WACKY TIMES ON THE COURT Lakers and Celtics Pistons and Bulls LeBron versus Steph The National Basketball Association NBA is a league rich with rivalries Some of the greatest athletes of all time have made their mark in the world of professional basketball The NBA is a serious business raking in more than 5 5 billion each year
The Boston Celtics took on the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of goofballs in the league and plenty of bizarre stories from every team Have you heard about the player who insists on sleeping in his opponent’s shorts Or the team that created a pregame ritual of eating a meal popular with small children How about the future superstar Hall of Famer who was cut from his high school basketball team From quirky superstitions to oddball facts wacky trivia puts hoops in a whole new light
Olympic stars Charles Barkley and Grant Hill
HARDWOOD HEROES The average NBA career lasts less than five seasons The competition is fierce and many players know they are only one injury or a bad season away from being out of a job That’s what makes some of these wacky trivia tales so interesting It takes persistence luck and sometimes unusual paths to make it to the NBA Just ask this group of hardwood heroes (cid:18918)(cid:18918)(cid:18918) NEVER GIVE UP Charles Barkley was cut from his high school basketball team as a sophomore Sir Charles overcame that early failure and went on to be selected in the first round of the NBA draft He played 16 seasons was an 11-time NBA
