NBA Players A-Z Trivia

1. When was K. C. Jones born?

From Quiz K.C. Jones

Answer: 1932

He was born May 25, 1932 in Taylor, Texas. His father named him after his grandfather. He and his family moved to California. He graduated from Commerce High School in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of San Francisco. In 1955 and 1956 he helped his college win NCAA championships. His number four jersey was retired by the University of San Francisco.

From Quiz Alphonso Ford

Answer: Mississippi Valley State

Ford was one of the top scorers in the nation. Ford averaged 25 points a game and left Mississippi Valley State with 3165 points, trailing only Pete Maravich, Freeman Williams, and Lionel Simmons. Mississippi Valley State is a member of the Southwest Athletic Conference, a US college conference comprised of historically African-American institutions.

From Quiz John Havlicek

Answer: Ohio

John Havlicek was born in 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Havlicek was a star athlete at Bridgeport (Ohio) High School, excelling in basketball, football and baseball. After graduating from high school in 1958, Havlicek opted to play basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes. The "Aesculus glabra", or buckeye tree, is indigenous to the midwestern region of the USA, including Ohio.

From Quiz Bill Russell: Pride of the Celtics

Answer: Louisiana

Russell was born in West Monroe, Louisiana. His early life was hardly a "Mardi Gras". Russell and his family were forced to deal repeatedly with racism and discrimination. In 1942, the Russell family moved to Oakland, California, where Bill discovered the sport of basketball.

From Quiz Christian Laettner

Answer: Duke

Laettner played for the Blue Devils under Mike Krzyzewski. Duke is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

From Quiz Kevin Garnett: Anything is Possible

Answer: South Carolina and Illinois

He was named Mr. Basketball during his junior year at Mauldin High School in South Carolina. After being arrested for his involvement for a racially-motivated incident, Kevin decided that he had to leave Mauldin and finish his high school career at Farragut Academy in Illinois. His average of 25.2 points per game, 17.9 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 6.5 blocks in his senior year at Farragut, earned him another Mr. Basketball title.

From Quiz Point Guard: Chauncey Billups

Answer: Detroit

Chauncey played in 70 games during the 2006-07 season, all for the Detroit Pistons.

From Quiz All About Amare Stoudemire

Answer: Cypress Creek High School

He played at six different high schools before staying at Cypress Creek High School.

From Quiz Dwight Howard

Answer: 1st

Howard was 19 years old at the time of the draft.

From Quiz Dwyane Wade

Answer: 21.5 ppg

Dwyane led the Conference USA in scoring and guided the Golden Eagles to the Final Four in 2003.

From Quiz Shawn Kemp

Answer: The Reign Man

He was also know as the Manchild.

From Quiz Manu Ginobili

Answer: September 27, 1998

On September 27, 1998 vs Biella.

From Quiz Dwyane Wade: A Star

Answer: Marquette or Marquette University

He did very good there and led them to the Final Four his last year in 2003.

From Quiz The Curse of Elgin Baylor

Answer: Seattle University

In 1958, the Redhawks were in the Final Four, but lost to Kentucky. Seattle University did not make a Final Four for 45+ years after that. Its program was also downgraded to Division II in 1980.

From Quiz The Great Bob Cousy

Answer: New York City

Cousy was born in a tenement block on East 83rd Street in Manhattan. He spoke nothing but French the first five years of his life.

From Quiz Basketball's Greatest: John Stockton

Answer: Utah Jazz

Stockton was the 16th overall pick in the NBA Draft, which means that 15 teams really missed out!

From Quiz Career of Isiah Thomas

Answer: Indiana

He was highly recruited by Bobby Knight and won a National Championship in 1981.

From Quiz Mr. Clutch: Jerry West

Answer: 'Zeke from Cabin Creek'

Jerry was born on May 28, 1938, in Cheylan, West Virginia, just south of Charleston. He was raised in Cabin Creek. He attended East Bank High School from 1952-1956, and helped win the state championship in his final season. Remaining in West Virginia, he then attended West Virginia University, and won the NCAA tournament's Most Outstanding Player in 1959.

From Quiz All About Jermaine O'Neal

Answer: South Carolina

J.O. was one of four 2004 all-stars that came to the NBA directly out of high school (the other three were Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett).

From Quiz Shawn Marion

Answer: May 7, 1978

Shawn was born in Waukegan, Ill.

From Quiz The Man They Call Spree

Answer: Alabama

Spree played his last couple years of college for the Alabama Crimson Tide, averaging just over 17 points per game in his last year there, before he was drafted in 1992. Before Alabama, he also attended Three Rivers Community College where he pretty much dominated.

From Quiz Reggie Miller

Answer: Pacers

Although when he was drafted, the fans booed because they wanted the Pacers to choose a Hoosier native, Steve Alford. The Pacers took the right guy! Steve Alford didn't last long in the NBA and later became a fairly successful coach at Southwest Missouri State University.

From Quiz The Life of Tim Duncan

Answer: Wake Forest University

Tim was one of the rare NBA prospects who attended four years of college before turning pro.

From Quiz Tayshaun Prince

Answer: Detroit Pistons

Detroit was the first NBA team that Tayshaun had played for.

From Quiz Larry Bird

Answer: Indiana State

He originally went to Indiana in 1974, but he didn't like the big University. He said he felt intimidated by the size. He later went on to play at Indiana State from 1976-79, breaking 30 records and leading them to the 1979 NCAA Championship game vs Michigan State, which was their only loss of the season.

From Quiz Reggie Miller

Answer: UCLA

Reggie graduated at UCLA as the 2nd leading scorer in UCLA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabaar.

From Quiz Mike Bibby

Answer: 2001/2002 season

Before Mike started to play for the Sacramento Kings in the 2001/2002 season, he was playing for the then Vancouver Grizzlies.

From Quiz Carmelo Anthony

Answer: Oak Hill Academy

He was named to the 2002 McDonald's Boys All-America East Team as a senior and scored 19 points. He played Lebron a few times in high school as well.

From Quiz Luke Walton

Answer: 4

Although he is a rookie, he has already acquired his own cheer: "Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke!"

From Quiz Yao Ming Mania

Answer: China

The Chinese native is nicknamed the "Little Giant". He has been featured in commercials for Visa and Gatorade. He was born on September 12, 1980.

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