‘She sacrifices winning for stat padding’: Pressure mounts to bench Angel Reese after fifth straight loss

It wasn’t too long ago that the Atlanta Dream had the best record in the WNBA, and the acquisition of star forward Angel ...
Sports Illustrated

Data Reveals Bulls Might Have Padded Michael Jordan's Stats During DPOY Season

Michael Jordan won his first and only Defensive Player of the Year award during the 1987-88 NBA season, edging out Mark Eaton and Hakeem Olajuwon to take home the hardware. Jordan, in his third season ...
Larry Brown Sports

French player called out for padding stats against Luka Doncic

The ending of Saturday’s EuroBasket game between Slovenia and France featured some unexpected controversy after a French player broke one of basketball’s unwritten rules. France was leading 101-92 and ...

‘This is pathetic’: Criticism mounts for Caitlin Clark ‘stat padding’ and avoiding top competition

The Indiana Fever got its sharpshooting phenom back on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Sparks as Caitlin Clark ...
Heavy.com

Derrick White the Celtics’ Stat-Padding Guard? ‘I Didn’t Like It’

Outside of his strong all-around play, the best thing about Derrick White is that he doesn’t care about personal statistics. The Boston Celtics guard went outside his comfort zone on Monday, February ...
Auburn Citizen

Padding stats nothing new in NBA

DENVER — Sorry, Giannis, the NBA wanted back that rebound. Your fourth triple-double of the season, too. Some might say nice try, others have an issue with what is ...