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NBA Draft trivia
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Offline Ed Monix

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For a tommy point, which city (where player's born) has produced the most number 1 picks in NBA history? No checking search engines obviously
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Re: NBA Draft trivia
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2021, 09:19:27 PM »

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Cavs?

You got the three in the row recently, LeBron, did they get Carr in the 70s? Does Daugherty count for the 80s?

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Cavs?

You got the three in the row recently, LeBron, did they get Carr in the 70s? Does Daugherty count for the 80s?

Sorry I was after what city eg. New York, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle ect. where the player was born.
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Chicago?

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Re: NBA Draft trivia
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2021, 09:37:42 PM »

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Cavs?

You got the three in the row recently, LeBron, did they get Carr in the 70s? Does Daugherty count for the 80s?

Sorry I was after what city eg. New York, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle ect. where the player was born.

Detroit?

They have 3 I can think of. C-Webb, D-Coleman and the guy taken before Dave Bing. Was it Cazzie Russell?

Edit: Looked up Cazzie, born in Chicago. He just went to college in Michigan. That makes 3 for Chicago with D-Rose and AD in recent times.

New York produced a lot of players but I am struggling for #1 picks. Only Kareem pops into my head. The others were later picks.

Mark Aguirre makes 4 for Chicago.

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Los Angeles?
2023 CelticsStrong Historical Draft Champions - OKC Thunder
PG: Chauncey Billups/ Baron Davis
SG: Michael Redd/ Dan Majerle/ Allan Houston
SF: Peja Stojakovic/ Gerald Wallace/ Toni Kukoc
PF: Shawn Kemp/ Antonio McDyess
C: Dwight Howard/ Tyson Chandler

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Cavs?

You got the three in the row recently, LeBron, did they get Carr in the 70s? Does Daugherty count for the 80s?

Sorry I was after what city eg. New York, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle ect. where the player was born.

Detroit?

They have 3 I can think of. C-Webb, D-Coleman and the guy taken before Dave Bing. Was it Cazzie Russell?

Edit: Looked up Cazzie, born in Chicago. He just went to college in Michigan. That makes 3 for Chicago with D-Rose and AD in recent times.

New York produced a lot of players but I am struggling for #1 picks. Only Kareem pops into my head. The others were later picks.

Mark Aguirre makes 4 for Chicago.

Sorry I was wrong, you're right Who & hardlyyardley, TP and my apologies.

I was misinformed, the answer I was told was Melbourne, Australia with 3 (Bogut, Irving, Simmons).

Apparently the trivia was 'since 1982' my apologies again for the mistake.
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Wow, 3 for Australia. That is impressive.

I was half-wondering if it would be a Canadian city but I could only think of Bennett and Wiggins and had no idea whether they were from the same city or not.

Never even thought of Australia.

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Wow, 3 for Australia. That is impressive.

I was half-wondering if it would be a Canadian city but I could only think of Bennett and Wiggins and had no idea whether they were from the same city or not.

Never even thought of Australia.
And none of them have been the best player in their class, sadly
'23 Historical Draft: Orlando Magic.

PG: Terry Porter (90-91) / Steve Francis (00-01)
SG: Joe Dumars (92-93) / Jeff Hornacek (91-92) / Jerry Stackhouse (00-01)
SF: Brandon Roy (08-09) / Walter Davis (78-79)
PF: Terry Cummings (84-85) / Paul Millsap (15-16)
C: Chris Webber (00-01) / Ralph Sampson (83-84) / Andrew Bogut (09-10)