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NBA players with two career games

I've been going through the list of NBA players who appeared in two games during their NBA career and adding WP:SIGCOV. Of the 20 on the list, I've sourced 16 so far. If anyone is interested in helping out with the final four, that would be very appreciated. They are Ed Earle, Murray Mitchell, Jim Springer and "Rocket" Ray Ramsey. Alvaldi (talk) 10:42, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I added a bit to Ed Earle. Zagalejo (talk) 23:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I added several significant sources to "Rocket" Ray Ramsey, three to go. Alvaldi (talk) 22:01, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Play-in tournament listing on "list of seasons" page

I know it was settled that if a team qualifies for the play-in tournament but not, eventually, the NBA playoffs, the games are treated as a separate section in the team's article for that specific season and they are marked as not having qualified for the playoffs. Which is fine.

How, then, do we list these games on the "list of seasons" page? They were good enough to qualify for the tournament, so that should mean something even if it's not quite the same thing as making the playoffs. On the equivalent NHL team pages, if a team made the play-in tournament (as it was used in 2020) but did not make the playoffs, it is listed on the team's results page.

Therefore, I think this should also be listed, in some way, on each NBA team's "list of seasons" page if it is relevant.-RomeW (talk) 04:37, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changes to tournament brackets

Hello everyone. Per the discussion above, Just a follow up; I have removed the red/blue colors from the following templates:

Let me know if you have any questions. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 04:21, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Help with article

Hey, anyone available to fix up List of career achievements by Chris Paul? It's extremely poorly-written. Seems like whoever made it forgot to finish it or something like that. Being that CP is one of the biggest players in the game currently, this should be pretty vital to the WikiProject. ~~ Rananth0207 (talk) 18:20, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia model doesn't work well with articles like this - especially when the player is still active. There are too many little things that need to be updated on a regular basis. In the case of Chris Paul, I'd argue that a separate "achievements" article isn't necessary to begin with. The important stuff should be included the main Chris Paul article, if it's not already there. Overly specific accomplishments aren't worth preserving. (For example: "Only player in NBA history to record at least 10 points and 10 assists in each of the first 13 games of a season." -- Would the average fan even notice if another player did the same thing?) Zagalejo (talk) 04:25, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Be aware that these types of pages are liable to get deleted, based on related outcomes at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of career achievements by Dwyane Wade, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of career achievements by Dwyane Wade (2nd nomination), and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of career achievements by Brett Favre.—Bagumba (talk) 04:42, 23 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Basketball Team Roster Infobox

Hello, can anyone help me on how to make an infobox of a basketball team roster be color-coded and have the team's name as the header? Can't seem to figure it out. Team in question is for Overtime Elite's roster in the draft article I am developing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Overtime_Elite) Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 13:31, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe we should do what the association football project does with their roster boxes, just plain without the colors; that could make it easier for other people to create one. Current examples are MOS:COLOR disasters. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:51, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Adding teams abbreviations to articles

I proposed adding the team abbreviations to the infoboxes (or at least the articles bodies) here. Please state your opinion. Thanks. --Angus (talk) 14:10, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Maybe we should do what the association football project does with their roster boxes, just plain without the colors; that could make it easier for other people to create one. Current examples are [[MOS:COLOR]] disasters. [[User:Howard the Duck|Howard the Duck]] ([[User talk:Howard the Duck|talk]]) 14:51, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
+== Adding teams abbreviations to articles ==
+I proposed adding the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject National Basketball Association/National Basketball Association team abbreviations|team abbreviations]] to the infoboxes (or at least the articles bodies) [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sports#US sports teams abbreviations|here]]. Please state your opinion. Thanks. --[[User:Angus|Angus]] ([[User talk:Angus|talk]]) 14:10, 18 October 2022 (UTC)