Flagg is now 25 games into his NBA career, where he's averaging 17.5 PPG, 6.3 RPG, and 3.4 APG. And with Friday's win, he joined LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Victor Wembanyama as the only players in NBA history with 400+ points, 150+ rebounds, 30+ steals, and 20+ threes made in the first 25 games of a career, per OptaStats.

Nets' Michael Porter Jr. makes basketball history never done in NBA originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. While Michael Porter Jr. is no longer a member of the Denver Nuggets ’ organization, his sharpshooting ways haven’t disappeared.

During the Lakers' 80th season of existence (they were founded back in 1946 as the Detroit Gems in the National Basketball League), LeBron Wire is taking a look at each player who has worn their jersey, whether it has been a purple and gold one or the ones they donned back in the Midwest during their early years.

The historical context makes the performance even more notable. Several elite players entered the NBA as teenagers, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and Tracy McGrady. None recorded a game with at least 20 points, five assists, and zero turnovers before turning 19.

Mavericks' Cooper Flagg makes NBA history only done by LeBron, 'Melo and Wemby originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Cooper Flagg, yet again, has made some NBA history.

We're witnessing something unprecedented, what might be the greatest season in modern NBA history has gone largely uncelebrated, if not overlooked.

Oklahoma City suffered just its second loss of the season Saturday night in Las Vegas, falling 111-109 to San Antonio despite a 29-point effort from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

In 2005, the Lakers missed the NBA playoffs a year after trading Shaquille O'Neal, and they badly needed talent around Kobe Bryant, especially as Bryant entered his prime. With the No. 10 pick in the draft that year, they took Andrew Bynum, a 7-foot center straight out of St. Joseph High School in small-town New Jersey.

Insane stat shows why Nuggets have best offense in NBA history originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Denver Nuggets are putting together a better offensive season than any team in NBA history.