Sean is the site's resident hoops historian, exploring some of the NBA's most significant moments through the 'Step Back' series. He's also written for Fansided's Orlando Magic Daily and the Last Word on Sports network.
On this day in 2010, the annual NBA All-Star game played out in front of a whopping 108,713 fans – the largest ever crowd to watch a basketball game – in Arlington, Texas.
On this day in 1996, Magic Johnson came out of retirement to play his final stretch of games for the Los Angeles Lakers, five years after testing positive for the HIV virus
On this day in the year 2000, Gary Payton secured his place in Seattle Supersonics’ lore, surpassing ‘Downtown’ Fred Brown as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer
In this new series, Sean Guest revisits key events from NBA history, evaluating their impact on the players and teams involved, as well as the league and the sport more broadly
With the Golden State Warriors playing a do-or-die game during their last trip to the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Sean Guest wonders if this was the NBA Finals series we were promised against the Toronto Raptors
Heading into these NBA Finals the Golden State Warriors looked dead set to win their third straight title. But down 2-1 to the Raptors with injuries to star players mounting, the odds are no longer stacked in their favour. Is now an appropriate time to worry about the Warriors?