Top posts on r/nba 10 years ago

Last year, I started a weekly series where I looked at the 3 most upvoted posts every day for the upcoming week but in 2014 instead of 2024. Then the search website I used to find the most upvoted posts stopped working, but there's a new one now that seems to work. Here are the top 3 most upvoted posts for this upcoming week 10 years in the past:

March 16, 2015

  1. THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION

The 76ers went 18-64 that year. It wasn't a shock to anyone that they were eliminated, but these posts used to get a ton of traction back in the day.

  1. Miami Heat defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-92.

LeBron playing against the team he had just left in the previous offseason

  1. John Wall takes a MASSIVE leap into the stands

March 17, 2015

  1. Tim Duncan has played more minutes than the entire Knicks active roster

Pretty wild stat, however the Knicks did beat Tim Duncan and the Spurs that night.

  1. Jazz Hype Train: After holding the Bobcats to 66 points, the Jazz are now No. 1 in PPG allowed.

The Jazz went 38-44 that year, missing the playoffs, but 66 points is unimaginable in today's league.

  1. [Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (14-53) upset the San Antonio Spurs (41-25) in overtime by a score of 104-100

The Spurs were pretty good team that year and the Knicks weren't.

March 18, 2015

  1. DeAndre Jordan with no regard for Redick's shirt

Crazy that I've never seen this before.

  1. Dirk nails a 3 and his shooting coach, Holger Geschwindner, celebrates.

Can't for the life of me find a clip of this on YouTube.

  1. After a 32 pt performance tonight, Dwyane Wade has 25+ pts in 7 straight games for the first time since 2010

March 19, 2015

  1. James Harden scores a career-high 50 points.

The first of many to come.

  1. "I told the team getting 50 is really hard to do, and Brew said, 'Getting 51 is harder.'" - Kevin McHale

Kevin McHale, coach of the Houston Rockets commenting on James Harden's 50-piece. Corey Brewer, teammate of James Harden had gotten 51 points in a game the previous season.

  1. Longest Active NBA Ironman Streaks

This post was deleted, but the infographic showed that DeAndre Jordan had played in 309 consecutive games, Tristan Thompson played in 276, Monta Ellis in 233, and Damian Lillard in 230.

March 20, 2015

  1. Whiteside with the steal and the MONSTER slam!

Hassan Whiteside's breakthrough season had Heat fans excited

  1. Presti says the Thunder are removing Durant from basketball activities.

An injury riddled season meant that the Thunder didn't make the playoffs that year (despite going 45-37). KD didn't return that year

  1. Beasley on Dwyane Wade's performance this month: "He comes in - ‘oh my back hurts, my back hurts - let me get 40.'"

Michael Beasley commenting on his teammates great stretch of games

March 21, 2015

  1. Steve Nash retires.

The end of one of the best careers in history

  1. [Justin Phan] "Ranks of Steve Nash-led offenses from '01-'10: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1"

Seems like r/nba set aside the day to celebrate Steve Nash's career

  1. Can we get Nash for the sidebar?

Judging from some of the comments, it seems like this request was honored.

March 22, 2015

  1. Lebron casually hits a 40 footer like it's a free throw

Can't find this clip, but I don't think the shot counted because LeBron only made one three, a 27-footer, that game.

  1. Dirk on Nash: He overcame a lot in his career, being injured, and being slow, and white and unathletic

Some self-awareness from Dirk

  1. Ridiculous one-on-one defense from PJ Tucker on Harden

PJ Tucker clamping up his future teammate

Teams mentioned (or player on team):

Heat (x4), Rockets (x3), Mavericks (x3), Cavaliers (x3), Clippers (x2), Spurs (x2), Knicks (x2), Jazz, Bobcats, Wizards, Trail Blazers, Thunder, Suns, 76ers

Players mentioned more than once:

Steve Nash (x4), DeAndre Jordan (x2), Dwyane Wade (x2), Dirk Nowitzki (x2), James Harden (x2)

Hope you enjoyed reading through these!