The NBA has been a storied league since it's creation nearly 60 years ago. We have been subjected to some of the most athletic and entertaining performance's by the world's greatest athletes. Their play on the court dazzels us, inspires, and gives us something to believe it when we see the show's they put on a nightly basis.
While their on the court performances are always highlight material, it's their off the court performance's that grab our attention as well. The NBA is well known for it's humanitarian work, but a number of players and their extracurricular activities that baffle us and turn the NBA world on it's side.
Most of these activities that happen outside of the hardwood aren't too worth noting, but there are other events that occur every few years that rile up the community and shock the world.
Some of the events are felonies, others are misdemeanors, and others are petty differences, but they all affect us in some negative light and give us a different view of how we should see the people we call heroes and idols.
In no specific order, here are the twenty moments that shocked the NBA world.
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Did That Just Happen? 20 Moments That Shocked the NBA World
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