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by fantine33 » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:39 am
WHERE SHORT SHORTS HAPPENED
1. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, this band gave financial help to the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team so they could participate in the Olympics. The team won the bronze medal and honoured their sponsor with their uniforms. What is the name of this band?
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Sarunas Marciulionis was friends with the band when he played in Golden State. (He was my favourite player when he was with the Nuggets). As many either knew or surmised, their uniforms were green and yellow tie dye in tribute. And Lithuanians are still rocking the tie dye. The Lithuanian contingent that shows up to cheer Linas Kleiza always has on tie dye t-shirts.
2. Chris Ford was a member of what team when he made the NBA’s first three point shot in 1979?
BOSTON CELTICS
As many of you have picked up on already, when I ask for a basketball team, when in doubt, say the Celtics.
3. This guard, known as Mr. Clutch, is the player silhouetted in the NBA logo and was named one of the 50 greatest basketball players of all time.
JERRY WEST
4. Led by Clyde the Glide Drexler and Akeem the Dream Olajuwan, which university’s men’s basketball team was nicknamed Phi Slamma Jamma?
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
I did not know about Olajuwon's daughter. Annie gets special "you taught me something" points.
The funniest commercial I ever remember on the radio was for 7-11 back when the Rockets were something. He was still Akeem sans H at that point. The commercial was for 7-11 coffee and two of the lines were
"Did you want small, medium or Olajuwon?" and "Do you take Akeem with that?" Ha!
5. I love Rick Barry for many things. For living in Colorado Springs, for siring Jon Barry, but, most of all, I love him for his granny shot. What is a granny shot?
I think it's specifically an underhanded free throw shot with both hands from the knees, but I accepted anything that said underhanded or was close to it. I should have just pasted in Mini's answer, she pretty much covered it.
QOD: When David Thompson and Monte Towe were together at North Carolina State, dunking was not allowed. Taking advantage of Towe’s diminutive stature and Thompson’s jumping ability, they originated one of basketball’s most popular moves, which they later reprised as Denver Nugget teammates. You know it, you love it, Marv Albert thinks it’s fun to say, what move is it?
ALLEY OOP
I still have an autograph page with David Thompson and Monte Towe's signatures on it. Thompson wrote really big in the upper corner and Towe's writing was small and on the bottom. I don't know if that was coincidence or by design.
5 Point Bonus: What was David Thompson’s nickname (a 1970’s movie reference inspired by his incredible hang time leaps)?
SKYWALKER
Proof that things do not always go better with Coke.
You saw that, mrkelley? I know he used to say he could grab a quarter and leave two dimes and a nickel, but I didn't know whether he had actually done it (I was a youngster at the time). You are now my source. Ha!
I do know that Dwight Howard and his little sticker incident in the dunk contest at the All-Star game was no big whoop to Nuggets fans.
I was standing next to David Thompson last year in Altitude Authentics (the store in the arena). None of my family believed me when I got back to my seat and then before the game started they pointed him out in the crowd and played a montage of him on the jumbotron (set to "Simply the Best", of course). I had tears by the time it was over, he was a thing of beauty.
5 Point Bonus Bonus: Before David Thompson took his (now retired) number 33, he had a number (destined to be retired itself) that now belongs to what current Denver Nugget?[/quote]
CARMELO ANTHONY
Unlike Dan Issel, I have no idea why David Thompson changed to 33. I didn't even know it until a couple years ago my Mom drug out her old ABA programs to show the kids and he was listed with #15. The best part of the 70's programs? Ads for Lyle Alzado's Disco Nightclub!
I meant this to be relatively easy, which is why I put in the 'destined to be retired itself' thing, showing that it wasn't some bench scrub, but a player a lot of non-fans would know. Barring injury or circumstances, it will be retired. You can tell he's greatness, it's like an invisible cloak. (I always thought Larry Bird's had the best jump shot I ever saw, until the first time I saw Carmelo in person.)
That being said, I didn't even think of Iverson! I guess I didn't consider that his number would be retired as a Nugget, although it probably will (they retired Ray Bourque and he was just with the Avalanche for a cup of coffee and a cup of Stanley), because he wouldn't be with them for enough years. But, even though he's getting up there, he's little and wiry so he probably has a lot of years left in him (he played 48 the other night). I hope so, because I am definitely drinking the AI kool-aid.
Quiz QOD Bonus Total
50 50 5 105 andrewjackson
50 50 5 105 appa
50 50 5 105 earendel
40 40 10 90 confessor
40 40 10 90 mrkelley
40 40 10 90 ne1410s
40 40 5 85 Calvinator
40 40 5 85 nelly
40 40 5 85 ToLiveIsToFly
30 30 0 60 dadoftwins
30 30 0 60 littlebeast
30 30 0 60 mikehardware
30 30 0 60 seersucker
30 30 0 60 tanstaafl
40 0 5 45 minimetoo
40 0 0 40 nitrah
20 20 0 40 trevor macfee
30 0 5 35 AnnieCamaro
30 0 0 30 peacock
30 0 0 30 traininvain
10 10 5 25 kayrharris
20 0 0 20 jbillygirl
10 10 0 20 KillerTomato
0 0 0 0 kittyfish
0 0 0 0 saucy
