Boomshakalaka!

The San Antonio/Houston game was on at the steak house last night. K mentioned Sean Elliott. So I said he hasn’t played in years, and that he was on the original NBA Jam, along with David Robinson. (I think you know where this is going.) That started me thinking about the original NBA Jam arcade game. I decided to see how many of the original two-man teams I could name. Sure, I could look it up on the internet, but what fun would that be? I’m definitely not sure about all of these. Let me know if you can think of any, or have corrections. Perhaps we can eventually put the “nail in the coffin.” Here’s what I have thought of so far:

The Original NBA Jam
Atlanta – Dominique Wilkins, Steve Smith?
Boston – Dee Brown, Robert Parish
Charlotte – Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning
Chicago – Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant
Cleveland – Mark Price, Brad Daugherty
Dallas – Derek Harper, Jim Jackson
Denver – Dikembe Mutombo?,
Detroit – Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars?
Golden State – Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway?
Houston – Hakeen Olajuwon, Robert Horry?
Indiana – Reggie Miller, Derrick McKey?
LA Clippers – Danny Manning, Ron Harper?
LA Lakers – James Worthy, Vlade Divac
Miami – Harold Miner?, Rony Seikaly?
Milwaukee – Glenn Robinson?, Vin Baker?
Minnesota – Tom Gugliotta?,
New Jersey – Derrick Coleman
New York – Patrick Ewing, John Starks?
Orlando – Nick Anderson,
Philadelphia – Clarence Weatherspoon?
Phoenix – Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson
Portland – Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter
Sacramento – Mitch Richmond,
San Antonio – Sean Elliott, David Robinson
Seattle – Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp
Utah – John Stockton, Karl Malone
Washington – Harvey Grant?,

“I’m always workin’, slavin’ every day. Gotta get a break from the same old, same old. I need a chance just to get away. If you could hear me think, this is what I’d say…”