Bizarre/Little-Known facts about NBA players, past and present

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Post 'em here. I'll get the ball rolling.

[LIST][*]Luc Longley



-Won an ebay auction to name a newly discovered species of shrimp. Link

[*]Todd Lichti



-Now works as a winemaker in Melbourne, Australia. Link

[*]Scottie Pippen



-Is (apparently) the only player with Native-American ancestory to play in the NBA (I have no link, but have heard this several times, plus it looks possible looking at the photo).

[*]A.C. Green



-Was still a virgin when he retired at age 38. Link
-A.C. isn't an acronym, that's just his name. Link

[*]Michael Jordan



-Holds the record for the most expensive celebrity divorce. Link[/LIST]

[Hihater]

virgin at 38 wtf??

[Toizumi]

virgin at 38 wtf??

from wiki:

Green is known as deeply religious and is well-known for proclaiming that he began and ended his NBA career as a virgin. During his playing days, his teammates would frequently send women to tempt him to compromise his morals. Instead, Green would respond by calmly quoting scripture

[Manute for Ever!]

from wiki:

Green is known as deeply religious and is well-known for proclaiming that he began and ended his NBA career as a virgin. During his playing days, his teammates would frequently send women to tempt him to compromise his morals. Instead, Green would respond by calmly quoting scripture

I was going to link to that, but decided to post articles instead wiki links.

[takeittothehoop]

More?

[Scoooter]

Huh, I always assumed "A.C." stood for something. That's weird.

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[LIST][*]Jason Williams

-Has a tattoo in Japanese characters which is supposed to say "Insane", but also roughly translates into “F[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]ck y’all”. Link

[*]Chauncey Billups



-Won widespread praise while at the University of Colorado for a heartfelt letter of apology he wrote for stealing video rental coupons from the campus bookstore. Link

[*]Vladimir Radmanovic



-Has played the role of the Grandfather in the ballet The Nutcracker twice. Link

[*]Emeka Okafor



-Real name is Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor. Link

[*]Magic Johnson



-Played high school ball with Mark Calloway (The Undertaker). Link[/LIST]

[monkeypox]

virgin at 38 wtf??

The only source for this is my own memory, but Chick Hearn was once asked about this back when he used to have a game day show on local radio. He got testy and said shame on everyone for giving AC so much crap about it and he revealed that AC was actually a "born again" virgin. To mean he had sex, but chose to not have pre-marital after he was baptized.

I actually started a similar thread to this last year and there was lots of cool stuff people listed. I enjoy this kind of stuff. I'll throw another one out there.

Oscar Robertson invented NBA free agency and was blacklisted from the league as a result. Well, kind of. While Oscar Robertson is hailed as one of the greatest by fans, you'll hardly ever hear about him from the league or the teams. At least not to the degree of the other greats. You'll also notice he's never held a job as anything significant in the league. This is because after he retired, when he was the president of the NBAPA, he actually sued the NBA in a case that eventually lead to free agency as we know it and temporarily blocked the NBA/ABA merger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts...ll_Association

[NoName22]

Wasn't Daugherty Native-American as well ?

[PHILA]

Oscar Robertson invented NBA free agency and was blacklisted from the league as a result. Well, kind of. While Oscar Robertson is hailed as one of the greatest by fans, you'll hardly ever hear about him from the league or the teams. At least not to the degree of the other greats. You'll also notice he's never held a job as anything significant in the league. This is because after he retired, when he was the president of the NBAPA, he actually sued the NBA in a case that eventually lead to free agency as we know it and temporarily blocked the NBA/ABA merger.

Same reason Chet "The Jet" Walker is still not in the HOF.


http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/smith_100111.html

One of the great joys of the job I have is to have gotten to know the pioneers of the NBA and to still be able to hear their analysis and reactions to the game. One of those guys I regularly hear from is Chet Walker, the great former Bull and 76er from Bradley and, at least in my opinion, the most deserving player not in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Chet’s still a union guy, and he says he hates to see the possibility of Gilbert Arenas losing his contract in the suspension over his guns-in-the-locker room controversy. Still, at the same time, Walker said it pains him to see the abuses from some among players in the game today.

Walker was one of the group of defendants who sued the NBA over the plans to merge the NBA and ABA. The historic settlement of the so-called Oscar Robertson suit (Robertson was players’ association chief) created free agency in the NBA.

“You hate to see the way some players today are abusing everything we worked so hard for and gave up so much for,” says Walker, who faced an effective blackball that prematurely ended his career for his actions with the players’ association. “I wasn’t the only one. There was Oscar (never offered a coach or GM job even as he’s still a successful businessman), Joe Caldwell, Archie Clark. Guys really were kicked out of the league. For these guys like Arenas to abuse all the hard work we went through to enable them to become free agents and make all the money they do is ridiculous.”

[beermonsteroo]

virgin at 38 wtf??

You might break his record. Don't worry

[iamgine]

Great story on AC Green.

Here's AC with his wife: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIW4tDmS3qM

[asdf1990]

You might break his record. Don't worry

Oh snap. .

[asdf1990]

Kobe Bryant

- in his spare time he likes to travel to Colorado and rape white hotel maids.

[alwaysunny]

Isn't Al-Farouq Aminu a descent of a Nigerian king? I think Stuart Scott mentioned it during the draft.