Answer: Anfernee Hardaway "Little Penny", a puppet based on former NBA player Anfernee Hardaway and voiced by Chris Rock, helped Nike sell a lot of shoes during the 1990's.
Answer: O. J. Mayo O. J. Mayo became eligible for reinstatement in the NBA in 2018, but no team picked him up, with his mediocre NBA career likely ending in 2016 due to the drug ban.
Answer: Lebron James Lebron James accomplished this amazing feat in 2012, including winning a gold medal at the Olympics, just as Jordan had back in 1992.
Answer: New Jersey Nets Dražen Petrović was an up-and-coming player on a young New Jersey Nets' squad at the time. His untimely death stunted the team's development by years.
Answer: Argentina The 2004 Argentinian basketball team, which was headlined by NBA star Manu Ginóbili in addition to Luis Scola, upset the United States and won the gold medal.
Answer: Phil Jackson Though Phil Jackson set the record for NBA Championships won by a Head Coach during his time with the Lakers, his skills as an executive afterwards left much to be desired.
Answer: Steve Francis Elton Brand and Steve Francis were respectively chosen first and second in the 1999 NBA Draft and during their first season shared Rookie of the Year honors.
Answer: 1984 The "Air Jordan" brand is still going strong decades after its debut in 1984, with Michael Jordan reportedly making more money decades after his retirement than any active NBA players of that era.
Answer: Gilbert Arenas Though Gilbert "Agent Zero" Arenas may never make the Hall of Fame, during the height of his career, he was absolutely impossible to defend.
Answer: Dwayne Wade NBA superstar Dwayne Wade married movie actress Gabrielle Union in August 2014, and in the process, they formed a Hollywood power couple.
