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Trivia Question just for fun

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 8:59 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
Name the last player to be selected in two different NBA drafts and why

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 9:09 pm
by Bulls_Dynasty6
I think it was Arvydas Sabonis. He wasn't able to play in the US because of political circumstances at the time.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 9:10 pm
by Phobo_Phile
Manute Bol in 1983. His orginal draft was deemed ineligable due the NBA not knowing how to deal with international draft picks at the time. He would be drafted 2 years later.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 9:19 pm
by wetsthebed
Yeah, Sabonis was drafted in 85 and 86. Don't know if it's happened since then.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 9:19 pm
by Phobo_Phile
Oh wow. Nvm.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:12 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
Bulls is correct .Sabonis was originally drafted by Atlanta in 3rd rd but was not yet eligible.Portland then drafted him last pick of first round following year

Another question Name the first player picked #1overall in the NBA draft who was NOT born in the USA

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:15 pm
by Canada_7
Brandon-Clyde wrote:Bulls is correct .Sabonis was originally drafted by Atlanta in 3rd rd but was not yet eligible.Portland then drafted him last pick of first round following year

Another question Name the first player picked #1overall in the NBA draft who was NOT born in the USA

I'm guessing Hakeem Olajuwon, first pick of the 1984 draft.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:16 pm
by wetsthebed
Brandon-Clyde wrote:Bulls is correct .Sabonis was originally drafted by Atlanta in 3rd rd but was not yet eligible.Portland then drafted him last pick of first round following year

Another question Name the first player picked #1overall in the NBA draft who was NOT born in the USA
Mychal Thompson 1978.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:36 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
West is correct
What current NBA team started out in Buffalo?

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:42 pm
by GenericUsername
Clippers

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 10:48 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
Generic is correct (I'm making these too easy)
Who did Boston trade to accquire Robert Parish

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 11:05 pm
by wetsthebed
Brandon-Clyde wrote:Generic is correct (I'm making these too easy)
Who did Boston trade to accquire Robert Parish

Joe Barry Carroll

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 11:09 pm
by Yadadimean
trivia questions on the internet will always be too easy as long as we have google

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 11:25 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
Joe Barry Carrol was correct

In the 80's there was a season in which each of the top 3 NBA rebounders shared the same first name Name all 3 players

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 11:32 pm
by wetsthebed
Brandon-Clyde wrote:Joe Barry Carrol was correct

In the 80's there was a season in which each of the top 3 NBA rebounders shared the same first name Name all 3 players
Charles Barkley, Charles Oakley, Charles (Buck) Williams.

Posted: Sun Jun 1, 2008 11:39 pm
by Brandon-Clyde
West you are good
What was Buck Williams middle name?

Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:48 am
by Yadadimean
Linwood

Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:16 am
by Point forward
Yadadimean wrote:trivia questions on the internet will always be too easy as long as we have google


OK, I'll try to pose some Qs which are no easily googled. These infos are from books on older players.

(1) Who was the first Chinese-born guy in the NBA?

(2) Wilt Chamberlain once broke a guy's shoulder with a clean block. Name that unfortunate guy.

(3) What animals did Mychal Thompson hunt for money when he was a teen?

Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:31 am
by Nuzzo
(1) Who was the first Chinese-born guy in the NBA?
Tom Meschery
(2) Wilt Chamberlain once broke a guy's shoulder with a clean block. Name that unfortunate guy.
Gus Johnson

Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:38 am
by Point forward
Nuzzo wrote:(1) Who was the first Chinese-born guy in the NBA?
Tom Meschery
(2) Wilt Chamberlain once broke a guy's shoulder with a clean block. Name that unfortunate guy.
Gus Johnson


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EDIT: the animals Mychal Thompson hunted for money were (spoiler space) sharks :o