NBA Trivia and Answers

Challenge yourself with a NBA Trivia Quiz!

Medium

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

Show Answer

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.

Medium

Which player hit a clutch three-pointer to send Game 6 of the 2013 Finals into overtime?

Show Answer

Answer: Ray Allen
In a career defined by setting NBA records in three-pointers made, the biggest shot of Ray Allen's career came near the end of it, in 2013, when the Heat staved off elimination and ultimately won the Championship thanks in large part to his clutch shot in Game 6 of the Finals.

Medium

Which player was chosen between Lebron James (no.1) and Carmelo Anthony (no.2) in the 2003 NBA Draft?

Show Answer

Answer: Darko Miličić
Although Serbian player Darko Miličić was fortunate to get drafted onto a Pistons team that won the championship that year, he never came ever remotely close to living up to the expectations of a number-two draft pick, especially one that belonged to such an iconic draft class. In fact Miličić was not even invited to the Rising Stars game as a rookie.

Hard

According to legend, which music star did Michael Jordan once chastise for wearing the sneakers of a rival player/company?

Show Answer

Answer: Bow Wow
In 2017, Bow Wow recounted a tale when, as a child visiting Michael Jordan's home, His Airness discarded a pair of his Allen Iverson Reeboks and took additional offense to Bow Wow wearing shorts from a college (Duke) that rivals the one Jordan went to (North Carolina).

Medium

Which NBA player starred in the 2012 family comedy "Thunderstruck"?

Show Answer

Answer: Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant, who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder at the time, starred in "Thunderstruck" alongside Taylor Gray and Jim Belushi.

Easy

Lamar Odom won the Sixth Man of the Year Award while a member of which NBA franchise?

Show Answer

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers
Not only was Odom named Sixth Man of the Year in 2011 as a member of the Lakers, but he also helped them win a couple of championships during his seven-season tenure with the club.

Medium

Which NBA player starred alongside Denzel Washington in the 1998 movie "He Got Game"?

Show Answer

Answer: Ray Allen
In Spike Lee's 1998 film "He Got Game", sharpshooting guard Ray Allen played the role of the character Jesus Shuttleworth. Allen was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

Medium

Who is credited with being the first person to play in the NBA to ever come out publicly as a homosexual?

Show Answer

Answer: John Amaechi
Though Jason Collins later gained popularity for being the first active gay NBA player, John Amaechi, who played in the NBA from 1995 to 2003, came out in 2007, a whole six years before Collins did.

Medium

Which rookie player was key in helping the Houston Rockets win the NBA Championship in 1994?

Show Answer

Answer: Sam Cassell
Though selected 24th in the 1993 NBA Draft, as a rookie, Sam Cassell was a key contributor to the 1993-94 Rocket's Championship run. He won two Championships with the team in his first two years in the NBA and went on to have a notable career.

Easy

In January of 2019, which NBA player broke Wilt Chamberlain's record of most consecutive games with a triple-double?

Show Answer

Answer: Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook's achievement of a triple-double (21 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists) against the Portland Trailblazers on 12 February 2019 was his tenth straight game doing such, breaking Wilt Chamberlain's previous record of nine consecutive set in 1968.



Other Categories


Feedback

Did we miss something? Is the answer wrong? Please, let us know about it through our feedback box


Subscribe to Newsletter

We'll send you weekly trivia and other fun stuff!


© TriviaQuestionsNow.com
Privacy Policy