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Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:34 pm
by BigSlam
Ok guys, in an attempt to fill in the gap of what will be a very long, boring summer when it comes to having no NBA hoops we thought it might be fun to have an ongoing Bobcats trivia thread. Rules are pretty simple.

A poster posts a question about the Bobcats. The next posters answers it and then asks a question of their own.

Try not to Google the answers - work off memory. That said, don't make the questions TOO hard (like what is the full, correct spelling of Okafor's name!!).

Enjoy!

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:35 pm
by BigSlam
Q: Which Bobcat player handed then owner Bob Johnson the game ball following the franchises first ever win?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:22 pm
by dmutombo321
Brevin Knight if memory serves?

Who holds the distinction of being the franchise's first Bobcats DUI arrest?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:34 pm
by fatlever
dmutombo321 wrote:Brevin Knight if memory serves?

Who holds the distinction of being the franchise's first Bobcats DUI arrest?


was it jb bickerstaff? does that count?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:09 pm
by BigSlam
dmutombo321 wrote:Brevin Knight if memory serves?

It was actually Jason Hart!!

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:35 pm
by dmutombo321
fatlever wrote:
dmutombo321 wrote:Brevin Knight if memory serves?

Who holds the distinction of being the franchise's first Bobcats DUI arrest?


was it jb bickerstaff? does that count?


Yeah, JB is who I was going for. Not sure if any players beat him to it.

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:44 pm
by Jaruff
dmutombo321 wrote:Brevin Knight if memory serves?

Who holds the distinction of being the franchise's first Bobcats DUI arrest?


If we're talking players, I want to say Eddie House or J Rich. I'm sure there have been a few over the years.

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:59 pm
by fatlever
dmutombo321 wrote:
fatlever wrote:
dmutombo321 wrote:Brevin Knight if memory serves?

Who holds the distinction of being the franchise's first Bobcats DUI arrest?


was it jb bickerstaff? does that count?


Yeah, JB is who I was going for. Not sure if any players beat him to it.


ok then its my turn :)

who was the bobcats first assistant coach?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:22 am
by Rich4114
^^ What's his face who tried to teach all of our guys how to shoot FT's and always would visibly be breathing through his mouth and have the same facial expression 24x7 and seemed to last through like all our coaching regimes... (does that count? lol)

In our first ever pre-season game, someone hit a half court shot to send it into OT. Who was it?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:02 am
by fatlever
Rich4114 wrote:^^ What's his face who tried to teach all of our guys how to shoot FT's and always would visibly be breathing through his mouth and have the same facial expression 24x7 and seemed to last through like all our coaching regimes... (does that count? lol)



i was thinking of sam mitchell

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:48 pm
by BigSlam
fatlever wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:^^ What's his face who tried to teach all of our guys how to shoot FT's and always would visibly be breathing through his mouth and have the same facial expression 24x7 and seemed to last through like all our coaching regimes... (does that count? lol)



i was thinking of sam mitchell

That is a pretty good discription of Capel though!!

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:49 pm
by BigSlam
Rich4114 wrote:In our first ever pre-season game, someone hit a half court shot to send it into OT. Who was it?

Tamar Slay?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:38 pm
by dmutombo321
^ Oh yeah. I almost forgot Tamar Slay even existed. I wonder which former Soviet Block state he's playing in now.

BB was also really high on Theron Smith who was a talented player but lacked a jumper and also, if i recall, had bad knees.

I couple things from year one that bothered me:
#1, I didnt understand why they didnt keep Loren Woods for their third string center instead of Sampson.
#2, I really wanted them to take a flyer on Rodney White who I think Denver had left exposed in the expansion draft. The guy was an F'n moron but was immensely talented. Its not that I had terribly lofty expectations for him, but rather just thought he would have been a better SF selection than Theron Smith. In hindsight, its unlikely that anything would have altered the eventual fate of White's NBA career but at the time, it seemed plausable the influence of BB and Steve Smith might have helped him see the light.

More trivia:

In their inaugural season, the Bobcats traded two second round picks to the Lakers for Kareem Rush, who they hoped would serve as an offensive threat for them but he amounted to nothing more than a poor defending, sub 40% volume shooter who clashed with BB.

