Basketball

Dwight Howard won the slam dunk contest in 2008. It was one of the best slam dunk contest, i suggest you watch it.

The first NBA was the New York Knickerbokers vs. the Toronto Huskies. In the first season, 1946-1947, of the NBA (called the BAA until the merger with the NBL in 1949) the top three teams from the Eastern and Western divisions were invited to the playoffs. The two division champions played a Semifinal best-of-seven series for entry into the finals. The other four teams played two rounds of best-of-three playoffs to face the winner of the Semifinal match. That year, the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the first ever BAA Championship. The New York Knicks defeated the Toronto Huskies 68-66 in the very first NBA game on November 1, 1946. Any fan taller than Toronto center George Nostrand was granted free admission.

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Former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is married to Habiba Abdul-Jabbar. The couple has 3 children named Habiba, Sultana and Kareem Jr.

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alcindor

thurmond

bellamy

Hayes

pettit

Jerry Lucas..who is the only other player besides Chamberlain to average 20 pts per game and 20 rebounds per game 2 different seasons.

AND

Malone

According to NBA com

Moses Malone averaged 24.8 and 17.6 in '78-'79 and 24.5 and 15.3 in ' 82-'83

UPDATE: You can add Kevin Love to this list.

With 10 games to go he's averaging 20.3 points and 15.4 rebounds per game. These numbers are evidently going to stand because he appears to be done for the 2010-2011 season due to a left groin injury

It should also be noted that on 3/9/2011 Love recorded his 52nd consecutive double double in what would be the final game of a double double streak that would surpass Moses Malone for the longest streak since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.

Wilt Chamberlain holds the disproportionately absurd record of 227 consecutive double-doubles from 1964 to 1967.

He pratices in the gym over and over until he can do whatever he tries to do right. He pratices his shots too.

The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls with a 72 - 10 record.

Manute Bol ('85-'95) and Gheorge Muresan ('93-'00) were both listed by the National Basketball Association as 7'7".

I believe its Mark Price followed by Rick Barry.

There were foreign born players in the BAA (The NBA from 1946-1949) in the very first season (1946-1947). There were German (Frido Frey), Italian (Hank Biasatti), and Canadian born (Norm Baker & Gino Sovran) players.

After the first BAA season, the very first BAA Draft was held in 1947. Hank Biasatti, born in Italy, was taken by the Boston Celtics making him the very first foreign born player to be drafted into the NBA.

In 1970, the first truly foreign players were taken in the draft. Manuel Raga from Mexico and Dino Meneghin from Italy were the first foreign born players drafted who were playing in foreign leagues. Neither Raga or Meneghin ever made it to the NBA though.

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According to aussiebball.com, Georgi Glouchkov of Bulgaria was the first foreign born player in the NBA when he was signed by the Phoenix Suns in 1985. Glouchkov played in 49 games for the Suns in the 1985-1986 season averaging 4.9 points a game. He spent only one season with the Suns and went back to play in Europe the following season.

This is incorrect, Rolando Antonio "Ro" Blackman was born in Panamá, February 26th 1959 and played for the Dallas Mavericks from 1981 until 1992 before closing out the last 2 years of his career with the New York Knickerbockers.

Mychal Thompson (Bahamas). Drafted 1st overall in 1978 NBA draft. 2 x championships 87/88 with LA Lakers. Retired in 1991.

Lars Hansen (Denmark). Drafted 3rd round, 37th overall in 1976 NBA draft by Chicago Bulls. 15 games in NBA, Avg 5.1 pts, 3.9 reb.

The Utah Jazz have retired eight numbers; Coach Frank Layden #1, Guards Darrell Griffith #35, Pete Maravich #7, Jeff Hornacek #14, and John Stockton #12. Forwards Karl Malone #32, and Adrian Dantley #4, and Center Mark Eaton #53.

The youngest person ever to join the nba was Andrew Bynum at age 17 years and 444 days he was drafted in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Lakers. Picked Round 1 10th Overall. He beat Jermaine O'Neal who was 12 days older.

There are more than 20:

Adding Jerry Sloan to the list...

Jerry Sloan

Doc Rivers

Dave Cowens

Paul Silas

Satch Sanders

Bill Russell

Byron Scott

Magic Johnson

Phil Jackson

Paul Westphal

ML Carr

Tommy Heinsohn

Bob cousy

Don Nelson

Maurice Cheeks

Pat Riley

Scott Skiles

Eddie Jordan

Lenny WIlkens

Nate McMillan

Sam Mitchell

One. The Mavericks won the 2011 NBA championship, defeating the Miami Heat four games to two.

This may be a tricky question. How long is the 3 point line. If you straightened out the High School 3 point line (arc), it would measure over 72 feet 6.53 inches.

The length of the NCAA or NBA court is 94 feet to give perspective.

My 2nd answer: 19 feet 9 inches from the center of the goal to the far side of the arc for High School basketball, 20 feet 9 inches for NCAA, and 23 feet 9 inches from behind the arc to the center of the goal for NBA basketball courts.

There are currently only 6 players wearing the #30 in the NBA.

Rasheed Wallace - Detroit Pistons

Michael Beasley - Miami Heat

David West - New Orleans Hornets

Malik Allen - Milwaukee Bucks

Reggie Evans - Philadelphia 76ers

Dahntey Jones - Denver Nuggets

Some current or past NBA players who wear or wore the number 7 include: J.R. Reid (90's-San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Hornets, New York Knicks) Dee Brown (1991 Slam Dunk Champion)-Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors Rafael Addison (90's Detroit Pistons) Lamar Odom (current)-Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers Kenny Anderson (90's-00's)-New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets Channing Frye (current)-New York Knicks Kevin Johnson (80's-90's All-NBA Point Guard) Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns

At the beginning of the game in the NBA. In all basketball games, at the start of the game. In an NBA Game, the jump ball is also used during a "held ball" situation----both teams have a player holding the ball at the same time for about three seconds.

Phil Ford was the 1978-79 NBA Rookie of the year. During his first season in the league, while playing with the Kansas City Kings, Ford averaged 15.9 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 8.6 APG, 2.2 SPG and 0.1 BPG in 34.5 MPG.

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Hakeem Olajuwon with 3,830

Hakeem actually had 3,0 Block per Game for regular season games, means 4,033 per 48min

Meanwhile Manute Bol had 3,3 Blocks per Game, leading to unbelivable 8,471 per 48min

1986-1993: Detroit Pistons

1993-1995: San Antonio Spurs

1995-1998: Chicago Bulls

1999: Los Angeles Lakers

2000: Dallas Mavericks

the Indiana pacers got their name when there was unowned land in Oklahoma and there where races to Oklahoma to claim land.

The Pacers were named after the famous Standerbred Pacers who were bred and raced in Indiana, such as Dan Patch.