As you can see from the lengthy title of this post, things are really hot in the world of sports. The Olympics are here, but I'm not really interested because of all the unrest that has engulfed the games. The NFL preseason is here, but wake me up when the regular season starts and the results count. And in the time that I wrote the above, Kyle Busch won five more NASCAR races! So, to put it mildly, I'm bored.
In that vein, to attempt to relieve my boredom (and unload some basketball stuff that I've been itching to put up, but haven't been able to because I am too cheap to start my own site), I'm going to have a little trivia on the post today! There will be ten questions posted, and after I tally up the entries (assuming there are any) I'll post the answers and the winner(s) later today in another post (that tells you how bored I am; I'm doing two posts!). So, here is the first question:
Category: NBA history
1. What player did the Bulls trade on draft night 1987 to acquired Scottie Pippen? 2. What draft pick was used on Kobe Bryant in 1996? 3. True or false: The Lakers have never lost 50 games in a single season? 4. What year marked the first time no Lakers or Celtics made the All-Star team (hint: it was in the 1990s)? 5. Which three teams boast the most players with regular season MVP awards (most individual winners)? 6. How many times has Shaq won the scoring title?
Now, to throw in a few trickier ones:
7. Who was the only player to win Finals MVP on the losing team? 8. Which of the coaches chosen as the Top Ten Greatest NBA Coaches in 1996 has not won an NBA title? 9. Lenny Wilkens and John Wooden are among the three people chosen to the Basketball HOF as a player and a coach. Whose the third? 10. Who was the first team with a losing record to make the NBA Finals?
There are the questions. As I stated earlier, I'll be back later on to post the answers and see who got the most right. Of course, if no on replies, there will be no need for it! Take care, anyhow!
1-Olden Polynice??
2-13th? Know it was a late one (relatively speaking)
3-False
4-1996?
5-Bulls, Lakers, Celtics?
6-0
7-Chamberlain?
8-Larry Brown? (Had or has?) I know he won in 04 but you saying in 96? If not Lenny Wilkens?
9-Bill Russell?
10-New York Knicks
How many I get? Didnt cheat, so excuse me if I got them all wrong lol. Good post, made me think!
Last edited by SRMgenius on August 11th at 9:00 AM.
Well SRM swooped in and that's the problem with being second on a quiz. LOL Haha. I didn't know hardly any of them anyhow and I didn't look anything up but wasn't Kobe a 7th pick?
And I thought Clyde Drexler was the MVP on a losing team once?
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1. Olden Polynice
2. I want to say 13 or 16.
3. False
4. '93
5. Lakers, Celtics, Bulls
6. Never
7. Shawn Kemp?
8. Jerry Sloan, Lenny Wilkens
9. Phil Jackson? Bill Russell?
10. Philadelphia Sixers
1. ???
2. 13 (by the charlotte hornets)
3. false
4. 1996?
5. Lakers, Celtics, and Knicks?
6. 2 times
7. Jerry West
8. Jerry Sloan
9. Pat Riley? Jerry Sloan?
10. ???
I did that without using another source. I became a basketball fan last year so the old stuff is hard for me.
Last edited by Ubershorty on August 11th at 11:10 AM.
1. Olden Polynice
2. 13
3. false
4. 1993-'94
5. Celtics, Lakers, 76ers (in that order)
6. twice
7. Jerry West
8. Don Nelson
9. Bill Sharman
10. St. Louis Hawks
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1. Olden Polynice
2.
3. True
4. 1994
5. Could you clarify this question? Do you mean MVPs currently playing? Or franchises with most MVPs all-time?
6. 3?
7. Jerry West in 1969. The very first time the award was given out. Additional trivia: his prize for winning the award was a car from the NBA. The kicker: the car was GREEN.
8. Don Nelson
9. Bill Sharman?
10. 1959 Minneapolis Lakers?
celticpal, #5 meant "all-time winners on team"; how many players on that team won the award (like Kobe's MVP this year counts as one for the Lakers). You got four right, btw. Check out the second post to see all the answers.
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