Celtics Trivia Game (2024)

[chakdaddy]

I guess according to the rules I'm supposed to ask the next question. Name the starting 5 that went to the ECF in 2002.

Bonus question #1: Who were the 3 rookies we drafted that year (and in what order)?
Bonus question #2: We traded one of those 3 rookies during his rookie season. What did we trade him for?

Battie/Walker/McCarty/Pierce/Anderson
Johnson/k.brown/forte

Jj for rogers/delk

[greenroom31]

I guess according to the rules I'm supposed to ask the next question. Name the starting 5 that went to the ECF in 2002.

Bonus question #1: Who were the 3 rookies we drafted that year (and in what order)?
Bonus question #2: We traded one of those 3 rookies during his rookie season. What did we trade him for?

Battie/Walker/McCarty/Pierce/Anderson
Johnson/k.brown/forte

Jj for rogers/delk

Nice job -- you got 4/5 starters and the bonus questions.

[chakdaddy]

I guess according to the rules I'm supposed to ask the next question. Name the starting 5 that went to the ECF in 2002.

Bonus question #1: Who were the 3 rookies we drafted that year (and in what order)?
Bonus question #2: We traded one of those 3 rookies during his rookie season. What did we trade him for?

Battie/Walker/McCarty/Pierce/Anderson
Johnson/k.brown/forte

Jj for rogers/delk

Nice job -- you got 4/5 starters and the bonus questions.

Oh shoot, was Waltah off the bench? Did Williams start? Or did someone else start at the 2 guard? JJ was the ideal 2 in that lineup before the trade.

Battie
Walker/Rogers
Mccarty/Williams
Pierce/brown/forte
Anderson/delk

K brown/forte

That's an 8 man rotation with 2 scrubs. Don't remember many others. Potapenko? Pervis? Greg minor? Barros?

Erick Strickland or Washington? Palacio? Fortson?

[greenroom31]

Battie/Walker/McCarty/Pierce/Anderson
Johnson/k.brown/forte

Jj for rogers/delk

Nice job -- you got 4/5 starters and the bonus questions.

Oh shoot, was Waltah off the bench? Did Williams start? Or did someone else start at the 2 guard? JJ was the ideal 2 in that lineup before the trade.

Battie
Walker/Rogers
Mccarty/Williams
Pierce/brown/forte
Anderson/delk

K brown/forte

That's an 8 man rotation with 2 scrubs. Don't remember many others. Potapenko? Pervis? Greg minor? Barros?

Erick Strickland or Washington? Palacio? Fortson?

You got it -- Williams instead of Waltah. I'm still pissed we traded Joe Johnson to get two bench vets for a half-assed playoff run. Mark Blount was on that team as well. In the playoffs we were basically using an 8 man rotation (starters plus Delk, Rogers and 10 mpg of Walter) with an occasional appearance from Erick Strickland. And somehow we were up 2-1 in the ECF.

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Who were the first married couple to both be in their respective Halls of Fame? (US major team sports)

[Parliament10]

Who were the first married couple to both be in their respective Halls of Fame? (US major team sports)

Only one I know is Rachel Robinson, Jackie Robinson's wife.
She got the Lifetime Achievement Award, in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Two more:

-- Which Celtics have been officers of the Player's Association?
-- Which Player's Association officers have also been league MVPs?

Hint:

Spoiler:

The offices other than President were created very recently -- specifically, in 2013.

[Parliament10]

Two more:

-- Which Celtics have been officers of the Player's Association?
-- Which Player's Association officers have also been league MVPs?

Hint:

Spoiler:

The offices other than President were created very recently -- specifically, in 2013.

Only one I know is Jaylen Brown. He's a VP.
Are there others?

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Who were the first married couple to both be in their respective Halls of Fame? (US major team sports)

Only one I know is Rachel Robinson, Jackie Robinson's wife.
She got the Lifetime Achievement Award, in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Good one, that I never knew or thought of. But hardly the first.

Hint:

Spoiler:

The man was a broadcaster who actually called the game in which his most famous playing record was broken.

To be clear, there's no particular Celtic connection to this question.

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Two more:

-- Which Celtics have been officers of the Player's Association?
-- Which Player's Association officers have also been league MVPs?

Hint:

Spoiler:

The offices other than President were created very recently -- specifically, in 2013.

Only one I know is Jaylen Brown. He's a VP.
Are there others?

Most definitely, and much more importantly so than Jaylen.

[radcot]

Bob Cousy created the player's association and was its first pres. Tommy Heinsohn succeeded him.

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Bob Cousy created the player's association and was its first pres. Tommy Heinsohn succeeded him.

Exactly!

And that reminds me of another question:

What did the Player's Association do to finally get the owners to recognize them as a union?

[DavorFanCroatia]

Bob Cousy created the player's association and was its first pres. Tommy Heinsohn succeeded him.

Exactly!

And that reminds me of another question:

What did the Player's Association do to finally get the owners to recognize them as a union?

I believe threaten to boycott NBA all-star game...

[sam_I_am]

Who was the SF who played for the 87-88 Celtics who Tommy Heinsohn loved like Waltah and was one of the first in a long line of scrubs he said would be a star? Johnny Most once said his name was backwards.

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Who was the SF who played for the 87-88 Celtics who Tommy Heinsohn loved like Waltah and was one of the first in a long line of scrubs he said would be a star? Johnny Most once said his name was backwards.

Maybe Darren Daye could chime in on this one?

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Bob Cousy created the player's association and was its first pres. Tommy Heinsohn succeeded him.

Exactly!

And that reminds me of another question:

What did the Player's Association do to finally get the owners to recognize them as a union?

I believe threaten to boycott NBA all-star game...

You are correct, Sir. A contemporaneous news article linked below frankly tells the story a little differently than others I've seen do, and it's possible the later ones are more accurate in the areas where they disagree.

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/15/archives/nba-players-threaten-strike-in-dispute-over-pension-plan.html

[chakdaddy]

Who was the SF who played for the 87-88 Celtics who Tommy Heinsohn loved like Waltah and was one of the first in a long line of scrubs he said would be a star? Johnny Most once said his name was backwards.

Maybe Darren Daye could chime in on this one?

I was thinking Daye but maybe Robert Freds could be a forward name?

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Who was the SF who played for the 87-88 Celtics who Tommy Heinsohn loved like Waltah and was one of the first in a long line of scrubs he said would be a star? Johnny Most once said his name was backwards.

Maybe Darren Daye could chime in on this one?

I was thinking Daye but maybe Robert Freds could be a forward name?

Roberts and Lohaus — the homeless person’s Bird and McHale.

[vct33]

Who was the SF who played for the 87-88 Celtics who Tommy Heinsohn loved like Waltah and was one of the first in a long line of scrubs he said would be a star? Johnny Most once said his name was backwards.

My first guess was Conner Henry because Henry is a first name. Not sure if he was a SF or SG though.

[chakdaddy]

Maybe Darren Daye could chime in on this one?

I was thinking Daye but maybe Robert Freds could be a forward name?

Roberts and Lohaus — the homeless person’s Bird and McHale.

I remember Bird was an advocate for Lohaus and was frustrated he didn't get more run. "I knew the kid could play!"