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ampinoy13

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Message Posted: Jan 5, 2006 8:50:23 PM

Take the first letter of the LAST name of an NBA player; use it as the first letter of the FIRST name of another NBA player.

Example: Wilt Chamberlain
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler
Dennis Rodman
Richard Hamilton

To start - "The King" LeBron James
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Ron Filipek

Played 1967-68 in Philadelphia after being a teammate of Larry Stooksbury
at Tennessee Tech
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Pat Riley

Played 1967-76 in San Diego, Los Angeles and Phoenix before becoming a coach and GM
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Eduardo Nájera

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Sam Jones

a member of the Celtics dynasty years 1957-69.
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Juwan Howard

Chooky: I posted a thread to here in a number of games I play. Maybe we'll see some new players soon.

[Edited by: ampinoy13 at 5/6/2013 12:18:12 PM EST]
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Nathan Jawai

Like the Pink Floyd(not a player)song:

Is there anybody out there?
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Steve Nash

Tomorrow I'll advertize this thread in the other threads I'm on.
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Don't know. There's another basketball thread where somebody posts five at a time. Ben Scharnus
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Chooky: We need to get some more people in this thread.
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Kurt "Superman" Rambis

He was Superman before Shaq; gaining the nickname for the "Clark Kent" (Superman's alter ego) style glasses he wore.
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Mel Counts

bridged the gap in the middle for the Lakers between Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

[Edited by: ampinoy13 at 3/28/2013 12:53:53 PM EST]
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