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Easy

Comedian Chris Rock voiced a popular character based on which NBA player during the 1990's?

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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.

Easy

Which player was banned from the NBA in 2016 for violating its drug policy?

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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.

Medium

After Michael Jordan, who became the first NBA player to win regular-season MVP, Finals MVP and the Olympics all in the same year?

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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.

Medium

Budding 1990's European basketball star Dražen Petrović's career was cut short when he died in a car crash at 28 years of age. What was the last NBA team he played for?

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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.

Easy

NBA star Luis Scola helped lead which country to the Olympic gold medal in basketball in 2004?

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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.

Medium

Which NBA personality came under fire in 2016 for using the word "posse" in a way many people deemed racist?

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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.

Hard

There were two Rookie of the Year Award winners from the 1999 Draft class. One was Elton Brand. Who was the other?

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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.

VeryHard

In what year were the first Air Jordan sneakers released?

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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.

Medium

Which former NBA player was nicknamed "Agent Zero"?

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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.

Easy

Popular actress Gabrielle Union married which NBA player in 2014?

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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.



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