Basketball Trivia

[Judtech]

Here are three rather regional ones:
1. Who were the first two big name recruits to be Prop 48 casualties? (They went to the same University)
2. Who was shooting the free throw when Coach Knight "loaned the old lady across the floor" his chair? (or threw the chair, depending on who tells the story!)
3. What school did Shawn Kemp originally sign with ?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Judtech

Here are three rather regional ones:
1. Who were the first two big name recruits to be Prop 48 casualties? (They went to the same University)
2. Who was shooting the free throw when Coach Knight "loaned the old lady across the floor" his chair? (or threw the chair, depending on who tells the story!)
3. What school did Shawn Kemp originally sign with ?

#1 I don't know.
#2 is Purdue's Steve Reid.
#3 Is Kentucky. He had that incident with the accusation of stealing gold chains from Coach Sutton's son.

For #1 do you want just basketball players? I recall that future Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware was ineligible due to Prop 48 in his first year at Houston.

[Judtech]

Prop 48 for Basketball. A pg and pf.
As for Kemp, can you name the type of car he was driving when he had his traffic difficulty? Now THAT is trivial!! HA

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Judtech

As for Kemp, can you name the type of car he was driving when he had his traffic difficulty?

It was a Rolls Canardly. That's a car that rolls down one hill and can hardly get up the next.

[Judtech]

Close. It was a Cavalier Z24. The reason I remeber that is b/c I was always curious how he FIT into the car? I also just assumed the UK boosters hadn't had his REAL car delivered yet!!
As for the other on, they were Rumeal Robinson and Terry Mills from the University of Michigan. Robinson actually had dyslexia and at the time there were no accomodations for that in the regulations.

[Mark Padgett]

What television basketball commentator got fired from a major network for "being too detailed" in his comments?

IOW - he got into too much depth when explaining what was going on and why.

Hint - it was an NBA commentator.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

What television basketball commentator got fired from a major network for "being too detailed" in his comments?

IOW - he got into too much depth when explaining what was going on and why.

Hint - it was an NBA commentator.

I didn't know you were an NBA commentator.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I didn't know you were an NBA commentator.

Actually, many years ago, I worked in radio and did play by play of HS and college games. It was only for two years but I had a blast. I also did HS football.

Here's a hint to my question. He's a former all-star player.

[sseltser]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

What television basketball commentator got fired from a major network for "being too detailed" in his comments?

IOW - he got into too much depth when explaining what was going on and why.

Hint - it was an NBA commentator.

My guess would be Rick Barry. He seems like he could be a very "detailed" guy.

[Nevadaref]

What individual from Power Memorial HS has spent the most years on the court in the NBA?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

What individual from Power Memorial HS has spent the most years on the court in the NBA?

That would be Dick Bavetta, not Kareem.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by just another ref

That would be Dick Bavetta, not Kareem.

34 years and counting versus 20. I think that this question was a give-away on an officials' forum.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

What individual from Power Memorial HS has spent the most years on the court in the NBA?

The easy answer would be Lew Alcindor, but I doubt that it's the right answer because I don't think that you would post such as easy question. The choice of the word "individual" rather than "player" leads me to believe that it's a coach, or more likely, since this is an official's forum, an official.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by sseltser

My guess would be Rick Barry. He seems like he could be a very "detailed" guy.

Barry used to work NBA games on CBS on Sundays with Don Criqui doing the play-by-play. IMO, they were the best announcing team ever. Criqui described exactly what was going on in the game while still letting the viewers enjoy the action and Barry gave true in-depth analysis of the plays and strategies. The "problem" was that Barry was too detailed for the "average" fan and he would also explain why players made mistakes - usually because they weren't as smart about the game as Barry was.

I guess they couldn't "dumb it down" enough for CBS and the American public (what H.L. Mencken called "the great unwashed") . Too bad.