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.
How many of the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award -- officially named the Kobe Bryant Trophy in 2020 -- in the three-point era (1979-80) can you name in five minutes?
The NBA is a league built on the backs of its stars. Every now and then, guys in the NBA will raise their play to All-Star level, and sometimes, that run only lasts for one season.
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.