1. In what year did the last NBA player wear Chuck Taylors? Bonus if you know the player.
2. Who was the last NBA player to wear converse of any type? hint: great back tattoo.
3. Who was the only player to lead the NBA in scoring and assists in the same year?
4. Who is the only player to be a teammate of both Bill Russell and Larry Bird?
5. Who are the only inactive players to win a finals MVP but not be in the hall of fame?
6. Who was the only player in league history to average over 40 points a game in a finals series?
7. On the other extreme, who were the only finals MVP's to average less than 10 points a game? Hint it was back to back years.
8. Who led the NBA in scoring in the 1980's in terms of total points scored?
9. Who is the only finals MVP from the losing team?
10. Who is the only NBA regular season MVP to play on a team with a losing record?
2. Who was the last NBA player to wear converse of any type? hint: great back tattoo.
3. Who was the only player to lead the NBA in scoring and assists in the same year?
4. Who is the only player to be a teammate of both Bill Russell and Larry Bird?
5. Who are the only inactive players to win a finals MVP but not be in the hall of fame?
6. Who was the only player in league history to average over 40 points a game in a finals series?
7. On the other extreme, who were the only finals MVP's to average less than 10 points a game? Hint it was back to back years.
8. Who led the NBA in scoring in the 1980's in terms of total points scored?
9. Who is the only finals MVP from the losing team?
10. Who is the only NBA regular season MVP to play on a team with a losing record?
1. 1979, Tree Rollins still wore chucks!
2. Udonis Haslem
3. Nate "Tiny" Archibald
4. Don Chaney
5. Cornbread Maxwell and Jojo White
6. Michael Jordan of course
7. Dennis Johnson averaged 9 ppg for Seattle as finals MVP in 1979 as well as Wes Unseld in 1978 for the Bullets
8. Alex English. Bird was injured too much.
9. Jerry West in 1969.
He averaged 38 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds in the 7 game series. Russell managed to hold the (injured by the last game) Wilt to 11.7 points a game.
10. Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 1976.
He averaged 27.7 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 4.1 blocks, and 1.5 steals per game. He led the league in advanced stats that didn't exist yet at the time including PER, WS, WS/48, Box score plus minus, and VORP. The Lakers finished 40-42. Highlights of his year included two duels against Bill Walton where Kareem had a 48-12-6-2 game and a 41-20-3-9 game while holding the great Walton to only 12 points.
There were 17 players who played at least a game for the Lakers in 1975-76. All of them EXCEPT Kareem had a field goal percentage under 50%.
2. Udonis Haslem
3. Nate "Tiny" Archibald
4. Don Chaney
5. Cornbread Maxwell and Jojo White
6. Michael Jordan of course
7. Dennis Johnson averaged 9 ppg for Seattle as finals MVP in 1979 as well as Wes Unseld in 1978 for the Bullets
8. Alex English. Bird was injured too much.
9. Jerry West in 1969.
He averaged 38 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds in the 7 game series. Russell managed to hold the (injured by the last game) Wilt to 11.7 points a game.
10. Kareem Abdul Jabbar in 1976.
He averaged 27.7 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 4.1 blocks, and 1.5 steals per game. He led the league in advanced stats that didn't exist yet at the time including PER, WS, WS/48, Box score plus minus, and VORP. The Lakers finished 40-42. Highlights of his year included two duels against Bill Walton where Kareem had a 48-12-6-2 game and a 41-20-3-9 game while holding the great Walton to only 12 points.
There were 17 players who played at least a game for the Lakers in 1975-76. All of them EXCEPT Kareem had a field goal percentage under 50%.