Here's a question. Original NBA Jam, for the arcade, who were the 2 players for the Dallas Mavericks?
I want to say it was Jim Jackson and Derek Harper?
Derek Harper is correct, but Jim Jackson is not.
I was playing the original arcade game today actually, and would have never guessed this other player even if I had a hundred guesses.
I thought i was so smart and booted this up on my emulator... then I realized you stipulated the arcade version, so I looked it up. I cant' believe ANYONE will get this without cheating. I am not ashamed to say I've never even heard of this player. Did his uncle work for the NBA Jam team or what?
The thing is, I must have played this game over 100 times on a dozen different arcade machines when it was out, and when you enter your initials for record keeping Dallas is always the first team you play, so anyone who played the original NBA Jam and entered their initials has played against this guy at least once (probably more). Yet I can't remember ever hearing of this guy either. When I was playing this the other day, I thought this game must be hacked or something and this is one of the designers because I've never heard of this guy. Looked him up and it turns out he was a legit NBA player.
Mike Iuzzolino
2nd round draft pick (35th overall) for the Mavs in 1991, played collegiately at Penn State and St. Francis.
Played 2 seasons with the Mavs, 91-92 and 92-93, played 122 total games and averaged 9.0ppg.
He even had a basketball card and everything!


