Celtics Trivia Game (2024)

[Fencer reregistered]

Watching the Pacers halftime interview last night inspired this trivia question: What are the actual given names of the following ex-Cs?
1. Popeye Jones
2. Dee Brown
3. Blue Edwards
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. M.L. Carr
6. P.J. Brown
7. K.C. Jones

Without looking it up, I only know the last one: His name really was K. C.

[DavorFanCroatia]

Watching the Pacers halftime interview last night inspired this trivia question: What are the actual given names of the following ex-Cs?
1. Popeye Jones
2. Dee Brown
3. Blue Edwards
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. M.L. Carr
6. P.J. Brown
7. K.C. Jones

Without looking it up, I only know the last one: His name really was K. C.

I believe Popeye was something like Ron or Ronny...Brown something like DeCovan....Blue i'm sure is Theodor..'Nique was born in Paris and is Jacques...don't know about Carr or Brown...

[Elrod is Back]

Watching the Pacers halftime interview last night inspired this trivia question: What are the actual given names of the following ex-Cs?
1. Popeye Jones
2. Dee Brown
3. Blue Edwards
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. M.L. Carr
6. P.J. Brown
7. K.C. Jones

Without looking it up, I only know the last one: His name really was K. C.

I believe Popeye was something like Ron or Ronny...Brown something like DeCovan....Blue i'm sure is Theodor..'Nique was born in Paris and is Jacques...don't know about Carr or Brown...

Michael Leon Carr?

[radcot]

Watching the Pacers halftime interview last night inspired this trivia question: What are the actual given names of the following ex-Cs?
1. Popeye Jones
2. Dee Brown
3. Blue Edwards
4. Dominique Wilkins
5. M.L. Carr
6. P.J. Brown
7. K.C. Jones

Only one not answered = Collier ("P.J.") Brown

[vct33]

I forgot Blue Edwards was ever a Celtic.

[Fencer reregistered]

I just saw this and it surprised me, although when I think about it it doesn't seem crazy either:

At one point late in his playing career, Danny Ainge was second in the record books in which category?

[Curmudgeon]

Did someone bite Tree Rollins twice?

[DavorFanCroatia]

I just saw this and it surprised me, although when I think about it it doesn't seem crazy either:

At one point late in his playing career, Danny Ainge was second in the record books in which category?

As he was on a very good, Finals good teams in Portland and Phoenix...i would say Danny was second to Kareem in playoff games played...

[Elrod is Back]

I just saw this and it surprised me, although when I think about it it doesn't seem crazy either:

At one point late in his playing career, Danny Ainge was second in the record books in which category?

As he was on a very good, Finals good teams in Portland and Phoenix...i would say Danny was second to Kareem in playoff games played...

Davor--You seem to know an incredible amount about the Cs.

I always thought it was a tragedy that Stojko Vrankovic never made it in the NBA, or that the Cs had to wait to 1993 to finally get Dino Radja.

Any thoughts on why Stojko flopped? He had amazing tools.

[Fencer reregistered]

I just saw this and it surprised me, although when I think about it it doesn't seem crazy either:

At one point late in his playing career, Danny Ainge was second in the record books in which category?

As he was on a very good, Finals good teams in Portland and Phoenix...i would say Danny was second to Kareem in playoff games played...

Not at all what I had in mind.

I found mine in his Wikipedia article. Frankly, it's the kind of record that suggests there's a second similar entry to go with it.

And to give a super-obvious clue -- among the many people who have since surpassed him are Reggie Miller and Ray Allen.

I think we're at the point that you can do your usual job of cleaning our historical information up.

[Fencer reregistered]

Did someone bite Tree Rollins twice?

Even once would have surpassed Danny!

[chakdaddy]

That's funny, I was going to guess total 3s.

[Elrod is Back]

Ten players who played for the Celtics during the 1970s made the basketball Hall of Fame as players (not as coaches). Who are they?

To make it easier, I provide you with the first letter of each of their last names:

1) A

2) B

3) B

4) C

5) H

6) H

7) M

8) S

9) S

10) W

[chakdaddy]

Some easy, obviously others not

Archibald
Bird
Bing (ha, I always forgot him)
Cowens
C
Havlicek
H
Maravich (or was he 1980 only?}
Silas??
Sanders??
White

Nelson? McAdoo? Westphal?

[DavorFanCroatia]

I just saw this and it surprised me, although when I think about it it doesn't seem crazy either:

At one point late in his playing career, Danny Ainge was second in the record books in which category?

As he was on a very good, Finals good teams in Portland and Phoenix...i would say Danny was second to Kareem in playoff games played...

Not at all what I had in mind.

I found mine in his Wikipedia article. Frankly, it's the kind of record that suggests there's a second similar entry to go with it.

And to give a super-obvious clue -- among the many people who have since surpassed him are Reggie Miller and Ray Allen.

I think we're at the point that you can do your usual job of cleaning our historical information up.

