Shaq
2
Before dominating the NBA, Michael Jordan hit the game-winning shot for this university to secure the 1982 NCAA Championship
UNC
Larry Bird spent his entire 13-season NBA career playing for this legendary Eastern Conference franchise, winning three championships.
Celtics
On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain set a legendary, unbreakable NBA record by scoring this exact number of points in a single game against the New York Knicks
100
Kobe Bryant spent his entire legendary 20-year NBA career playing for this iconic Pacific Division franchise, winning five championships
Lakers
How tall is Shaq.
7 ft 1 inch
In 1996, Jordan teamed up with Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes to defeat the Monstars in this live-action/animated box office hit.
What is Space Jam?
Before their legendary NBA battles, Bird and Magic Johnson first faced off in the iconic 1979 NCAA Championship game, where Bird played for this university.
Indiana State University?
Before putting on an NBA uniform, Wilt spent a year touring the world and entertaining crowds with this iconic exhibition basketball team.
Harlem Globetrotters?
In an incredible display of scoring on January 22, 2006, Kobe scored this exact number of points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest single-game total in NBA history.
81
In 1996, Shaquille O'Neal starred as a 3,000-year-old genie who emerges from a boombox in this poorly reviewed musical fantasy film
Kazaam
Though he wore #23 for most of his career, Jordan briefly wore this number when he returned to the Chicago Bulls from retirement in 1995.
45
A lethal shooter from deep, Bird famously won the first three editions of this All-Star Weekend contest from 1986 to 1988, famously asking his opponents who was coming in second.
Three-Point Contest?
Wilt won his four regular-season MVP awards while playing for two franchises: the Los Angeles Lakers and this Pennsylvania team, which he played for under two different names.
Philadelphia 76ers
Before entering the 1996 NBA Draft directly out of Lower Merion High School, Kobe spent part of his childhood living in this European country, where his father played professional basketball.
Italy
Before entering the 1992 NBA Draft, Shaquille O'Neal played college basketball for this Southeastern Conference school, where he was named a two-time All-American
LSU
In 1994, Jordan briefly walked away from basketball to pursue a childhood dream of playing professional baseball, signing with this MLB team's minor league system.
White Sox
Proving his brilliance extended beyond the court, Bird won the 1998 NBA Coach of the Year award while leading this Central Division team.
Pacers
During the 1967–68 season, Wilt decided to prove he wasn't just a scorer and shockingly led the entire NBA in this statistical category, a feat never repeated by a center
assists?
In 2018, Kobe became the first former professional athlete to win an Academy Award, taking home the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for this project based on a poem he wrote.
Dear basketball
Showing his business savvy early, Shaq passed on a sneaker deal with Nike in 1992 to launch a line of affordable basketball shoes with this British-founded athletic brand.
Reebok
Jordan finished his legendary playing career in 2003 after spending his final two NBA seasons playing for this Eastern Conference team.
Washington Wizards
Bird is one of only three players in NBA history to win the regular-season MVP award in three consecutive years, doing so from this specific stretch of seasons in the 1980s.
1984 to 1986?
Wilt played his college basketball for this Big 12 university, leading them to the 1957 NCAA Finals before his jersey was eventually retired there.
University of Kansas
Though he is synonymous with the Lakers, Kobe was actually selected 13th overall in the 1996 draft by this Eastern Conference franchise before being traded on draft night
Charlotte Hornets?