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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?
2. Nicknamed "The Pearl", what man was traded to the Knicks in 1971 to team up with five other future Hall of Fame players?
3. Not one but two players joined the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010 to give the team a trio of all-stars. Who was the star player who had already won a championship with the Heat?
4. Which point guard, who once averaged a triple-double for the season, was traded from Cincinnati to Milwaukee in 1970, where he paired with Lew Alcindor to win 66 games?
5. Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant couldn't stand playing with each other anymore in Los Angeles by the 2004 season. O'Neal was then traded to which team where he would win his fourth championship?
6. The 2015-16 Golden State Warriors became the best regular season team in league history when they won 73 games. What former MVP did they add to the roster in the off season?
7. What year did Kevin Garnett join Ray Allen and Paul Pierce on the Celtics to form a "Big 3"?
8. Wilt Chamberlain went to the Lakers in 1968 after winning back-to-back MVP awards. What team did he leave to join two other superstars in LA?
9. 1982 saw the 76ers create a superteam with Moses Malone and Julius Erving. Which of these two players joined the team that summer?
10. Clyde Drexler retired in 1998 and nearly ended the "superteam" in Houston where he teamed with Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley. What future Hall of Famer joined the team for the 1998-99 season?
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