A list of basketball stuff that’s happened since the last time the Spurs failed to win 50 games

The San Antonio Spurs have won at least 50 games in every single season since 1999-2000. If it weren’t for the 1998 NBA lockout, that streak would stretch back to the 1997-98 season. (San Antonio went 37-13 during the lockout-shorted 98-99 campaign, the equivalent of a 61-win season.) It’s entirely possible, however, that by the end of tonight it will be mathematically impossible for the Spurs to win 50 games this year.

In honor of their incredible streak, here is a(n incomplete) list of basketball things that have happened since the last time the Spurs failed to win 50 games (or the season-long equivalent*) in a season…

20 different teams changed ownership.

19 different teams got new arenas.

There were two different lockouts that resulted in shortened seasons.

Tim Duncan left Wake Forest, became the No. 1 pick, scored 26,496 points, made 15 All-Star teams and 15 All-NBA teams, won five titles, three Finals MVP awards, two regular season MVP awards, the Rookie of the Year award, played every single game in four different seasons before eventually becoming famous as the first superstar whose coach developed a rest schedule for him and once listed him as “DNP-Old,” made over $240 million, “passed the torch” to two different centerpieces (Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard) and retired as arguably the greatest power forward of all time even though he played really center for most of his career.

Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles, two Finals MVPs, four All-Star Game MVPs, two Gold Medals, scored over 33,000 points, scored 81 points in a game, turned his final season into an epic circus, scored 60 points in his last NBA game, had not one but two numbers retired by the Los Angeles Lakers, and won an Oscar for an animated short film based on a letter he wrote to the sport of basketball in which he announced his future retirement.

LeBron James graduated middle school, became the most celebrated high school basketball prospect of all time, graduated high school, became the No. 1 pick for his hometown team, became one of the best players in the NBA, left his hometown team in a televised free agency special, spent four years in Miami and won two titles, left Miami to return to his hometown team, won a title against a 73-win team, refused to quell rumors that he might leave his hometown team in free agency again; won three Ohio Mr. Basketballs, the McDonalds All-American Game MVP, NBA Rookie of the Year, four MVP awards, three Finals MVP awards, three All-Star Game MVP awards, two Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year awards, two Associated Press Athlete of the Year awards, two Gold Medals, and an NAACP Image Award; was named an NBA All-Star 14 consecutive times, made the All-NBA First Team 11 times and Second Team twice, made the All-Defensive First Team five times and Second Team once; got married, had three children (one of whom is already considered a top prospect), started going bald, refused to admit he was going bald, and had a street named after him in his hometown.

LeBron’s current coach started and finished an 11-year NBA playing career that included two championships, became an internet meme long after his career ended (Thanks, Allen Iverson!), worked as an assistant coach with two different franchises, replaced David Blatt as head coach of the Cavaliers, won a championship, and had a street named after him in his hometown.

Mike D’Antoni became an assistant coach with the Nuggets, took over the Nuggets for the lockout season, got fired by the Nuggets, went to coach in Italy, turned 50 years old, took an assistant job with the Suns, took over the Suns as interim head coach, revolutionized NBA offense, won Coach of the Year, lost to the Spurs in the playoffs three different times, got hired by the Knicks, turned David Lee into an All-Star, lured Amar’e Stoudemire from Phoenix to New York, objected to a trade for Carmelo Anthony, feuded with Carmelo Anthony, turned 60 years old, hastened the ascent of Jeremy Lin, feuded with Carmelo Anthony again, resigned as coach of the Knicks, planned to take a year off, abandoned those plans to become the coach of the Lakers, feuded with Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard, junked his offense, presided over the worst season in Lakers history, got fired by the Lakers, took an assistant coaching job with the 76ers, turned 65 years old, got hired by the Rockets, turned James Harden into a point guard, won Coach of the Year, helped lure Chris Paul to Houston, drastically changed his offense to emphasize isolation plays, and is coaching the team with the best record in the league once again.

Michael Jordan won his last NBA title, retired, bought a piece of the Washington Wizards, un-retired, played for the Wizards, retired again, bought a piece of the Charlotte Bobcats, and took over majority ownership of the Bobcats.

Speaking of Charlotte… the Hornets moved to New Orleans, played three seasons, drafted Chris Paul, had to move to Oklahoma City for most of two seasons in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, returned to New Orleans, sold the team to the league, traded Chris Paul, had the trade vetoed (by David Stern, in his capacity as owner of the — it was a mess), traded Chris Paul again, tanked, were sold to Tom Benson, drafted Anthony Davis, and changed their name to the Pelicans (allowing the Bobcats, who had been in Charlotte since 2004 and were bought by Michael Jordan in 2010, to reclaim the Hornets name), announced an insane-looking new mascot, redesigned the mascot because he was scaring kids, traded for DeMarcus Cousins, only to see Cousins tear his Achilles, which led to the Hornets signing Emeka Okafor, who was the first-ever draft pick of… the Charlotte Bobcats.

The New York Knicks traded Charles Oakley, became the first No. 8 seed to go to the NBA Finals (where they lost to the Spurs), traded Patrick Ewing, ended a 14-year playoff streak, went on a six-year playoff drought, made the playoffs three straight years, started a new (active) five-year playoff drought, hired nine different team presidents, went through 11 different coaches, and banned Charles Oakley from Madison Square Garden.

The Minnesota Timberwolves started (and may soon end!) the second-longest playoff drought in NBA history.

Dan Dickau started and ended a six-year NBA career during which he was traded seven times.

The Sacramento Kings picked in the top 10 of the NBA draft an incredible nine straight times, and will again in June.

Billy Donovan won back-to-back National Championships with the University of Florida, accepted a job with the Orlando Magic, reneged on his agreement with the Magic, coached eight more seasons at Florida, and then became the coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who were still the Seattle SuperSonics at the time Donovan reneged on the Magic job.

The individual record for most 3-pointers in a season was broken five different times.

The team record for most 3-pointers in a season was broken in 2005 and has subsequently been broken in every single season since.

Doc Rivers’ team traded away Jeff Green twice.

Roc Divers’ team traded for Jeff Green twice.

Shaquille O’Neal spent eight years with the Lakers, won three titles, feuded with Kobe Bryant, got traded to the Heat, won another title, got traded to the Suns torpedoed their title chances, got traded to the Cavs, signed with the Celtics, had his number retired by two different teams, released his fourth rap album, appeared in 15 movies and 15 TV shows, was nominated for two Razzies, became a regular on Inside the NBA and argued with Charles Barkley an incredible 18,946,128,945,01,287 times.

The NBA instituted max contracts, the dress code, the luxury tax, the repeater tax, and the age limit, changed the length of first-round playoff series, changed the NBA Finals format, and changed the rules for playoff seeding.

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Dirk Nowitzki revolutionized the power forward position as a floor-spacer and is now old and slow enough that he almost always has to play center.Gregg Popovich became famous for not talking during interviews. (1997-2016.)

Gregg Popovich became one of the most talkative coaches in the league during interviews. (2016-18.)

Steve Kerr was traded to the Spurs, won a title, was traded by the Spurs, was traded back to the Spurs, won another title, retired, became a TV analyst, became the GM of the Suns, resigned as GM of the Suns, became a TV analyst again, almost became the coach of the Knicks, became the coach of the Warriors, won a title, won 73 games, lost the Finals, and won the Finals again.

The Spurs won 1,176 games, 203 more than the next-closest team, the Dallas Mavericks. That 203-win difference is greater than the difference between the number of games won by the Dallas Mavericks and the 19th-place Atlanta Hawks, who won 774 games.