What notable PF did the Laker's select in 2005 with the pick we sent them?
He's still in the league and has a reputation as an energy guy/defender/shot blocker.

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:42 pm
by Jaruff
dmutombo321 wrote:^ Oh yeah. I almost forgot Tamar Slay even existed. I wonder which former Soviet Block state he's playing in now.

BB was also really high on Theron Smith who was a talented player but lacked a jumper and also, if i recall, had bad knees.

I couple things from year one that bothered me:
#1, I didnt understand why they didnt keep Loren Woods for their third string center instead of Sampson.
#2, I really wanted them to take a flyer on Rodney White who I think Denver had left exposed in the expansion draft. The guy was an F'n moron but was immensely talented. Its not that I had terribly lofty expectations for him, but rather just thought he would have been a better SF selection than Theron Smith. In hindsight, its unlikely that anything would have altered the eventual fate of White's NBA career but at the time, it seemed plausable the influence of BB and Steve Smith might have helped him see the light.

More trivia:

In their inaugural season, the Bobcats traded two second round picks to the Lakers for Kareem Rush, who they hoped would serve as an offensive threat for them but he amounted to nothing more than a poor defending, sub 40% volume shooter who clashed with BB.

What notable PF did the Laker's select in 2005 with the pick we sent them?
He's still in the league and has a reputation as an energy guy/defender/shot blocker.


It has to be Turiaf; I know he played for the Lakers and I know we sent LA two 2nd rounders for Kareem Rush so that was a long time ago.

Which current Atlanta Hawks member was an expansion draft pick back in 2004?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:45 pm
by Jaruff
BigSlam wrote:
fatlever wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:^^ What's his face who tried to teach all of our guys how to shoot FT's and always would visibly be breathing through his mouth and have the same facial expression 24x7 and seemed to last through like all our coaching regimes... (does that count? lol)



i was thinking of sam mitchell

That is a pretty good discription of Capel though!!


I was thinking of another guy; Gary something. His name came to mind because I was watching a WNBA game one time and it was brought up. Think he coached until Larry Brown came.

Don't know if he was the first hired but the TV said like 2004-2007.

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:04 pm
by BigSlam
Jaruff wrote:Which current Atlanta Hawks member was an expansion draft pick back in 2004?

ZaZa!!

Leaving the next question to dm123

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:04 pm
by dmutombo321
Jaruff wrote:
dmutombo321 wrote:^ Oh yeah. I almost forgot Tamar Slay even existed. I wonder which former Soviet Block state he's playing in now.

BB was also really high on Theron Smith who was a talented player but lacked a jumper and also, if i recall, had bad knees.

I couple things from year one that bothered me:
#1, I didnt understand why they didnt keep Loren Woods for their third string center instead of Sampson.
#2, I really wanted them to take a flyer on Rodney White who I think Denver had left exposed in the expansion draft. The guy was an F'n moron but was immensely talented. Its not that I had terribly lofty expectations for him, but rather just thought he would have been a better SF selection than Theron Smith. In hindsight, its unlikely that anything would have altered the eventual fate of White's NBA career but at the time, it seemed plausable the influence of BB and Steve Smith might have helped him see the light.

More trivia:

In their inaugural season, the Bobcats traded two second round picks to the Lakers for Kareem Rush, who they hoped would serve as an offensive threat for them but he amounted to nothing more than a poor defending, sub 40% volume shooter who clashed with BB.

What notable PF did the Laker's select in 2005 with the pick we sent them?
He's still in the league and has a reputation as an energy guy/defender/shot blocker.


It has to be Turiaf; I know he played for the Lakers and I know we sent LA two 2nd rounders for Kareem Rush so that was a long time ago.

Which current Atlanta Hawks member was an expansion draft pick back in 2004?


ZaZa! I think we got a second round pick or something for parting with him didnt we?

And yeah, it was Turiaf

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:06 pm
by fatlever
Jaruff wrote:Which current Atlanta Hawks member was an expansion draft pick back in 2004?


zaza pachulia


what were the two other team names under final consideration?

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:35 pm
by BigSlam
fatlever wrote:what were the two other team names under final consideration?

Dragons and Flight!

Re: Bobcats All Time Trivia Thread

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:37 pm
by BigSlam
What was the name of the guy who designed the 1st ever Bobcats uni's?