No Multiple Choice here--just short answer Answers to be posted later: Good Luck! 1) What was the Rockets' record in their first season in the NBA? 2) Who led the Rockets team in assists in their first year? 3) After moving to Houston did the Rockets ever play in the Pacific Division? If yes, what season(s) ? 4) How many years did the Rockets play in the Central Division? 5) Who was the coach of the first Rockets team to win a Division? 6) Who was the main player the Rockets got when they traded Elvin Hayes to Washington? 7) Former Rockets center, Don Smith, became one of the first NBA players to change his name to a Muslim name. What is his name now? 8) Who was the Rockets starting center before Moses Malone? 9) What present-day franchise did the Rockets get Moses Malone from? 10) Who are the 7 of the 50 greatest players in NBA history to play at least one season in a Rocket uniform? 11) What was the Rockets regular season record when they made it to the NBA Finals for the first time? 12) Who was the Rockets starting center before Hakeem Olajuwon? 13) Who along with Robert Horry was almost traded to Detroit for Sean Elliott? 14) Clyde Drexler and what other player was obtained from Portland for Otis Thorpe? 15) The Rockets have signed many former CBA players. Who played for the Rockets and was also the CBA defensive player of the year for one season? 16) Between 1993 and 1996, how many times did the Rockets win elimination playoff games in a row? 17) Moses Malone was famous for not playing college basketball. Who's the last player to play for the Rockets that did not play college basketball? 18) What school did infamous Rocket draft pick John Turner come from? (BONUS: What school did Turner start his college career with?) 19) Other than the rights to Steve Francis what other 2 players came to the Rockets in the huge Vancouver-Houston-Orlando deal of a couple of years ago? 20) Who were the 6 players obtained from Portland in the Pippen trade a couple of years ago?
1) 12-48 2) Calvin Murphy 3 Yes in 64 4)5 5)Phil Jackson 6)Makeem Bolajuwan 7)Hakeem Olajuwan 8)Scottie Brooks 9)79 10)Calvin Murphy Bill Worrel, Matt Bullard, Hakeem, Rudy T, Moses Malone, Scottie Brooks. 11)45-37 12)Ralph Sampson 13)Matt Bullard 14)Jerome Smith 15)Mario Elie 16)7 17)Kelvin Cato University 18)KCU Kelvin Cato University 19)Tony Massenburg, Pete Chillcut 20)Carlos Rogers, Kelvin Cato, Stacy Augmon, Walt Williams 19)Tony Massenburg, Scottie Pippen 19)
9.Clippers 10.Hakeem, Drexler, Barkley, Pippen, Elvin Hayes, Moses Malone, Rick Barry 12.Ralph Sampson? 14.Tracy Murray 15.Emanuel Davis 17.Willoughby? 19.Tony Massenberg, Don Maclean 20.Kelvin Cato, Stacey Augmon, Brian Shaw, Walt Williams, Carlos Rogers, Ed Gray i have no idea about the rest
So, far one person only got 2 out of 20 right and another has gotten 7 right. I will see if anybody else will attempt to answer all 20 before posting the answers. I didn't think that it would be too hard considering that I thought there were some big trivia buffs here, but maybe I overestimated on that feeling.
lol, I know I've seen the answers to these questions at one time or another, but they just slip my mind right now. Of course I could do some searching and pretend like I knew all along, but I'm not that diabolical. Or am I? Mwahaha.
Off the top of my head; no time for research: 1. 2. Johnny Egan 3. the first year the moved from SD (1971?) 4. 5. Tom Nissalke 6. Jack Marin 7. Zaid Abdul-Aziz from Iowa 8. Kevin Kunnert 9. LA Clippers 10. Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Jack Marin (guess). Seven?! 11. 12. Ralph Sampson 13. Matt Bullard 14. Tracy Murray 15. Mario Elie 16. 17. Bill Willoughby 18. Phillips University 19. Tony Massenburg and ? 20. Kelvin Cato, Stacy Augmon, Ed Gray, Brian Shaw, Carlos Roger, and Roy Rogers (?)
12) Who was the Rockets starting center before Hakeem Olajuwon? Trick question. We didn't have a center before Olajuwon, just a 7'4" point guard. :-> 13) Who along with Robert Horry was almost traded to Detroit for Sean Elliott? Air Bull 17) Moses Malone was famous for not playing college basketball. Who's the last player to play for the Rockets that did not play college basketball? Rashard Lewis. Oh, damn, we didn't draft him! :-O How about Mircad Turkcan? No, he never actually played for us. Did Randy Livingston actually play in college? How about Oscar Torres? Does playing in the summer leagues count?
