Over and Back: Stories About NBA History

In this very special episode of the Over & Back Classic NBA Podcast, Jason & Rich celebrate LeBron James breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's once thought-to-be unbreakable NBA all-time scoring record. We'll discuss how LeBron did it, major milestones in his career, previous NBA all-time leading scorers, what other records LeBron may be able to break and if anyone playing today has a chance to break James' record.Archives & Subscribe! Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast Archives: http://overandbacknba.comSubscribe to Over and Back on iTunes: http://bit.ly/OB-Apple​Subscribe to Over and Back on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/OB-Stitcher​Subscribe to Over and Back on Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/OB-GooglePod​Subscribe to Over and Back on TuneIn Radio: http://bit.ly/OB-TuneIn​Subscribe to Over and Back on Spotify: http://bit.ly/OB-Spotify​Subscribe to Over and Back on YouTube: http://bit.ly/OB-YT​Follow Us! Follow Over and Back on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/OverAndBackNBAFollow Over and Back on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/OverAndBackNBAAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Another year in the books, and yet again, our annual Christmas/holiday tradition! Jason and Rich welcome Dr. Curtis Harris (http://prohoopshistory.substack.com) to the show for a live watch of Miami Heat vs. Dallas Mavericks from Christmas Day 2011. (Unfortunately, Reinis Lācis couldn't join us this year but we're working on a replacement watch along with him very soon!)This year, we watched a very important game in NBA history as the Dallas Mavericks received their rings on opening night which was also Christmas Day? Wait what? Yes, due to the NBA lockout, the 2011-12 season was condensed to just 66 games which meant the season began on Christmas Day. In this episode, we discuss the reasons for the lockout, how the Big 3 Miami Heat re-tooled in the offseason, how the Dallas Mavericks cheaped out and immediately saw disastrous results along with several other discussions about the NBA past and present. Join us for our holiday special, a night of laughs, nostalgia and so much more.Watch along with us at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8hfVMO3UYU. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The first part of a multi-part series from Over & Back looks at each franchise's Hall of Fame players.We'll discuss each & every Hall of Fame player to have played for a particular franchise, Hall of Fame players drafted or acquired but never played for the franchise, all possible future Hall of Fames, what-if scenarios in each franchise's history, and finally the ultimate hipster and ultimate cool-kid Hall of Fame jersey.This episode focuses on the early teams in NBA history:KnicksHawksCeltics76ersLakersKingsPistonsWarriorsBullets/WizardsThis episode of Over & Back is brought to you by Stathead.com! Use our code BACK to receive $20 off any of Stathead.com's powerful sports research tools. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of Over and Back, we prove once again that there is always a Wilt Chamberlain stat, and this time we take it a step further looking at stats that ONLY Wilt has ever had. With help from Stathead.com's powerful tools, we can find statistical lines and achievements only accomplished by one player in NBA history: Wilt Chamberlain. When you search for times in NBA history a player scored 62 points and had 32 rebounds in a game, you'll only get one result: Wilt (https://stathead.com/tiny/PytSC)When you search for players with 72 points and 20 rebounds in a game, you'll only get one result: Wilt. (https://stathead.com/tiny/3fcmP)31 points, 40 rebounds: Wilt. (https://stathead.com/tiny/HDEVh)21 points, 21 rebounds, 21 assists: Wilt. (https://stathead.com/tiny/FbCuf)You get the idea! Join us as we dive into Stathead.com's tools to find #OnlyWilt stats. Participate in our #OnlyWilt challenge!If you want to participate in our #OnlyWilt challenge, please share your #OnlyWilt Stathead results on Twitter or Facebook. Just tag @Stathead and @OverAndBackNBA and make sure you use the hashtag #OnlyWilt so we can share it with our listeners. This episode of Over & Back is brought to you by Stathead.com! Use our code BACK to receive $20 off any of Stathead.com's powerful sports research tools. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

If Kevin Durant has his way, he’ll be traded from the Brooklyn Nets to a new team this offseason. This got us thinking: how many elite scorers have been traded in NBA history? Believe it or not, more than you may think! Thanks to Stathead.com, we took Durant's 2022 scoring average (29.9 PPG) and found every season in NBA and ABA history where a player averaged over 29.9 PPG: https://stathead.com/tiny/1N74Y. From there, we looked at each player that was traded the year after their elite scoring season and talked briefly about how and why they were traded, how the teams and players fared after their trades and more! This episode of Over & Back is brought to you by Stathead.com! Use our code BACK to receive $20 off any of Stathead.com's powerful sports research tools. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Note: This episode was recorded and scheduled before the unfortunate news of Bill Russell's death. We will have a special episode later this week dedicated to the life & career of Bill Russell. On this episode of Over & Back, Jason and Rich rank NBA dynasties! What dynasties belong in which tier, absolute Tier 1 locks, whether the 2000s Lakers are one dynasty or two, how to classify the Tim Duncan spurs, single-player dynasties and so much more. This episode of Over & Back is brought to you by Stathead.com! Use our code BACK to receive $20 off any of Stathead.com's powerful sports research tools. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A new series on the Over & Back Classic NBA Podcast: we are going to talk about the players who can truly call themselves the best on a championship team. We'll look at each and every champion in NBA, ABA, BAA and NBL history and determine who the best player on each of those teams are. Some teams won't have a debate, we all know who that guy is but there are a ton of teams with some real cases to be made for multiple players. We'll explore all of that in this series. This is a big topic so we're doing two shows — Part 1 will go through the 1974 season. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Over and Back Classic NBA Podcast returns with an episode on teams that added a big star (or more) but severely underperformed. Two examples this year with the Brooklyn Nets being swept in the first round after gaining (and losing) James Harden (and never getting Ben Simmons to replace him) and the Los Angeles Lakers winning only 33 games after adding Russell Westbrook. Teams we'll focus on this episode:  1971 Atlanta Hawks 1999 Houston Rockets 1975 Memphis Sounds 2013 Los Angeles Lakers 1976 Washington Bullets 2014 Brooklyn Nets 1976 & 1977 New York Knicks Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy