NBA Drafts and Trades Trivia

1. The year was 1980, the Celtics had the number 1 overall draft pick and were willing to trade it away. They ended up getting two Hall of Fame players who would spend more than a decade in Boston. Who did the Warriors draft with the top pick?

From Quiz Ideal Situations

Answer: Joe Barry Carroll

Boston got Robert Parish and the number three draft pick, which they turned into Kevin McHale. Joe Barry Carroll went to the Warriors and had a terrible career. McHale, Parish and Larry Bird combined to win three championships in Boston during their time together. It was one of the most dominant front courts in NBA history.

From Quiz 2015 NBA Draft

Answer: Minnesota Timberwolves

Karl-Anthony Towns was born in New Jersey to an African American father and a Dominican mother. Towns was an All-American at both St. Joseph High School and the University of Kentucky. Towns was one of seven players from the University of Kentucky that declared for the NBA Draft in 2015.

From Quiz The Last Pick

Answer: Pacers

The Pacers drafted guards Rashard Wright out of the University of Georgia. Wright never played in the NBA and his journeyman career included Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Serbia, Belgium, Germany, and France

From Quiz I Only Played One Year!

Answer: University of Memphis

Derrick Rose played basketball at the University of Memphis during the 2007-08 college basketball season. Rose played in forty games and averaged 14.9 points per game during the 2007-08 season for the University of Memphis Tigers.

From Quiz NBA Draft: Who Am I?

Answer: Dwight Howard

Howard was selected to the All-Rookie First Team in 2005. He won his first Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2009.

From Quiz Who Drafted Him?

Answer: Vancouver Grizzlies

The Maryland standout said he wouldn't play for Vancouver. Francis got his wish when the Grizzlies traded him to Houston in a three team, eleven player deal that summer.

From Quiz NBA Draft Failures

Answer: Nets

O'Bannon was the ninth pick of that year's draft. A member of UCLA's national championship team in 1995, O'Bannon's NBA career lasted two seasons with the Nets and Mavericks.

From Quiz NBA: One Pick Later

Answer: Sam Perkins F North Carolina

Jordan's Tarheel teammate also went on to have a productive 17 year career.

From Quiz Drafts of the 1990s

Answer: Derrick Coleman

Gary Payton was 2nd in that year's draft.

From Quiz 1980s No. 1 Draft Picks

Answer: Joe Barry Carroll

Kevin McHale was the number 3 pick by Boston. Darrell Griffith was drafted number 2 by Utah. Don Collins was drafted by Atlanta number 18. Joe Barry Carroll was drafted by Golden State.

From Quiz Who Was Drafted Before Who?

Answer: Billy Owens

Although Billy Owens played 10 seasons in the NBA averaging 11.7ppg, he never fulfilled the lofty expectation of him going into the NBA.

From Quiz NBA Drafted Players

Answer: Charlotte Hornets

Kendall Gill was selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round (fifth pick overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft.

From Quiz NBA Trades & Drafts

Answer: Tyson Chandler

Tyson Chandler average 6.1 Points and 4.8 Rebounds a game. The Clippers then traded him to the Bulls.

From Quiz NBA Active Drafts Picks

Answer: #6

He was drafted by the Celtics.

From Quiz The Infamous 1986 NBA Draft

Answer: Boston

The Celtics had drafted him with the plan to build the franchise around him as Larry Bird began to "slow down" (the Celtics had won the just completed 1985-86 season and Bird had won his 3rd straight MVP award as well as being named Finals MVP - that was the last year he played all 82 regular-season games). After getting back to Maryland the next night, he went out to party, and sometime after midnight, ingested what would become a fatal dose of cocaine.

From Quiz Tricky Draft Picks

Answer: Golden St.

Hardaway was drafted by the Warriors but he was traded later on draft day to the Magic.

From Quiz Basketball Draft Picks

Answer: Golden State Warriors

Golden State must be kicking themselves for trading Vince Carter and some cash to Toronto for Antawn Jamison.

From Quiz Ideal Situations

Answer: Earl Monroe

HOF players on the 1971-72 Knicks team included Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere, Walt Frazier, Jerry Lucas, Willis Reed and Monroe. Monroe was traded by the Bullets after he got in an argument with the team owner. He and Frazier were both point guards, but he moved to shooting guard so they could both play at the same time.

From Quiz 2015 NBA Draft

Answer: Point Guard - Ohio State

In his freshman season at Ohio State Russell averaged 19.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game. Standing 6 feet 5 inches, Russell became the first freshman to record a triple double while playing at Ohio State. Similar to Towns, Russell was an All-American in both high school and college.

From Quiz The Last Pick

Answer: Memphis

The Miami Heat drafted shooting forward Robert Dozier. Dozier played with a number of future NBA players from the 2008 Memphis team that played in the 2008 NCAA Championships, but whose season was vacated after Derrick Rose was declared ineligible. Unlike Rose, Dozier never made it to the NBA, playing in Greece, France, Spain, and the Phillipines.

From Quiz I Only Played One Year!

Answer: Seattle Supersonics

Kevin Durant was named Naismith College Player of the Year for the 2006-07 college basketball season while playing his only season for the University of Texas. He was drafted by Seattle Supersonics in the 2007 NBA Draft. After Durant's rookie season in the NBA, the Seattle Supersonics moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.

From Quiz NBA Draft: Who Am I?

Answer: Al Horford

Prior to his NBA career, Horford won back-to-back NCAA Division I basketball titles with Billy Donovan's Florida Gators. Fellow Florida juniors Corey Brewer and Joakim Noah were selected in the top 10 of the 2007 draft as well.

From Quiz Who Drafted Him?

Answer: Milwaukee Bucks

Julius Erving eventually came to the NBA in 1976. Imagine if he did sign with the Bucks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, and Dr. J on the same team.

From Quiz NBA Draft Failures

Answer: 11th

Fuller was one of the many failures drafted by the Warriors. His NBA career lasted five seasons with four teams and 3.7 points per game. He was drafted ahead of Jermaine O'Neal, Steve Nash, and Peja Stojakovic. In 2006, Fuller signed with the South Dragons of the Australian National Basketball League, coached by four-time NBA All-Star Mark Price.

From Quiz NBA: One Pick Later

Answer: Karl Malone F Louisiana Tech

Green was out of the NBA after 1987, while Malone has established himself as the number 2 scorer in his NBA career.

From Quiz Drafts of the 1990s

Answer: Charlotte Hornets

He averaged 19.2 ppg for his first season at the Hornets.

From Quiz 1980s No. 1 Draft Picks

Answer: Mark Aguirre

Isiah was picked No. 2 by Detriot. Rolando Blackman number 9 by Dallas. Larry Nancy was number 20 picked by Phoenix. Mark Aguirre was drafted by Dallas.

From Quiz Who Was Drafted Before Who?

Answer: Adonal Foyle

Tim Duncan went number 1 that year which was a good choice for the Spurs, but the teams that selected from 2 to 8 turned out to make a monumental mistake, by not selecting future Team USA player McGrady.

From Quiz NBA Drafted Players

Answer: Phoenix Suns

Stephen Jackson was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round (43rd pick overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft.

From Quiz NBA Trades & Drafts

Answer: Dallas Mavericks

Samaki Walker played in San Antonio in 2 years, and Samaki Walker is in 2003 played for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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