Your Sunday Recap Vol. 6
NBA Trivia and facts from the week of April 13 to April 19.
Here is a curation of all of the social media posts I posted this week (a combination of NBA trivia and facts) and some interesting quotes I’ve read.
Enjoy!
But before we get to the recap, here are the stories I published this week:
That One Time Michael Carter-Williams Had The Greatest NBA Debut
Alonzo Mourning Almost Joined Patrick Ewing In New York
1.
DO YOU KNOW THIS PLAYER?
10-time All-NBA First Team
5-time All-Defensive First Team
First Overall Pick
6-time NBA Champ
6-time MVP
2-time Scoring Champ
19-time All-Star
4-time Blocks Leader
1970 ROY
Is a Holmesian
It’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
2.
This Detroit Pistons player led the NBA in rebounds in 1992. He produced 1,530 rebounds and averaged 18.7 per game.
You should know who he is.
But if you don’t, it’s Dennis Rodman.
This would be the first of seven consecutive years he leads the NBA in this category.
3.
Portland’s Clyde Drexler stuffed the stat sheet on April 19, 1988 against the Utah Jazz.
In the fourth last game of the season, he recorded 35 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists and 3 blocks.
Unfortunately, the Trail Blazers lost.
But it did ignite a scoring spree from the guard, where he averaged 33 points in the final games of 1987-88.
