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Welcome to NBA two truths and a lie. For each of these you will be given two truths and one lie involving the NBA, players, teams, history, etc. You must find the lie in each one. Except for one...one of these are all true! Had to get creative here. Have fun! And no looking up answers. Also spoiler tags please
1.)
- Providence Rhode Island once had a professional basketball team
- Michael Jordan was the only professional basketball player to also play professional baseball.
- Ray Allen's 1st name is actually Walter
2.)
- An NBA player performed in The Nutcracker
- Tim Duncan has a Merlin tatoo
- Julius Erving plays the saxophone
3.)
- The Raptors were almost called the Mounties
- The Raptors weren't the 1st professional basketball team in Toronto
- Mugsy Bogues was a 1st rnd draft pick
4.)
- The New Jersey Nets were almost the New Jersey Swamp Dragons
- Chris Webber was drafted by the Golden State Warriors
- Rasheed Wallace actually had his championship ring made for his middle finger for obvious reasons
5.)
- Vince Carter was a drum major in high school
- Manute Bol killed a lion with a spear
- John Stockton holds the record for most assists in a game
6.)
- Jump balls used to happen after every basket
- Bill Russell coached the Kings
- The Raptors drafted Vince Carter
7.)
- Vitaly Potapenko was drafted before Kobe Bryant
- 2 NBA players have become US Senators
- The Hornets were orginally the Spirit
8.)
- Isaiah Thomas once scored 16 points in 94 seconds and his team still lost the game
- The Celtics were almost the Unicorns
- Bill Russell had the most rebounds in a game
9.)
- Kobe Bryant's 1st contract was cosigned by his parents
- The shortest and tallest players in NBA history once played together on the same team.
- Manute Bol paid 80 goats for his wife
10.)
- The Suns had 10 game winning and losing streaks in the same season
- The Orlando Magic were named after Disney
- There are only two remaing original NBA teams that haven't changed names or moved.
11.)
- Dikembe Mutumbo was named an all star his rookie year, but didn't win rookie of the year
- Jordan Clarkson has situs inversus, a condition where his internal organs are a mirror image of a normal body
- Lebron James eats and writes with his left hand, but plays basketball with his right hand
12.)
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar made 2 threes his entire NBA career
- Pete Maravich once said during an interview that he didn't want to play in the NBA for 10 years then die at 40 of a heart attack, then played in the NBA for 10 years before dying at 40 of a heart attack.
- The Twitter bird logo is named Larry the Bird after Larry Bird
13.)
- Tim Duncan was training to be an olympic swimmer before a hurricane causes him to play basketball instead
- An NBA player onced saved a dolphin by reaching down it's throat into its stomach and removing a screw it swallowed
- Adidas were onced banned from the NBA
14.)
- The creator of NBA Jam so hated the Bulls that he embedded a special code in the game to make them miss last second shots
- Ron Artest applied at Circuit City his rookie season just to get a discount there
- Amare Stoudimire is Jewish and he often spoke in hebrew on the court so no one could understand him.
1.)
- Providence Rhode Island once had a professional basketball team
- Michael Jordan was the only professional basketball player to also play professional baseball.
- Ray Allen's 1st name is actually Walter
2.)
- An NBA player performed in The Nutcracker
- Tim Duncan has a Merlin tatoo
- Julius Erving plays the saxophone
3.)
- The Raptors were almost called the Mounties
- The Raptors weren't the 1st professional basketball team in Toronto
- Mugsy Bogues was a 1st rnd draft pick
4.)
- The New Jersey Nets were almost the New Jersey Swamp Dragons
- Chris Webber was drafted by the Golden State Warriors
- Rasheed Wallace actually had his championship ring made for his middle finger for obvious reasons
5.)
- Vince Carter was a drum major in high school
- Manute Bol killed a lion with a spear
- John Stockton holds the record for most assists in a game
6.)
- Jump balls used to happen after every basket
- Bill Russell coached the Kings
- The Raptors drafted Vince Carter
7.)
- Vitaly Potapenko was drafted before Kobe Bryant
- 2 NBA players have become US Senators
- The Hornets were orginally the Spirit
8.)
- Isaiah Thomas once scored 16 points in 94 seconds and his team still lost the game
- The Celtics were almost the Unicorns
- Bill Russell had the most rebounds in a game
9.)
- Kobe Bryant's 1st contract was cosigned by his parents
- The shortest and tallest players in NBA history once played together on the same team.
- Manute Bol paid 80 goats for his wife
10.)
- The Suns had 10 game winning and losing streaks in the same season
- The Orlando Magic were named after Disney
- There are only two remaing original NBA teams that haven't changed names or moved.
11.)
- Dikembe Mutumbo was named an all star his rookie year, but didn't win rookie of the year
- Jordan Clarkson has situs inversus, a condition where his internal organs are a mirror image of a normal body
- Lebron James eats and writes with his left hand, but plays basketball with his right hand
12.)
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar made 2 threes his entire NBA career
- Pete Maravich once said during an interview that he didn't want to play in the NBA for 10 years then die at 40 of a heart attack, then played in the NBA for 10 years before dying at 40 of a heart attack.
- The Twitter bird logo is named Larry the Bird after Larry Bird
13.)
- Tim Duncan was training to be an olympic swimmer before a hurricane causes him to play basketball instead
- An NBA player onced saved a dolphin by reaching down it's throat into its stomach and removing a screw it swallowed
- Adidas were onced banned from the NBA
14.)
- The creator of NBA Jam so hated the Bulls that he embedded a special code in the game to make them miss last second shots
- Ron Artest applied at Circuit City his rookie season just to get a discount there
- Amare Stoudimire is Jewish and he often spoke in hebrew on the court so no one could understand him.
