Can you name the NBA Players Whose Names Are Actual Words?

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  • Enter a player (last names acceptable) in the box below
  • Correctly named players will show up below
  • Click any empty Team-Position or Player to answer for that location
  • You must guess the NBA players whose names are actual words.
  • * - for players whose first and last names are both words. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BONUS ANSWERS FOR PLAYERS WITH ALMOST WORDS.
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Team-PositionPlayerMerriam-Webster Definition
Memphis Grizzlies - PGEnclosed areas used for public entertainment.
Boston Celtics - PFAny of numerous edible marine or freshwater bony fishes OR The lowest voice part in a 4-part chorus.
Utah Jazz - SGA hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck.
Miami Heat - PF/CFoolish talk or activity.
Dallas Mavericks - PFA class of goods identified by name as the product of a single firm or manufacturer.
Denver Nuggets - SG/SFSomeone who prepares (as beer or ale) by steeping, boiling, and fermentation or by infusion and fermentation.
Philadelphia 76ers - C... of dark or tanned complexion.
Los Angeles Clippers - SFA manservant having charge of the wines and liquors
Dallas Mavericks - FA crested finch which has a black face and heavy red bill in both sexes and is nearly completely red in the male.
New York Knicks - CA maker or seller of tallow or wax candles and usually soap.
Oklahoma City Thunder - GA person who prepares food for eating.
Golden State Warriors - GA food, dish, or sauce in Indian cuisine seasoned with a mixture of pungent spices.
Oklahoma City Thunder - PGOne that fishes.
Indiana Pacers - CTo give parental care to.
Memphis Grizzlies - SFHappily excited.
New Jersey Nets - G/FA slightly sweet cracker made of whole wheat flour.
Toronto Raptors - CDull in color.
Boston Celtics - FA color whose hue is somewhat less yellow than that of growing fresh grass or of the emerald or is that of the part of the spectrum lying between blue and yellow.
Oklahoma City Thunder - SGTo make hard or harder.
Sacramento Kings - GThe upper or anterior division of the animal body that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth.
Los Angeles Clippers - SF*A usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain.
Philadelphia 76ers - GA day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event.
Miami Heat - GA building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families.
Team-PositionPlayerMerriam-Webster Definition
Detroit Pistons - GA man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor (in the Middle Ages).
Golden State Warriors - GA rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority.
Minnesota Timberwolves - PFStrong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.
Dallas Mavericks - SG*A dressing made of egg yolks, vegetable oils, and vinegar or lemon juice.
Denver Nuggets - PGOne that operates a mill.
Charlotte Bobcats - G/FThe earth's natural satellite that shines by the sun's reflected light.
Sacramento Kings - SFA lawless person or a fugitive from the law.
San Antonio Spurs - PGSomeone who brings (a vehicle) to a stop and keep standing at the edge of a public way.
Portland Trail Blazers- GArchaic : value, worth.
Detroit Pistons - SFA male member of a royal family; especially : a son of the sovereign.
Boston Celtics - PGAn instrumental composition typically with a refrain recurring four times in the tonic and with three couplets in contrasting keys.
Chicago Bulls - PGA moderate purplish red; also a type of flower
Golden State Warriors - GTo move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence
Sacramento Kings - SGLarge anadromous fish noted as a game and food fish. (pl.)
Charlotte Bobcats - PGMeetings or series of meetings of a body (as a court or legislature) for the transaction of business.
New York Knicks - GA worker in metals.
New Orleans Hornets - FThe warmer quarter of the year. (pl.)
Miami Heat - SGTo step in or through a medium (as water) offering more resistance than air.
Charlotte Bobcats - GA peddler going on foot .
Washington Wizards - PGOne of the sides of a room or building connecting floor and ceiling or foundation and roof.
Indiana Pacers - PFThe general direction of sunset : the direction to the left of one facing north.
Washington Wizards - GBeing in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development.
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NBA Last Name Word Game Quiz

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  • Created Jan 23, 2010 in Sports
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