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About this Board

On Thursday, October 8, 1 player took on NBA Deep Cut #15: “Name a player who played for the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1980s.” The prompt had 70 valid answers, and players found 2 of them. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.

Answers and recap (spoilers)

The most popular answer was Clyde Drexler, named by 100% of players. The rarest correct answer anyone found was Jim Paxson (1 player, 10 points). Nobody found the day's Sleeper: Roylee Hamilton.

Named by players

  1. Clyde Drexler (Clyde Drexler (G · POR, HOU · 1983–1998)): 1 player, 100%, 5 points
  2. Jim Paxson (Jim Paxson (G · POR, BOS · 1979–1990)): 1 player, 100%, 10 points

Nobody named

Jerome Kersey, Terry Porter, Mychal Thompson, Caldwell Jones, Kiki Vandeweghe, Wayne Cooper, Clifford Robinson, Kevin Duckworth, Kenny Carr, Buck Williams, Darnell Valentine, Mark Bryant, Calvin Natt, Lafayette Lever, Sam Bowie, Robert Reid, Maurice Lucas, Steve Johnson, Jerry Sichting, Danny Young, Dennis Awtrey, Kevin Kunnert, Steve Colter, Bob Gross, Don Buse, Kevin Gamble, Kermit Washington, Kelvin Ransey, Richard Anderson, Jeff Lamp, Mike Gale, Ron Brewer, Tom Owens, Michael Holton, Peter Verhoeven, Audie Norris, Eddie Jordan, Drazen Petrovic, Jeff Judkins, Billyray Bates, Hank McDowell, Brook Steppe, Walter Berry, Bernard Thompson, Charles Jones, Petur Gudmundsson, Chris Engler, Mike Harper, Adrian Branch, Byron Irvin, Linton Townes, Clinton Wheeler, Jeffrey Crompton, Roylee Hamilton, Ken Johnson, Craig Neal, Tom Scheffler, Nate Johnston, Fernando Martin, Tom Piotrowski, Ronnie Murphy, Nikita Wilson, Rolando Ferreira, Joe Binion, Perry Young, Brian Martin, Ron Rowan, Carl Bailey.

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