Hay,

I know that by the time he retired he was #1 in playoff 3pt made and #2 in playoffs game played.
I check Wikipedia and saw that you mean he was 2nd player ever to hit 900 3pt.

Greetings from Croatia

[DavorFanCroatia]

Ten players who played for the Celtics during the 1970s made the basketball Hall of Fame as players (not as coaches). Who are they?

To make it easier, I provide you with the first letter of each of their last names:

1) A ARCHIBALD

2) B BING

3) B BIRD

4) C COWENS

5) H HAVLICEK

6) H HOWELL

7) M McADOO

8) S SCOTT

9) S I think you mean SANDERS, but he was selected as a contributor, not player

10) W

WHITE

Is it correct?
#7, #44, #33, #18, #17, #18, #11, #11, #16***, #10

[Elrod is Back]

Some easy, obviously others not

Archibald
Bird
Bing (ha, I always forgot him)
Cowens
C
Havlicek
H
Maravich (or was he 1980 only?}
Silas??
Sanders??
White

Nelson? McAdoo? Westphal?

7/10

[Elrod is Back]

Ten players who played for the Celtics during the 1970s made the basketball Hall of Fame as players (not as coaches). Who are they?

To make it easier, I provide you with the first letter of each of their last names:

1) A ARCHIBALD

2) B BING

3) B BIRD

4) C COWENS

5) H HAVLICEK

6) H HOWELL

7) M McADOO

8) S SCOTT

9) S I think you mean SANDERS, but he was selected as a contributor, not player

10) W

WHITE

Is it correct?
#7, #44, #33, #18, #17, #18, #11, #11, #16***, #10

10/10.

Your knowledge rocks, Davor.

Now give us the back story on Stojko!

[DavorFanCroatia]

Ten players who played for the Celtics during the 1970s made the basketball Hall of Fame as players (not as coaches). Who are they?

To make it easier, I provide you with the first letter of each of their last names:

1) A ARCHIBALD

2) B BING

3) B BIRD

4) C COWENS

5) H HAVLICEK

6) H HOWELL

7) M McADOO

8) S SCOTT

9) S I think you mean SANDERS, but he was selected as a contributor, not player

10) W

WHITE

Is it correct?
#7, #44, #33, #18, #17, #18, #11, #11, #16***, #10

10/10.

Your knowledge rocks, Davor.

Now give us the back story on Stojko!

I know he was hindered by poor vision. He had problems with lenses. Defensively he was still very good, great blocker due wingspan and timing. But he came to the Celtics when Chief was still going strong, and for some reason coach Chris Ford prefered Joe Kleine as Parish primary backup, with McHale, Pinckney and occasionaly Bird holding 4 spot.

He was a victim of euro skepticism in the early 90's. Even Dražen Petrović was in Rick Adelman's doghouse. He came to the NBA as a 27yo and never really got a chance. And a little trivia...his son Antonio Vranković currently plays for Duke

[Elrod is Back]

WHITE

Is it correct?
#7, #44, #33, #18, #17, #18, #11, #11, #16***, #10

10/10.

Your knowledge rocks, Davor.

Now give us the back story on Stojko!

I know he was hindered by poor vision. He had problems with lenses. Defensively he was still very good, great blocker due wingspan and timing. But he came to the Celtics when Chief was still going strong, and for some reason coach Chris Ford prefered Joe Kleine as Parish primary backup, with McHale, Pinckney and occasionaly Bird holding 4 spot.

He was a victim of euro skepticism in the early 90's. Even Dražen Petrović was in Rick Adelman's doghouse. He came to the NBA as a 27yo and never really got a chance. And a little trivia...his son Antonio Vranković currently plays for Duke

Yes, I am following Antonio. I gather Stojko and his family now live in the USA, and Antonio went to high school here.

In Jack McCallum's Unfinished Business, his book about the 90-91 Celtics, he has an interesting tidbit on Stojko. (That was Stojko's rookie year, as a 27 year old.) He wrote about how Kevin McHale said the Cs needed a superstar to come in and lead the ream now that the Big Three were fading and McHale pointed at Vrankovic and said something to the effect of "That could be the guy." I guess Stojko was getting the other players' attention in practice.

The Cs had high hopes for him. 7-1 with a huge wingspan and plus athletic ability. Chief was 37 in 1990 so his end was on the horizon. They even hired Dave Cowens to be Stojko's personal tutor. Cowens finally said that the Cs needed to get Stojko on the floor because the only way he could develop was in actual games. But like you said, Chris Ford had no interest in that.

The Cs started the 90-91 season 29-5 and looked like they could win 65-70 games and yet another title. The team was incredible, playing the best basketball since 1986. So, in Ford's defense, he probably did not think the team needed Stojko that year to win. But Larry got hurt again and that was the end of that. The team "limped" to a 56-26 record.

You can't help but wonder what would have happened had Ford made a commitment to Stojko and had he developed into a defensive stopper in the middle. Maybe all he needed was a good optometrist. The early 90s might have looked a bit different with Lewis, Gamble, Shaw and Dee Brown along with the Big Three and Stojko.