Who is the Basketball guru?

[THERIDDLER85]

For the game that will determine who is the guru of basketball knowledge. The game is similar to jeopardy.

The rules:
I will post some clues and ya'll have to give the answer in the form of a question.
I will give points on the level of difficulty.
If someone gives a wrong answer, I will deduct the number of points the question is valued.
The first to a million shall be known as the king of basketball knowledge.

Here's is the first one: worth-1000 points

Player that won the MVP award by far the most times during the decade of 1970s.

[mookie2001]

who is kareem abdul jabbar?

[THERIDDLER85]

Kareem Abdul-jabbar is the man.

Out of the ten awards that were given out during the 1970s, Kareem garnered five of them. Kareem won the MVP award three times with the Bucks (1971, 71, and 74) and three times with the Lakers (1975-76, 77, and 80). WOW!

Score so far:

mookie2001=1000

Here's another for 500 points.

Winner of the first MVP award.

[mookie2001]

who is bob pettit?

[mookie2001]

do I get a copy of ESPN presents ChodeBreakers?

[THERIDDLER85]

Bob Pettit is the man.

Bob Pettit, who played for the Milwaukee and St. Louis Hawks (later to become the Atlanta Hawks), won the award twice, first in 1955-56 and finally in 1958-59.

Score so far:

mookie2001=1500

Here's another for 1200 points.

Player that had the highest single-season free-throw average.

[mookie2001]

only a chode would know that

[THERIDDLER85]

Calvin Murphy is the man.

In 1980-81, the 5’9” Murphy hit 206 of 215 free-throws, including a then-league record 78 in a row [broken by Michael Williams/97 and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf/81, both in 1993] for a .958 average. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.

Here's another for 2000 points:

In 1994, David Robinson tallied a quadruple-double, who was the only Spur to have accomplished this feat before him?

[jaffies]

Who is Alvin Robertson?

[THERIDDLER85]

Form of a question please.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Who is Alvin Robertson?


yep. 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals

[Dre_7]

10 steals in one game!!! You dont see that too much.

[Dre_7]

Sorry, for some reason it posted a duplicate.

[THERIDDLER85]

Alvin Robertson is the man.

Only two other players have ever accomplished this: Nate Thurmond and Hakeem Olajuwon.

Score so far:

mookie2001=1500
jaffies=2000

I will receive all answers that are within 3 minutes of the first right answer.

Here's another for 1000 points.

Sean Elliot’s Memorial Day miracle shot was against which team?

[jaffies]

Who are the Portland Trailblazers?

[Dre_7]

Portland. DUH!

[Dre_7]

My bad, I mean, who are the Blazers.

[leemajors]

you could just answer saying "____ is the man."

[THERIDDLER85]

Portland is the team.

Sean hit his 6th three-pointer over Rasheed Wallace to put the Spurs up 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals in 1999.

Score so far:

Dre_7=1000
mookie2001=1500
jaffies=3000

Here's another for 5000 points.

During the first 50 years of the NBA, 1946 to 1996, starting duo that formed the most prolific back-court in NBA history, averaging a combined 51.7 points per game.

[THERIDDLER85]

Here are some clues:

Their initials are:

J.W. and G.G.

[jaffies]

Who are Jerry West and Gail Goodrich?



the g.g. gave it away... :smokin

[THERIDDLER85]

Gail Goodrich and Jerry West were the ones.

During the 1971-72 NBA season, in which the Los Angeles Lakers won 33 straight games, went 69-13, and won the NBA championship, Goodrich averaged 25.9 and West averaged 25.8 ppg. West was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980, Gail Goodrich in 1996.

Score so far:

Dre_7=1000
mookie2001=1500
jaffies=8000

Here's another for 1000 points.

Wilt Chamberlain fouled out of only 5 games in his entire combined collegiate and professional careers. True or False

[THERIDDLER85]

False it is.

“The Dipper” NEVER fouled out of a game; however, he was ejected from 2 games. Wilt was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and passed away on 12-Oct-1999 at the age of 63.

Here's another for 3000 points.

Retired spur that majored in fashion design while in college.

[jaffies]

Who is KEvin Willis?

[THERIDDLER85]

Kevin Willis it is.

Kevin was majoring in fashion design while attending Michigan State University. He has his own clothing line, “Willis and Walker”, that specializes in high-end men’s sportswear.

Score so far:

Dre_7=1000
mookie2001=1500
jaffies=11000

Here’s another for 2500 points:

Bruce Bowen played many games with a white armband with the initials "PH" on it. What did those letters stand for?

[THERIDDLER85]

The answer is Spurs chairman, Peter Holt

BB started wearing the initials “PH”, for Peter Holt, on his armband when the Spurs chairman announced he would be seeking treatment for alcoholism.

I thought this board was for spurs fans.

Anyways, here is another for 500 points.

“The Dream” was the nickname for this person?

[THERIDDLER85]

Hakeem Olajuwon is the man.

Here's another for 5000 points.

Player A runs dribbles down the court near the sideline. The referee blows the whistle and says Player A is out of bounds. Player A looks down and sees that his shoelace is laying across the out of bounds line, but the rest of his shoe is in bounds. Is this the right call? Yes or No

[td4mvp21]

What is No

[THERIDDLER85]

The correct answer is YES.

The out of bounds rule states, that if any part of the player is touching on the floor across the line, then he is out. Even a shoe lace can lead to an out of bounds call.

Score so far:

td4mvp21=-5000
Dre_7=1000
mookie2001=1500
jaffies=11000

Here's another for 2000 points:

Player that won the MVP award in the 2003 ASG.

[Spurologist]

It's definately someone in the west. Who is KG??
I think this game done in a forum is worthless BTW.

[TOP-CHERRY]

Player who played in 19 All-Star games during his career.

[1Parker1]

Here's another for 2000 points:

Player that won the MVP award in the 2003 ASG.

Who is Kevin Garnett?

KG could be anybody, so I should get the points :angel

[jaffies]

CHERRY - Kareem Abdul Jabbar

[TOP-CHERRY]

CHERRY - Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Yep.

[1Parker1]

Which Spurs player will make his first ALL STAR game debut in 2006?

[jaffies]

1Parker1 - Who is Sean Marks?

[TOP-CHERRY]

Tony Parker!!!

:D

Edit: Oh wait. I forgot. hahaha

[1Parker1]

1Parker1 - Who is Sean Marks?

:lol

[Spurologist]

Who is Kevin Garnett?

KG could be anybody, so I should get the points :angel

true. got me there. You can answer give answers to questions that need a future answer, though. :lol

[jaffies]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........


George Gervin wore this number at Eastern Michigan University....

[MI21]

The questions need to be of the sort that you can not just type in on Google and get the answer, that kind of defeats the purpose :)

[jaffies]

^^^...for example???

[whottt]

you can always do it in the chat room...that way no one has time to Google

[wildbill2u]

who is bob pettit?

Former great forward for the St. Louis Hawks

[Johnny Tightlips]

I ain't sayin' nothin'.