Oct 12, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards head coach Randy Wittman gestures from the sidelines against the Detroit Pistons quarter at Verizon Center. The Wizards won 91-89. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
What’s up nerds. Class was cancelled last week so you got off easy, but don’t worry. We’re back with more quizzes to test your NBA knowledge. So make sure your number two computer mice are sharpened and your fingers are ready to type, because here we go.
Okay, here’s a pretty easy one to get you back in the swing of things. Try and see if you can name the top 50 salaries from last year. This one gives you the team so except for a few tricky ones, you shouldn’t have a tough time with this one. Who knows, you might even keep it [100 emoji] like I did.
Link: http://www.sporcle.com/games/FireYeti/top-50-nba-player-salaries-2014
Next up we got the scoring leader from the Finals going back to 1970. I put in a good shift on this one, picking up 37/45. As happens on many quizzes like this one, I was crushing it until the early 80s. But once that point hits I don’t know off the top of my head which teams were in the Finals in a specific year. So then you have just start guessing, especially when the quiz doesn’t give you the team. Anyways, this one still isn’t too bad overall. Also, I like that this quiz put “Alcindor” in the ’71 slot and “Abdul-Jabbar” in the ’74 and ’80 slots. I’ll let you in on a little secret: in these quizzes I always write “Alcindor” in the box because I can never spell “Abdul-Jabbar” correctly.
Link: http://www.sporcle.com/games/patrickmf/patrick11
All right, we went easy on those first two, so to finish up see if you can name the top scorers in NBA history by draft pick. That is, which number one overall pick has the most points, which number two pick, which number three pick, and so on and so forth. To be honest, this was brutal. I only got 29/60 and that was a struggle. There’s a few guys on this list–hi, Henry Bibby–that I’ve never even heard of.
Link: http://www.sporcle.com/games/dlh1231/NBA_Best_For_Every_Pick
Well sweet, another week of Trivia Tuesday in the books. Keep on studying so your minds stay sharp. We’ve only got a few weeks now until the season gets underway.
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