January 15

From Hoopedia

• 1892 - Dr. James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball in The Triangle, the International YMCA Training School newspaper.

• 1920 - Hall of Famer Bob Davies, four-time NBA All-Star, is born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His ball-handling skills got him the nickname, "The Houdini of the Hardwood."

• 1951 - Providence College hero Ernie DiGregorio, who won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1974, is born in North Providence, Rhode Island.

• 1957 - Attempting a length-of-the-court pass to Bob Cousy, Bill Sharman (right) stunned an NBA All-Star Game audience in Boston Garden when his 70-foot throw swished through the net. After the game, Cousy asked Sharman, "Don’t you ever pass?"

• 1965 - In one of the biggest trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors, in the middle of a then-league record 17-game losing streak, trade Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and cash.

• 1973 - The American Basketball Association holds a secret "special circumstances" draft.

• 1990 - With :00.1 seconds remaining in a tie game with the Chicago Bulls, Trent Tucker of the New York Knicks unbelievably gets off a wild three-point shot as the buzzer goes off. The basket counts and the Knicks win. In the wake of this incident, the NBA establishes a rule -- known as the Trent Tucker Rule -- stating that "0.3 needs to be on the clock in order for a player to get a shot off whether they make it or not." A shot that is tipped in with less than 0.3 seconds remaining may still count.

• 1997 - The Chicago Bulls' Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman Eugene Amos in in the groin during a game.

• 1998 - Chicago Bull Michael Jordan notches the 28,000th point of his career in the Bulls' 106-96 loss to Philadelphia.