Records are made to be broken, as the saying goes. Some NBA marks, though, aren't likely to ever be toppled, whether it's due to unique greatness or changes to the game over the years.
The Toronto Raptors were cemented into the history books on Jan. 22, 2006. This was the date of the late, great Kobe Bryant’s 81-point performance against Toronto.
Calderon spent 14 years as an active player and featured for the Cavs during the 2017-18 season as Cleveland completed a fourth consecutive trip to the NBA Finals.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
A future Hall of Famer and one of the most prolific scorers of his era was last an active player in early November, and he'll spend the postseason like the rest of us: a spectator.