1. 06-13-23 07:17 PM #1
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    Terrific NBA Trivia Question

    Last night Christian Braun became just the fifth NBA player to win back to back NCAA (2022 KU) NBA (2023 DEN) Championship rings.

    Name the other four players that won an NCAA Championship ring and won a NBA Championship ring the following year?
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  3. 06-13-23 07:23 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    I'll start with one, and I'm sure of this one:

    1) 1980: Magic Johnson, Mich St and LA Lakers
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    ^
    That's the easy one, yes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    I'll start with one, and I'm sure of this one:

    1) 1980: Magic Johnson, Mich St and LA Lakers
    No peaking. I'll go with:

    2) James Worthy. 1982 North Carolina, 1983 Lakers.

    ...I'm honestly not sure about this one. But the Lakers dominated the West in the 1980s. Pretty sure the Lakers won in 1983, one of five titles in the decade.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    No peaking. I'll go with:

    2) James Worthy. 1982 North Carolina, 1983 Lakers.

    ...I'm honestly not sure about this one. But the Lakers dominated the West in the 1980s. Pretty sure the Lakers won in 1983, one of five titles in the decade.
    I'll go Off the Board on this one:

    3) John Havlicek. And I certainly can't line up the years. Havlicek won at Ohio State with Jerry Lucas and Bob Knight, I'm pretty sure it was Havlicek's senior year. Going to the Celtics, that was right in the heart of the Celtic dynasty so they were likely to win that year. Seem to recall that Havlicek was 6th man as a rookie on the Celtic team.
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    Great trivia question. I can think of several names that are off by a year either way.
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    No on Havlicek, but you are barking up the right tree there.
    No on Worthy
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    No on Havlicek, but you are barking up the right tree there.
    No on Worthy
    OK, I tried. Didn't want to cheat and look it up.
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  10. 06-13-23 07:56 PM #10
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    I have to go out with the Mrs.

    Bibby, Thompson, and Russell

    See ya later.
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