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Here are the players with the highest single-season PPG average for all 30 NBA teams. It must be noted that, in order to qualify, a player had to play in at least half of his team’s games.

Anderson has made it down roads that would make most humans falter. He’s still standing, and ready to make a difference as head coach at Fisk University.

It isn’t too late for the Wizards to get started, openly. But it will be interesting to see what the interest is if they don’t bring back their head coach from last season and delay that decision for much longer.

Just let the commish run the country By Marc Stein Special to ESPN.com Finally, friends, we have a winner. Or, at the very least, an answer for our Electoral Crisis. A two-word solution, at last, to fix the only mathematical mechanism in creation more convoluted than the NBA salary cap. Does David Stern, center, really want an L.A.-Philly final? The two words are ... David Stern. We present David J. Stern as your 43rd president of the United States. Wed like to, anyway. Its a little late for no...

(Editor’s note: The most important NBA draft lottery draw for the Pistons since 1994 will take place three weeks from today, June 22. We’re taking a look at different aspects of the lottery each Tuesday until then, continuing with today’s look in the mirror at past Pistons lottery experiences.) The Pistons have had one go-around in the lottery since the NBA revised the format for the 2019 draft and it went as expected – both according to the math and in line with the franchise’s histo...

Dont blame Kwame for Wizards failures By Tom Friend Same obit, different year. The Washington Wizards wont play in May again, and please stop blaming this mess on Kwame Brown. The Wizards are the most impatient franchise in the NBA, have been for 15 years and even Michael Jordan could not overcome their culture of losing. Kwame Brown, right, has been the whipping boy of Michael Jordan.Its clear now that the Jordan era in D.C. will end the same way the Mitch Richmond era ended, the same way the ...

Even as his Vanderbilt product Aaron Nesmith put together an encouraging stretch of games in mid-February, his college coach cautioned that Nesmith was still figuring out how to best impact games at the NBA level. Said Stackhouse in late February: "Once he gets it, look out. He’s going to do everything he can to stay there.” Nesmith vanished from Boston’s rotation just as quickly as he emerged that month. Despite distinguishing himself with his hustle, he was a DNP -- Coach’s Decision ...

San Antonio at Boston, Final Score: Spurs succumb to a hellacious Celtics comeback, 140-143 Share this story Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images The Spurs couldn’t outlast Boston in overtime, giving up a 32-point lead and falling back to .500 as Jayson Tatum put forth a legendary scoring performance in front of a raucous TD Garden audience to carry the Celtics to victory. DeMar DeRozan paced the Silver and Black with 30 points and 14 assists, followed closely by 24 points, eight reb...

There’s no place like home and that’s even true for Michael Jordan. Before the six rings, the countless endorsements, and the endless accolades, he was simply Mike Jordan, a lanky, late-bloomer enrolled in classes at the University of North Carolina.  Mentored at UNC by the legendary coach Dean Smith, a young Mike excelled on the court in his first semester to the point he became a starter despite being a freshman. That same season, he delivered Smith his first ever National Championship b...