Interesting facts you didn't know about NBA player

Got the idea from a site. Feel free to add some more shit.

- Luke Jackson has a 37 inch vertical.

- Travis Outlaw's dad is actually a police officer.

- Gary Trent had a 40-42 inch vertical during his freshman year in college.

- Shaun Livingston can't bench press his own weight.

- Charlie Ward was a Heisman winner.

- Kobe Bryant was projected as a point guard when drafted out of high school.

- Dennis Rodman grew 11 inches from his freshman to junior year in high school.

- Brad Miller was labeled "soft" when he went undrafted in 2000.

- Antonio Davis participated in the 1997 slam dunk contest, and owns a 39 inch vertical leap.

- Magic Johnson once had his own television talk show (which was tanked after the first season).

- Dikembe Mutombo (full name Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo) speaks 7 languages.

- Desmond Mason broke his leg at the age of 6, to the point at which doctors believed he would never walk again(let alone dunk).

- Steve Nash's brother is a professional soccer player for Team Canada as goalie.

- Greg Ostertag can dunk flat footed(he has a 8'1 wingspan).

- Kenyon Martin suffers from a disease that causes him to stutter. He also broke his leg in his junior year in college, the injury was supposed to end his career, but after a miraculous recovery he ended having a breakout senior year, and was drafted number 1 overall by the New Jersey Nets.

- Elden Campbell once missed a game due to a sprained thumb from playing too many video games.

- Dale Davis does yoga.

- Manu Ginobili is the lowest draft pick to make it to the All star game.

- Jason Terry is an extremely superstitious person: among his superstitions is sleeping in his uniform the night prior to a game.

- Glen Rice used to practice shooting in the dark because he said it helped him shoot better.

- John Stockton's middle name is Houston. The biggest shot of his career happened in Houston.

- Cousins' Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady have the same middle name - Lamar

- Chris Webber's full name is Mayce Edward Christopher Webber.

- Hakeem Olajuwan's middle name is Abdul

- Kareem Abdul Jabbar's real name is Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor.

- Loyd B. Free was the name of a really good player in the 70's/80's. ( Props to IndyPacers67 for correction )

- Gilbert Arenas got arrested in the Bay area for driving with a loaded weapon.

- Kobe Bryant was in a rap group in high school. His rap name was Obi Wan Kobe.

- David Robinson scored more than 1300 (out of 1600) on his college entrance exams.

- Mike Bibby and Eddie House ( now teammates in Sacramento ) are brother-in-laws. ( Props to Jona for correction )

- Bonzi Wells full name is Gawen Deangelo

- Jason Williams of Memphis got kicked out of Florida University/College for smoking pot.

- Jalen Rose says he doesn't dunk unless its a fastbreak because in High school he went to dunk and was clotheslined and left on a stretcher.

- Reggie Miller's legs being in braces untill he was 6 and the fact that doctors thought he was never going to be able to walk, much less run around the court for 18 straight years, wearing out hundreds in the process. ( Props to IndyPacers67 )

- Vince Carter's Wife is Antawn Jamison's Sister and Antawn Jamison's Wife is Vince Carter sister. VC and AJ are best friends.

Last edited by BOSS on Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:17 am, edited 2 times in total.

nice thread

lol @ obi wan kobe, bonzi wells' name, j will and jalen rose

- Travis Outlaw's dad is actually a police officer.

So he has a lifetime parole officer. Good for him!

- Gary Trent had a 40-42 inch vertical during his freshman year in college.

and then he removed the springs from the shoes. Or moved into 'McDonald's" .

- Dennis Rodman grew 11 inches from his freshman to junior year in high school.

In ... height?

- Greg Ostertag can dunk flat footed(he has a 8'1 wingspan).

8' 1"??? 8' 1"??? Holy...

- Jason Terry is an extremely superstitious person: among his superstitions is sleeping in his uniform the night prior to a game.

Thankfully, he doesn't sleep in hi sgame jersey. The stink would make him an excellent lock-down defender!!!

- World B. Free was the name of a really good player in the 70's/80's

That's not his real name, its Loyd B. Free.

Wheres the part about Reggie Miller's legs being in braces untill he was 6 and the fact that doctors thought he was never going to be able to walk, much less run around the court for 18 straight years, wearing out hundreds in the process?

- Dale Davis does yoga.

So does every single NBA player

Last edited by Indy on Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:00 am, edited 2 times in total.

Wheres the part about Reggie Miller's legs being in braces untill he was 6 and the fact that doctors thought he was never going to be able to walk, much less run around the court for 18 straight years, wearing out hundreds in the process?

Run, Reggie(/Forrest), RUN!!!

Wow. Some Crazy stuff.

- Dikembe Mutombo (full name Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo)

Ok, Dikembe Mutombo works fine.

Mike Bibby and Eddie House ( now teammates in Sacramento ) are cousins.

That's bull, Mike Bibby is married to Eddie House's sister.

If i am wrong just correct me.

Nice thread. Some interesting stuff there

Shaun Livingston can't bench press his own weight.

No surprise there!

Nice thread. Some interesting stuff there

Shaun Livingston can't bench press his own weight.

No surprise there!

And guess how much he weighs ...

182 lbs ...

Well I am a big fan of Livingston but c'mon he has train more and bulk up.

- Glen Rice used to practice shooting in the dark because he said it helped him shoot better.

hehe, has anybody in here done that ? it helps ?

- Gilbert Arenas got arrested in the Bay area for driving with a loaded weapon.

ouh yeah, now that's a really interesting fact...pffff, stupid !

- Gilbert Arenas got arrested in the Bay area for driving with a loaded weapon.

ouh yeah, now that's a really interesting fact...pffff, stupid !

I think it's pretty interesting, I would have never imagined Arenas with a gun.
If you're not going to contribute in any way, don't post alright?

roffie @ EC with the video games injury

Obi Wan Kobe

what the hell happened to gary trent after college?

-Alonzo Mourning got the Hornets All-Time blocking no1 position after only 49 game of his rookie season
-Dominique Wilkins first name is Jacque (Dominique is his middle name). He was born in France.
-Shaq's name mean Little Warrior in Islam


Sorry for the bad english

It's well written Nice facts, CB4 & Yougi

lol! Jamison's wife is Vince's sister, Carter's sister is Antawn's wife...

Lol i laughed at the sprained thumb from playing too many video games...

Dikembe with a kazillion names and knows how to speak 7 language... whoah.

- Gary Trent had a 40-42 inch vertical during his freshman year in college.

and then he removed the springs from the shoes. Or moved into 'McDonald's" .

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH ROFL LOL!!!!!!
Thats some funny shit!

- Vince Carter's Wife is Antawn Jamison's Sister and Antawn Jamison's Wife is Vince Carter sister. VC and AJ are best friends.

somehow that fact crack me up a bit

hey i thought there is a RETARDO in mutombo's name

Bonzi Wells full name is Gawen Deangelo

lol, i see why he changed his name, but why change it to bonzi?????????

Is something wrong with Travis Outlaw, besides the fact he joined the JailBlazers? OMFG @Osterag's wingspan, though.

Antonio Davis participated in the 1997 slam dunk contest, and owns a 39 inch vertical leap.

very interesting. i didn't watch the 97 dunk contest, but i'd never knew watching his games. he's only got one dunk, the power dunk during games.

He didn't compete in 1997; the 1997 participants were Kobe, Chris Carr, Bob Sura, Darvin Ham, Ray Allen and Michael Finley. I believe AD competed in the 1994 contest.