I've seen a bunch of people calling Bill Russell the Jackie Robinson of basketball so I think it is fair to remind people that Chuck Cooper in 1950 and Wat Misaka in 1947 were the first black and colored people respectively to play in the NBA
Newell TJ McConnell is an unusual NBA player Prior to Monday night he was the only one with 200 or more minutes without a 3-pointer or a dunk Then he hit 3 3s last night
Miles McBride with the corner 3 to put the Knicks up 27 points at the end of the 1st half in Game 6
Paul Millsap played against Kevin Willis who played against Dr J who played in the ABA