The Hoops Historian
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Basketball History blog from @thejackwaynick Discussing the greatest players, coaches and teams from this great sport Tik Tok @TheHoopsHistorian5
Joined August 2025
These power rankings will now be coming to you on Mondays as well as your Monday college basketball rankings you all eagerly anticipate every week
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The Hoops Historian’s NBA power rankings for 12/8 1. Oklahoma City Thunder 2. Detroit Pistons 3. Los Angeles Lakers 4. Houston Rockets 5. Denver Nuggets 6. New York Knicks 7. San Antonio Spurs 8. Minnesota Timberwolves 9. Boston Celtics 10. Toronto Raptors
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The Hoops Historian’s college basketball rankings for week 6 1. Arizona 2. Duke 3. Michigan 4. Purdue 5. Iowa State 6. UConn 7. Houston 8. BYU 9. Louisville 10. Michigan State
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They’re going to shatter the Warriors’ record aren’t they? This is truly the greatest rebuild in sports history, tremendous respect for Sam Presti
SGA hasn't played in about half of the 4th quarters this season... 😳 Thunder are now 22-1. 14 STRAIGHT WINS 🔥
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The Hoops Historian’s college basketball rankings for week 5 1. Purdue 2. Arizona 3. Duke 4. Michigan 5. UConn 6. Louisville 7. Houston 8. BYU 9. Michigan State 10. Iowa State
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Luka Doncic in the first quarter: 20 points 6 rebounds 4 assists MVP
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10 years ago today, Kobe Bryant announced he would be retiring at the end of the NBA season. “My heart can take the pounding. My mind can handle the grind. But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.” 🐍
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The Timberwolves bringing out these throwback jerseys has been amazing to see
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The Hoops Historian’s NBA power rankings 11/25 1. Oklahoma City Thunder 2. Detroit Pistons 3. Denver Nuggets 4. Los Angeles Lakers 5. Houston Rockets 6. Toronto Raptors 7. Cleveland Cavaliers 8. Phoenix Suns 9. San Antonio Spurs 10. New York Knicks
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I’ve posted my rankings on my personal account for years now, these rankings gs will live here now, let me know your own rankings
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The Hoops Historian's Men’s College basketball rankings: 1. Purdue 2. Arizona 3. Houston 4. Duke 5. Louisville 6. UConn 7. BYU 8. Michigan 9. Alabama 10. Michigan State
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This is something I’ve done for years on my personal account so it felt right to post them here now, let me know what your own rankings are
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Here it is: my most ambitious and longest Hoops Historian post yet, I bring to you the greatest story in NBA history: the 2016 NBA Finals https://t.co/GL4PFMHhQp
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“Blocked by James!” This iconic call from Mike Breen pierced through the always loud Oracle Arena in the closing moments of game 7 of the 2016 Finals as LeBron James executed a perfectly timed chas…
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Finishing up the longest and most ambitious Hoops Historian article yet, really excited to tell this story
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Before another thrilling college basketball season tips off, let me take you back 20 years to show you what college basketball was like in 2005 https://t.co/y2felH94d4
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College basketball has changed tremendously in the past 20 years. In today’s day of the transfer portal and NIL, the players can be just as big of stars as NBA All-Stars. Superstar freshmen have be…
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Happy NBA opening day everyone! I make sure to keep my bias out of my blog posts, but on my socal media pages…well this gif might tell you who I’m cheering for this season
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In the latest Hoops Historian post I take a look at the 2010s, what I consider to be the golden era of NBA Point Guards
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The NBA saw a change in the players that dominated the game in the 2010s. The dead ball era was over and in this new era we witnessed the elevation of point guard play in the NBA that lead to the g…
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In the latest Hoops Historian post I take a look at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's legendary career at UCLA and why he is the greatest college basketball player of all time https://t.co/fbbTplB0X0
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The wonderful world of college basketball has seen countless stars: from players like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird who dominated in the NBA when their days as student-athletes were over to players …
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Kobe Bryant was robbed of the MVP award, not just in 2006, but in 2003 as well. Kobe averaged 30/7/6 and emerged as the star of the 50 win Lakers, read more about why I say this:
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