Jake talks about the fascinating history of the National Basketball Association - discussing interesting facts, trends, and little known tidbits. All of this is under the guise of arbitrary rankings. Hate my opinions? Tweet me #WrongOpinion @JakeClark_3
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Best Who Never... Won Most Improved Player
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Jake ranks the players who improved the most throughout their careers, but never got the hardware to prove it.By Jake Clark
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The best rookie seasons that never won Rookie of the Year. Can Chet make the list, or is that recency bias? Does Dwyane Wade make the list, or is that... Dwyane Wade bias?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the GREATEST players who never won Finals MVP. Can Kyrie make the cut? Should Pau have won in 2010, or AD a decade later?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the best players who never led the league in... anything! Is Dirk a better scorer is that Duncan is a rebounder? Can we fit Hondo on this list? Does the First Team center HAVE to be rebounding - or can we get funky and talk about assists?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the best guys who never made an All-NBA team. Centers are LOADED - does Bill Laimbeer get left off? What do we do with Mark Aguirre? NATE THURMOND never made All-NBA?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the best players who never made an All-Defensive team. Hey, people who say Ron Harper would lock up Steph Curry: You know he has ZERO All-Defensive teams? But neither does Shawn Marion, so...By Jake Clark
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Best Who Never... Made an All-Rookie Team
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Jake ranks the best players who never made an All-Rookie team. We've got one undrafted guy and one NUMBER ONE overall pick. Can you guess who that is?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the best players who never won the NBA Finals. We all know the usual suspects, but who ranks higher: Chuck or Malone? Is the number one spot THAT obvious? (Hint: Yes. It's super obvious.)By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the best players who never made the Finals. Number one is obvious... right? How high do guys like Grant Hill and Derrick Rose make it? Are we gonna feel bad if Amare doesn't make the cut? Plus: One obvious mistake by yours truly.By Jake Clark
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Best Who Never... Made the Conference Finals
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Jake ranks the best players who never made the Conference Finals. Will Joel Embiid ever be there? Is Gilbert Arenas worthy of this list, or just a stat-first flame-out? King or Skywalker?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the best players who never won a playoff series. How high does SGA's 2023 season take him? Does Brandon Roy HAVE to go top three, or was his career too short?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the BEST players who never played a playoff game. Is this a good list to be on?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Lakers, a team that missed single-digit playoffs until the 2010s. Four centers, three spots. Who's out?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Celtics, a team whose '60s dynasty won more titles than 27 team have Conference titles. Am I allowed to rank anyone without any titles?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Warriors - a team with a lot of bad, a little good, and a decade of dominance. Get ready: Four old-school players from the pre-Wilt days.By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Spurs, a team that once went three decades and missed the playoffs ONCE. Will Jake go for the hat trick, talking smack about Dennis Rodman for the third time in four episodes?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Bulls, a team that features the GREATEST player of all time: Joakim Noah. How many players for those decent '70s teams make it? Does ANYONE get in from the early 2000s?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Sixers, a team with only three titles - but they are ICONIC. Can an underrated great sneak up on Chuck?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Pistons, a team with decades of garbage split up by moments of absurd greatness. How many players from those sucky eras can make this team?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Heat, a team that's part of two of the weirdest postseason stretches in NBA history. Do I dare even mutter Hassan Whiteside's name all episode?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Houston Rockets, a team with three distinct eras, only one of which ended with titles. Do you consider James Harden a point guard? If yes - why do you like to be wrong?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that won a title in its third year in the league! This was tough to rank - so few point guards, so many deserving small forwards. The drama is intense!By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the OKC Thunder, a team stolen away from the poor city of Seattle. There are so many point guards to fight through!By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Portland Trail Blazers, the most cursed team in franchise history. How can Jake make this an interesting podcast when the First Team is basically an absolute LOCK?By Jake Clark
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Jake talks about the New York Knicks, an iconic franchise that ain't all that good. Earl or Guerin? Willis or Ewing? Bernard or Melo?!? A lot of tough choices on this one.By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team that's made 9/23 playoffs, 5/7 Conference Finals, and all 5 of its Finals behind the might of one man. Does Jake have the guts to put Kyrie on the Second Team? PLUS the wildest Cavs rookie class.By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Dallas Mavericks, a team with a lot of talent but nothing to show for it until that big German showed up. Will Jake concede to peer pressure and call Luka a point guard?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Atlanta Hawks, a team that's made more Conference Finals with Trae than with Dominique. This franchise is so boring! Can we sneak Pistol Pete in?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Raptors - the SECOND BEST team since 2013. Is that right? Old or new - Vince/DeMar? Bosh/Siakam?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Wizards/Bullets/Packers/Zyphers, who won a modern title and climb this list on a technicality. Does Earl Monroe automatically get First Team? Does Manute Bol deserve some love?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Utah Jazz, who would be up about a dozen spots if we weren't counting playoffs. Does Donovan Mitchell overtake Pete Maravich? Does Horancek get some love? What do you do with Mark Eaton?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Phoenix Suns, who have come so close so many times. How would you rank their three stellar shooting guards?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Indiana Pacers, the second back-to-back team that DOMINATED the ABA back in the day - a team that came so close for about a decade and a half. The most important question this pod has ever asked: Does Ron Artest make it?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Brooklyn Nets, a team that dominated the ABA but has done very little in the Big Brother league. How high can we realistically put Kyrie and Harden?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Orlando Magic, a team that has more Most Improved Players than Conference Finals appearances. Which is worth more: Shaq's four years or Dwight's eight?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Denver Nuggets, a team that's historically been score-first - holding the top four spots in season PPG since the merger. Does Melo or Alex English make the cut for First Team? (Hint: It's not close.)By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Sacramento Kings, a team that's on pace to climb these rankings over the next decade. Are we going to lie and say that DeMarcus Cousins' empty-calorie stats mean he's the Kings' best center ever?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the LA Clippers, a team that would have been dead last if that CP3/Lakers trade went through. Does Blake's short peak let Elton Brand sneak into the First Team spot? Bonus: The weird history of the Clips and the Sixth Man of the Year Award.By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Memphis Grizzlies, the Grit & Grind team that almost played Wade & LeBron in the Finals. Two amazing cases for First Team Power Forward - is Z Bo good enough?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the New Orleans Pelicans, a team we talked a lot about last week. How high will Zion climb despite a LOT of missed games?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Charlotte Hornets franchise players, the team that swapped histories with NOLA a decade ago. Can Jake stay objective and keep Stephen Jackson off this list?By Jake Clark
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Jake ranks the Timberwolves franchise players, a late-'80s expansion team that's never won a playoff series outside of 2004. How high can we rank Jimmy Butler, who only stayed for a year before (wisely) running away?By Jake Clark
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Trailer for Season One. Jake ranks the top 3 players for each franchise at each position, while simultaneously ranking all teams from 30-1. Vince or Derozan? Shaq or Kareem? Magic or Smush? Find out every Wednesday and Friday.By Jake Clark
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