So, far no one has gotten all 20 right. The most right has been 10. I will post the answers around 9 p.m. CST tonight, so there's still time & Crisco, this is an open-book and open-note test. Therefore feel free to use any sources to find the answers!
10.) Hakeem Olajuwon , Clyde Drexler , Scottie Pippen , Charles Barkley , Moses Malone , Elvin Hayes , Rick Barry?
I thought there was an honor system thing going on whereby we didn't count Scottie Pippen as a Rocket?!
Its so weird how everyone forgot Pippen played for The Rockets . The Rocket Fans are the only ones who will never forget him , Because he is a punk .
I think you shoud award winners in two categories: A. Off The Top of Your Head and B. Open Resource. Not everyone has the time or the resources to look this stuff up. If we did, everyone would get them all right, right?! This is kind of like the Theatrical releases versus the Documentaries at the Oscars...
Okay, I going to go ahead and give the answers. I didn't think that it was that hard, but I guess I was wrong. 1) What was the Rockets' record in their first season in the NBA? Answer: 15-67 in the 1967-68 season as the San Diego Rockets 2) Who led the Rockets team in assists in their first year? Answer: Art "Hambone" Williams with 4.9 APG 3) After moving to Houston did the Rockets ever play in the Pacific Division? If yes, what season(s) ? Answer: Yes. The 1971-1972 season 4) How many years did the Rockets play in the Central Division? Answer: 8 years or 1972-73 season to the end of the 1979-80 season. 5) Who was the coach of the first Rockets team to win a Division? Answer: Tom Nissalke in the 1976-1977 season 6) Who was the main player the Rockets got when they traded Elvin Hayes to Washington? Answer: Jack Marin 7) Former Rockets center, Don Smith, became one of the first NBA players to change his name to a Muslim name. What is his name now? Answer: Zaid Abdul-Aziz 8) Who was the Rockets starting center before Moses Malone? Answer: Kevin Kunnert 9) What present-day franchise did the Rockets get Moses Malone from? Answer: The Los Angeles Clippers who were the Buffalo Braves back then. 10) Who are the 7 of the 50 greatest players in NBA history to play at least one season in a Rocket uniform? Answer: Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Elvin Hayes, Scottie Pippen, and Rick Barry 11) What was the Rockets regular season record when they made it to the NBA Finals for the first time? Answer: 40-42 in the 1980-81 season 12) Who was the Rockets starting center before Hakeem Olajuwon? Answer: Ralph Sampson (note: Caldwell Jones was the Rockets starting center before Sampson) 13) Who along with Robert Horry was almost traded to Detroit for Sean Elliott? Answer: Matt Bullard 14) Clyde Drexler and what other player was obtained from Portland for Otis Thorpe? Answer: Tracy Murray 15) The Rockets have signed many former CBA players. Who played for the Rockets and was also the CBA defensive player of the year for one season? Answer: Emanual Davis 16) Between 1993 and 1996, how many times did the Rockets win elimination playoff games in a row? Answer: 8--in '94-Game 7 against Phoenix, Games 6 & 7 against the Knicks, in '95-Game 4 & 5 against Utah, and Games 5, 6, and 7 against Phoenix. 17) Moses Malone was famous for not playing college basketball. Who's the last player to play for the Rockets that did not play college basketball? Answer: Thomas Hamilton 18) What school did infamous Rocket draft pick John Turner come from? (BONUS: What school did Turner start his college career with?) Answer: Phillips in Oklahoma--Bonus is Georgetown 19) Other than the rights to Steve Francis what other 2 players came to the Rockets in the huge Vancouver-Houston-Orlando deal of a couple of years ago? Answer: Tony Massenburg and Don MacLean 20) Who were the 6 players obtained from Portland in the Pippen trade a couple of years ago? Answer: Kelvin Cato, Walt Williams, Carlos Rogers, Stacey Augmon, Brian Shaw, and Ed Gray. NOTE: In a weird twist both Shaw and Augmon played in the Western Finals that year but not with the Rockets--Shaw was signed as a free agent after being released by the Rockets by the Lakers, and Augmon who was cut a week after joining the Rockets was picked back up by the Blazers. That's all. Hopefully, next time that I decide to do it, more people will try it and it won't be as hard.
In the "Off-the-Top-of-His-Head" Category, RichRocket got 10 answers completely right and 11 out of 15 of the multiple answer questions correct. Somewhere between NOT BAD and PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY. So even if you think his politics suck, you gotta admit he knows his Rocket trivia.... and all from 1200 miles away!
moe: I was stunned when you did it. I cogitated on that for awhile and could only come up with 5. I slipped Marin in just to fill a spot!
All I could think of was Rick Barry , I tried to get his career stats but all a could find was ABA stats on him . Then I remembered he was in a Rockets uniform on a Basketball Card or something .
