With the NBA season on indefinite hold, we'll take the month of April to celebrate the life and career of Kobe Bryant, who passed away earlier this year. Kobe Month kicks off with the Lakers star topping our annual list of the greatest eligible NBA and ABA players that are not yet in the Hall of Fame. Along with Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, he is an obvious shoo-in to be enshrined in his first year of eligibility.
In a special Halloween-themed list, we look at the scariest, gruesome, and downright most horrific injuries in NBA history that hampered the chances of a legitimate title contender. This is an update to a list that originally ran on 3/28/19.
Almost 900 players have taken the court for an NBA Finals game in the last 70+ years, but that does not include the legends on this list, who never played on a team that reached the championship round.
