Layups: Quiz on NBA Given Names
Posted by Neil Paine on November 7, 2009
Okay, so I finally made a Sporcle quiz myself, and I think it might just be the most brutal NBA quiz on that site: Can you name the NBA Players' and Coaches' Given Names? All you have to do is enter some combination of the player's full name (i.e., first + last, or middle + last, etc.), but last names alone will not be accepted. Good luck, you'll need it!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
That was TOUGH! I don't even know who a bunch of those people are. I think I did okay though?
Also, a few quibbles/comments, if I may:
C.J. - what about CJ Miles?
Jamaal Wilkes - this was the name he was commonly known by, so to call him by his full assumed name was confusing. If I saw "Jamaal Wilkes" I would have known his real first name right away.
Pops - no way ANYONE is getting this one without cheating.
Magic - I got stuck on this one for a while because of the spelling. Any chance you can update it to accept somewhat incorrect spellings?
Dee - what about the other one, the more recent Illinois grad? I tried his name but it didn't accept it.
Buddy - did he actually play in the NBA, or only in the BAA/NBL?
Overall though, that was definitely the toughest Sporcle I've ever done.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
That was brutal. First time I ever got less than 50% on one of those things. I never, ever heard him called Wayne Rollins!
November 7th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Jason - I got stuck on him too. For some reason, I kept thinking his name was spelled oddly, like "Wanye" or something.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Lol.. i tried this quiz earlier before I saw it posted here.. Yes it was brutal and my worse performance by far on a nba related sporcle
November 9th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
How is Pearl not Earl Monroe?