Celtics Trivia Game (2024)

DavorFanCroatia · Post #261 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:17 pm

15th overall wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend...but not as the Celtics members at the time...
They are ?

McHale + KG?

Apsolutely correct...
Can you name another example...where both person has retired number as a C's ?

Fencer reregistered · Post #262 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:17 pm

15th overall wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend...but not as the Celtics members at the time...
They are ?

McHale + KG?

Tough to beat that example.

DavorFanCroatia · Post #263 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:21 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
15th overall wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend...but not as the Celtics members at the time...
They are ?

McHale + KG?

Tough to beat that example.

Maybe...but try...those other two have a even more Celtics legacy...

Fencer reregistered · Post #264 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:22 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:I remember i read somewhere that Lavelli released two albums...but i'm not sure does he sing it or just played...

Based on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZqTgVtlgpY he evidently wasn't much of a singer. But overall he seems to have been a serious musician.

If you look at the Wikipedia article on him, he may not even have been in a singing group in college. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lavelli

15th overall · Post #265 » by **15th overall** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:23 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
15th overall wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend...but not as the Celtics members at the time...
They are ?

McHale + KG?

Apsolutely correct...
Can you name another example...where both person has retired number as a C's ?

Same rules apply? Meaning that this happened outside of Boston originally?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #266 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:24 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
15th overall wrote:McHale + KG?

Tough to beat that example.

Maybe...but try...those other two have a even more Celtics legacy...

Sorry guys.
these other example has flaw. One Celtics legend was a coach and ask a club to draft another Celtics legend...
Sorry...but can you name it?

15th overall · Post #267 » by **15th overall** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:31 pm

I've got an unconventional one that 90+% of this board likely aren't even eligible to try to answer.

At the OLD basketball HOF, there was an exhibit/attraction using Nick Arcade technology (this is early Kinect tech, for those who didn't grow up in the 90's)... in it, you went head to head against a certain former Celtic. Anyone who actually went to the Old HOF remember who?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #268 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:32 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
Tough to beat that example.

Maybe...but try...those other two have a even more Celtics legacy...

Sorry guys.
these other example has flaw. One Celtics legend was a coach and ask a club to draft another Celtics legend...
Sorry...but can you name it?

I checked...he was a coach/gm so the original question stands

DavorFanCroatia · Post #269 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:34 pm

15th overall wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
15th overall wrote:McHale + KG?

Apsolutely correct...
Can you name another example...where both person has retired number as a C's ?

Same rules apply? Meaning that this happened outside of Boston originally?

Yes, same rule

DavorFanCroatia · Post #270 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:35 pm

15th overall wrote:I've got an unconventional one that 90+% of this board likely aren't even eligible to try to answer.

At the OLD basketball HOF, there was an exhibit/attraction using Nick Arcade technology (this is early Kinect tech, for those who didn't grow up in the 90's)... in it, you went head to head against a certain former Celtic. Anyone who actually went to the Old HOF remember who?

I'm some 4500 miles from HOF...don't know an answer, but now i'm interested

15th overall · Post #271 » by **15th overall** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:51 pm

I was gonna go with Heinsohn/Cowens if the Celts organization was in the mix. I got no idea now.

Fencer reregistered · Post #272 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:57 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Maybe...but try...those other two have a even more Celtics legacy...

Sorry guys.
these other example has flaw. One Celtics legend was a coach and ask a club to draft another Celtics legend...
Sorry...but can you name it?

I checked...he was a coach/gm so the original question stands

Could you please restate the question from scratch?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #273 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:01 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Sorry guys.
these other example has flaw. One Celtics legend was a coach and ask a club to draft another Celtics legend...
Sorry...but can you name it?

I checked...he was a coach/gm so the original question stands

Could you please restate the question from scratch?

OK One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend. Both men at the time wasn't on Celtics. Both have retired number as Celtics.
They are ?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #274 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:05 pm

15th overall wrote:I was gonna go with Heinsohn/Cowens if the Celts organization was in the mix. I got no idea now.

Red drafted Big Red

Fencer reregistered · Post #275 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:06 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
I checked...he was a coach/gm so the original question stands

Could you please restate the question from scratch?

OK One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend. Both men at the time wasn't on Celtics. Both have retired number as Celtics.
They are ?

I assume you mean Russell and DJ, but I'm still not convinced Russell had that role with the Sonics.

DavorFanCroatia · Post #276 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:11 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
Could you please restate the question from scratch?

OK One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend. Both men at the time wasn't on Celtics. Both have retired number as Celtics.
They are ?

I assume you mean Russell and DJ, but I'm still not convinced Russell had that role with the Sonics.

Yes, Russell and DJ is the answer.

Here is a chapter from NBA.com Bill Russell bio:

In 1973, Russell resurfaced as head coach and general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics. He took a team that had won only 26 games the year before and put it on a winning track, notching 36 victories the next season and then compiling a 43-39 record to earn a playoff berth in 1974-75. But Russell became frustrated at the players' reluctance to embrace his team concept. Some suggested that the problem was Russell himself; he was said to be aloof, moody and unable to accept anything but the Celtics' tradition. In any event, his enthusiasm for the task waned after his fourth season in 1976-77, and he departed.

Same stuff on basketball reference...and i believe DJ said himself that Russell draft him.

DavorFanCroatia · Post #277 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:14 pm

Its 12 past midnight in Croatia...i'm going to sleep.
Bill Russell and Danny Ainge. What connect these two? Not obvious answer like both played for C's or something

Fencer reregistered · Post #278 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:18 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
DavorFanCroatia wrote:
OK One Celtics legend draft another Celtics legend. Both men at the time wasn't on Celtics. Both have retired number as Celtics.
They are ?

I assume you mean Russell and DJ, but I'm still not convinced Russell had that role with the Sonics.

Yes, Russell and DJ is the answer.

Here is a chapter from NBA.com Bill Russell bio:

In 1973, Russell resurfaced as head coach and general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics. He took a team that had won only 26 games the year before and put it on a winning track, notching 36 victories the next season and then compiling a 43-39 record to earn a playoff berth in 1974-75. But Russell became frustrated at the players' reluctance to embrace his team concept. Some suggested that the problem was Russell himself; he was said to be aloof, moody and unable to accept anything but the Celtics' tradition. In any event, his enthusiasm for the task waned after his fourth season in 1976-77, and he departed.

Same stuff on basketball reference...and i believe DJ said himself that Russell draft him.

OK, you convinced me. Thanks!

Fencer reregistered · Post #279 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:19 pm

DavorFanCroatia wrote:Its 12 past midnight in Croatia...i'm going to sleep.
Bill Russell and Danny Ainge. What connect these two? Not obvious answer like both played for C's or something

Something to do with them both living in the Pacific Northwest (and being involved in sports) in the 1970s?

DavorFanCroatia · Post #280 » by **DavorFanCroatia** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:29 pm

No...much more interesting..at least for me