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NBA Deep Cut #29, Thursday, October 22: “Name a player who played for the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1970s.” The prompt had 72 valid answers, and nobody played it that day. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.
Answers and recap (spoilers)
Nobody named
Maurice Lucas, T.R. Dunn, Lionel Hollins, Larry Steele, John Johnson, Sidney Wicks, Lloyd Neal, Greg Smith, Bob Gross, Mychal Thompson, Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Johnny Davis, Leroy Ellis, Wally Walker, John Clemens, Dale Schlueter, Geoff Petrie, Ollie Johnson, Clemon Johnson, Darrall Imhoff, Jim Paxson, Tom Owens, Rick Adelman, Jim McMillian, Corky Calhoun, Jim Barnett, Jim Brewer, Steve Hawes, Ron Brewer, Calvin Natt, Dave Twardzik, Stan McKenzie, Herm Gilliam, Terry Dischinger, Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington, Larue Martin, Rick Roberson, Willie Norwood, Gary Gregor, Dave Wohl, Dorie Murrey, Bill Turner, Ed Manning, Dennis Layton, Willie McCarter, Billyray Bates, Charlie Davis, Shaler Halimon, Robin Jones, Phil Lumpkin, Abdul Jeelani, Ron Knight, Daniel Anderson, Ira Terrell, Bernie Fryer, Clyde Mayes, Willie Smith, Charlie Yelverton, Jacky Dorsey, Steve Jones, Bill Smith, Jim Marsh, Mark Sibley, Walt Gilmore, Kim Anderson, Bob Verga, Claude English, Bob Davis, Greg Lee, Bill Stricker.
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