Chuck Cooper, Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton and Earl Lloyd, the league’s first Black players, will be celebrated in 2025-26.
The NBA and the NBPA have announced the NBA Pioneers Scholarship acknowledging the league's first Black players ...
Finally, Cooper and Lohaus share their birthday with former Celtic point guard Art Williams, born today in 1939 in Bonham, Texas. An undrafted prospect out of Cal Poly Pomona who first signed with the ...
"In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the first Black players to integrate the NBA, we are proud to announce that going ...
NBA Pioneers Day. Steph Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaylen Brown introduce a new day honoring the achievements of the NBAs barrier-breaking pioneers Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and ...
NBA creates 6 new trophies for division winners named after African-American pioneers Nat Clifton, Wayne Embry, Earl Lloyd, Willis Reed, Sam Jones and Chuck Cooper. From NBA.com Staff April 11, 2022 3 ...
Today in Boston Celtics history, iconic Celtics coach and manager Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was born in Brooklyn.