What are the craziest moments of the 21st century in NBA Basketball? 

That’s the question I’ll be tackling today. That’s the question I’ll be tackling today - looking back on the most WTF moments of the last 21 years.  Where does Malice in the Palace, Linsanity and Klay Thompson 37-point quarter and others rank. 

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on today’s show -  I’ll be ranking  the top 10 players in the NBA who I think could get closest to scoring 81 points in a game if the circumstances were right. 

Inspired by Shaquille O’Neal, who earlier this season listed his top five.

Why 81?

On January 22, 2006, A 27-year-old Kobe Bryant put together one of the greatest individual performance seen on a basketball court. He scored 81 points, including 55 in the second half, in a 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors. 

Kobe became just the second player to ever break the 80-point threshold, joining the legendary Wilt Chamberlain to form an elite group of two.

It’s possible that it may never be reached again. Put in this modern era of space, pace, 3-point shooting and players taking the regular season off defensively - the environment is set for history to be re-made. 

This not a Who’s the better player ranking - far from it - were looking at these guys purely as scorers. Where do KD, Kyrie, Harden and Lillard rank? 

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I rank the top 10 international players in the NBA today. 

NBA rosters feature 107 international players from 41 countries - On opening day of the 1991–92 season, NBArosters included 23 international players from 18 countries. 

With that in mind let’s rank the top 10 international players in the league today.

Where do Giannis, Jokic, Embiid and Luka rank ?

Programming note: I have Fred Van Vleet at #10 - Thinking he's from Canada, my bad and I apolgise in advance for that. I was sure he was Canadian, but clearly him playing in Canada and the Drake connection got me confused!

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I posted this question on Reddit a few weeks back asking what people’s favourite NBA podcast was and the response I got was frankly awesome so I’ve decided to give you my top 10 podcasts in the NBA today (not including this one) that I am listening too. Feel free to share your list with me on Hoops Rank Top 10 Sub-Reddit or on social media

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Has there ever been a league more perfect for rankings, than the NBA?

Join me every Tuesday and Friday as I break down a Top 10 NBA ranking list.

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