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- Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:00pm #55441
GrandmamaParticipantThought it would be fun to start a "did you know" thread for random facts or stats that others may not know. Feel free to contribute your random basketball knowledge. So I’ll kick it off;
Did you know…
Manute Bol hit six 3’s in a single game
Erik Spoelstra was the PG on the opposing team when Hank Gathers tragically collapsed and died
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:23pm #901764
tuck243ParticipantAllen Iverson never wore deodorant in games so players would hate to guard him?
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:23pm #901882
tuck243ParticipantAllen Iverson never wore deodorant in games so players would hate to guard him?
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:27pm #901766
King CaluchaParticipantAlso… Manute Bol has more blocks than points in his career
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:27pm #901885
King CaluchaParticipantAlso… Manute Bol has more blocks than points in his career
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:30pm #901769
foochiemorrisParticipantBees and dogs can smell fear.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:30pm #901886
foochiemorrisParticipantBees and dogs can smell fear.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:51pm #901892
aramboneParticipantLamar Odom might be going through a Michael Sam situation.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 12:51pm #901775
aramboneParticipantLamar Odom might be going through a Michael Sam situation.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 1:02pm #901901
druneave3ParticipantCoca-Cola would be green if it wasn’t for the coloring the put in it.
Sticking with the Manute Bol theme, he once killed a lion with a spear while it was sleeping.
Pete Maravich said in a 1974 interview "I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at 40."
The creator of NBA Jam hated the Bulls so much he installed a code that made them miss all buzzer-beater shots.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 1:02pm #901783
druneave3ParticipantCoca-Cola would be green if it wasn’t for the coloring the put in it.
Sticking with the Manute Bol theme, he once killed a lion with a spear while it was sleeping.
Pete Maravich said in a 1974 interview "I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at 40."
The creator of NBA Jam hated the Bulls so much he installed a code that made them miss all buzzer-beater shots.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:27pm #902010
XYRYXParticipantManute Bol also had to pay a whopping 80 cows for his wife.
Randy Foye has a rare condition called Situs Inversus, where a person’s internal organs are mirror images of a normal body.
On September 25, 2000, Pierce was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck, and back and had a bottle smashed over his head while at the Buzz Club, a late night dance club in the Boston Theater District. He had to undergo lung surgery to repair the damage. Nevertheless, Pierce was the only Celtic to start all 82 games in the 2000–01 season.
An American between 6’6" and 6’8" being an NBA player today stands at a mere 0.07%, it’s a staggering 17% for someone 7 feet or taller.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:27pm #902128
XYRYXParticipantManute Bol also had to pay a whopping 80 cows for his wife.
Randy Foye has a rare condition called Situs Inversus, where a person’s internal organs are mirror images of a normal body.
On September 25, 2000, Pierce was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck, and back and had a bottle smashed over his head while at the Buzz Club, a late night dance club in the Boston Theater District. He had to undergo lung surgery to repair the damage. Nevertheless, Pierce was the only Celtic to start all 82 games in the 2000–01 season.
An American between 6’6" and 6’8" being an NBA player today stands at a mere 0.07%, it’s a staggering 17% for someone 7 feet or taller.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:58pm #902024
XYRYXParticipantHahaha now I’m starting to love this sort of game!
First player suspended for biting another player
Wayne "Tree" Rollins, Atlanta, April 24, 1983 Boston was leading the deciding game of its 1983 playoff series with Atlanta when Tree Rollins elbowed Danny Ainge. The feisty Celtics guard responded by tackling the 7-foot-1 Hawks center.
As the two struggled on the floor, Rollins sank his teeth into one of Ainge’s fingers, opening a gash that required five stitches. The NBA handed Rollins a five-game suspension, one game for each stitch. The next day’s headline in Boston read: "Tree Bites Man."
Barkley missed the opening game of the 1994-95 season with one of the most unbelievable ailments of all time. Apparently the stage lights at an Eric Clapton concert he attended were too bright, causing him to rub his eyes. A nasty chemical reaction occurred due to the hand lotion Barkley had been using, and he burned the first layer of his corneas.
Manute Bol really had some stories to tell…:
Bol was first handed a basketball at age 19 and told to try to dunk it. On his initial attempt he smashed several of his teeth on the rim.
Charlie Villanueva has three older brothers all named Robert.
Danny Ainge is the only person to be a high school first team All-American in football, basketball, and baseball.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 05/15/2014 - 8:58pm #902141
XYRYXParticipantHahaha now I’m starting to love this sort of game!
First player suspended for biting another player
Wayne "Tree" Rollins, Atlanta, April 24, 1983 Boston was leading the deciding game of its 1983 playoff series with Atlanta when Tree Rollins elbowed Danny Ainge. The feisty Celtics guard responded by tackling the 7-foot-1 Hawks center.
As the two struggled on the floor, Rollins sank his teeth into one of Ainge’s fingers, opening a gash that required five stitches. The NBA handed Rollins a five-game suspension, one game for each stitch. The next day’s headline in Boston read: "Tree Bites Man."
Barkley missed the opening game of the 1994-95 season with one of the most unbelievable ailments of all time. Apparently the stage lights at an Eric Clapton concert he attended were too bright, causing him to rub his eyes. A nasty chemical reaction occurred due to the hand lotion Barkley had been using, and he burned the first layer of his corneas.
Manute Bol really had some stories to tell…:
Bol was first handed a basketball at age 19 and told to try to dunk it. On his initial attempt he smashed several of his teeth on the rim.
Charlie Villanueva has three older brothers all named Robert.
Danny Ainge is the only person to be a high school first team All-American in football, basketball, and baseball.
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