 NBA Playoffs First Round Game 4: The Philadelphia 76ers, an eighth seed, defeated the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series. The Bulls were without their star player, Derrick Rose, due to injury, but were still expected to win the series.

11. 2007 NBA Playoffs First Round Game 1: The Golden State Warriors, an eighth seed, defeated the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The Mavericks had won 67 games during the regular season and were heavily favored to win the championship.

12. 1970 NBA Finals Game 7: The New York Knicks, led by Willis Reed and Walt Frazier, defeated the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship. Reed had been injured and was not expected to play, but he made a dramatic entrance before the game and inspired his team to victory.

13. 2019 NBA Playoffs First Round Game 1: The eighth-seeded Orlando Magic defeated the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The Bucks had the best record in the NBA during the regular season and were expected to make a deep playoff run.

14. 1981 NBA Finals Game 4: The Boston Celtics, led by Larry Bird, defeated the heavily-favored Houston Rockets in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship since 1976. The Rockets had Moses Malone and were expected to win the series.

15. 1989 NBA Finals Game 3: The Detroit Pistons, led by Isiah Thomas, defeated the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Lakers had Magic Johnson and were expected to win their third consecutive championship.

16. 2005 NBA Playoffs First Round Game 1: The eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets defeated the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The Spurs had won the championship the previous year and were expected to make another deep playoff run.

17. 1969 NBA Finals Game 7: The Boston Celtics, led by Bill Russell and John Havlicek, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to win their 11th championship in 13 years. The Lakers had Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and were heavily favored to win the series.

18. 1975 NBA Finals Game 4: The Golden State Warriors, led by Rick Barry, defeated the heavily-favored Washington Bullets in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to win their first championship since 1947. The Bullets had Wes Unseld and were expected to win the series.

19. 2010 NBA Playoffs First Round Game 2: The eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies defeated the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. The Spurs had won 50 games during the regular season and were expected to make another deep playoff run.

20. 1993 NBA Finals Game 4: The Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, defeated the Phoenix Suns in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to win their third consecutive championship. The Suns had Charles Barkley and were expected to win the series.