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To the author is this quiz - Question 12 Kansas has not had a player selected number one overall since Danny Manning in 1988. Please check yourt facts next time.

jroc9 6/25/09 8:33 pm

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1.	For the last several years, the NBA Draft has been held at this well-known sports complex¹:
		Los Angeles Forum
		Madison Square Garden
		NBA Commissioner's Office
		Verizon Center ¹Yes, the questions do get harder

2.	Which of these NBA legends was not selected first overall in the draft?
		Larry Bird
		Magic Johnson
		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
		Bill Walton

3.	Michael Jordan was selected ____ in the 1984 NBA draft:
		First
		Second
		Third
		Fourth

4.	Who was the first international player to be selected #1 in the draft without having any US collegiate experience?
		Yao Ming
		Darko Milicic
		Dirk Nowitzki
		Michael Olowokandi

5.	The death of Len Bias two days after the draft cast a pall over the 1986 draft. Which player was selected first in the draft, before the Celtics selected Bias second?
		Chuck Person
		David Robinson
		Brad Daugherty
		Clyde Drexler

6.	The NBA instituted its lottery process in 1985 after suspicions that a certain team had tanked their season so that they could use the #1 selection to pick a noted center. Which team was suspected of wrongdoing?
		Detroit Pistons
		New York Knicks
		Houston Rockets
		Portland Trailblazers

7.	Which team forfeited their 2004 first-round pick due to salary cap violations?
		Minnesota Timberwolves
		Golden State Warriors
		New Jersey Nets
		Los Angeles Clippers

8.	In 1995, Kevin Garnett became the first player in 20 years to make the jump from high school to the NBA. Prior to KG, who was the last player to be drafted without playing any college ball?
		Moses Malone
		Kiki Vandewegh
		Darryl Dawkins
		Rick Mahorn

9.	As of 2009, who is the most recent #1 overall selection to be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame?
		David Robinson
		Patrick Ewing
		Hakeem Olajuwon
		Ralph Sampson

10.	Which two Georgetown players were selected first overall?
		Patrick Ewing & Allen Iverson
		Patrick Ewing & Alonzo Mourning
		Patrick Ewing & Dikembe Mutombo
		Dikembe Mutombo & Allen Iverson

11.	Which of the following big men was not selected by a team in the NBA draft?
		Andrew Bynum
		Ben Wallace
		Zydrunas Ilgauskas
		Amare Stoudemire

12.	Which of the following basketball factories has had one of its players selected first overall since 1990?
		Duke
		North Carolina
		Arizona
		Kansas

13.	Since 1966, which conference has had the most #1 overall selections?
		Big 10
		ACC
		Big East
		Pac 10

14.	As of 2009, who was the last #1 overall selection to play in the NCAA championship game a few months before his selection?
		Kenyon Martin
		Allen Iverson
		Elton Brand
		Derrick Rose

15.	Similarly, as of 2009, who was the last player drafted first overall whose team had won the NCAA championship months earlier?
		Tim Duncan
		Joe Smith
		Chris Webber
		Danny Manning

16.	The 2000 draft was the last draft not to be held at Madison Square Garden. What team hosted the draft that year?
		Detroit Pistons
		Portland Trailblazers
		Minnesota Timberwolves
		San Antonio Spurs

17.	Which famous draft bust told to the man who drafted him in 2001: "If you draft me first, I'll never disappoint you."
		Kwame Brown
		Jonathan Bender
		Robert Traylor
		Jay Williams

18.	Which of the following players was not drafted straight out of high school?
		Darius Miles
		Kobe Bryant
		Tracy McGrady
		Felipe Lopez

19.	Which NBA team selected the player seen here: seen shaking David Stern's hand upon his selection as the #1 overall player taken in 2007?
		Seattle Supersonics
		Portland Trailblazers
		Orlando Magic
		New Jersey Nets

20.	Since 1990, which team has had the first selection overall the most times, achieving this three separate times?
		Washington Wizards
		Toronto Raptors
		Los Angeles Clippers
		Orlando Magic

21.	As of 2009, only one of these #1 overall selections has made the All-Star team. Which is it?
		Michael Olowokandi
		Joe Smith
		Pervis Ellison
		Glenn Robinson

22.	The 1996 draft was a talent-laden edition. Which of the following was not taken ahead of Kobe Bryant, who was selected 13th overall?
		Marcus Camby
		Ray Allen
		Stephon Marbury
		Steve Nash

23.	Danny Manning, Byron Scott, Terry Cummings and Antonio McDyess are surprisingly among players drafted by which snakebit team?
		Los Angeles Clippers
		Milwaukee Bucks
		Golden State Warriors
		Washington Bullets/Wizards

24.	Which of these cornerstones of the great Celtics teams of the 1980s was actually drafted by the team?
		Dennis Johnson
		Kevin McHale
		Gerald Henderson
		Robert Parish

25.	In the pre-lottery years of 1966-84, which correctly describes the method used to determine the selection order?
		Strictly by record
		Geographic region
		Coin flip between the last-place finishers in each of its two divisions
		Arm-wrestling match between the GMs of the teams with the worst record