[PalmTree]

The NBA lottery began in 1985. In that period of time, just four NBA rookies scored 85+ points and secured 35+ rebounds in their first four games.

The first three are not only in the NBA Hall of Fame, each were named by Commissioner Stern as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (so named by a panel of players, coaches, GMs and the media).

The fourth is a rookie this year.

Name the four players.

For the old-timers, I'll go with Wilt the Stilt, Kareem & Elvin Hayes. 

AFAIK, Lendeborg for the Dubs has been tearing it up this season. Sadly, Ebuka's barely gotten PT so far.

Lendeborg is the individual player who satisfies the 85 points/35 rebounds in four games. 

As for the other three, while I'm sure they met the metric, they started before the lottery system began in 1985.

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The NBA lottery began in 1985. In that period of time, just four NBA rookies scored 85+ points and secured 35+ rebounds in their first four games.

The first three are not only in the NBA Hall of Fame, each were named by Commissioner Stern as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (so named by a panel of players, coaches, GMs and the media).

The fourth is a rookie this year.

Name the four players.

I'll go with 

- Tim Duncan
- David Robinson
- Patrick Ewing
- Yaxel Lendeborg

Robinson, Ewing, Lendeborg are all correct. The fourth was Shaquille O'Neal.

Duncan came pretty close. 46 rebounds his first four games, and 62 points.

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The NBA lottery began in 1985. In that period of time, just four NBA rookies scored 85+ points and secured 35+ rebounds in their first four games.

The first three are not only in the NBA Hall of Fame, each were named by Commissioner Stern as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (so named by a panel of players, coaches, GMs and the media).

The fourth is a rookie this year.

Name the four players.

For the old-timers, I'll go with Wilt the Stilt, Kareem & Elvin Hayes. 

Wilt, Kareem, and Elvin would have satisfied the metric. In their first four games, their totals were (along with Bill Russell, because I was curious)

                     Points     Rebounds
Wilt Chamberlain       150       130 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar    107        62  
Elvin Hayes            106        65
Bill Russell            32        76

DOH! Curse you, reading comprehension skills (or lack thereof....)   :-P

But hey, thanks for the "artistic interpretation" acknowledgement   :-)

Way to go, 82lsju!

[PalmTree]

The NBA lottery began in 1985. In that period of time, just four NBA rookies scored 85+ points and secured 35+ rebounds in their first four games.

The first three are not only in the NBA Hall of Fame, each were named by Commissioner Stern as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (so named by a panel of players, coaches, GMs and the media).

The fourth is a rookie this year.

Name the four players.

For the old-timers, I'll go with Wilt the Stilt, Kareem & Elvin Hayes. 

AFAIK, Lendeborg for the Dubs has been tearing it up this season. Sadly, Ebuka's barely gotten PT so far.

Lendeborg is the individual player who satisfies the 85 points/35 rebounds in four games. 

As for the other three, while I'm sure they met the metric, they started before the lottery system began in 1985.

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The NBA lottery began in 1985. In that period of time, just four NBA rookies scored 85+ points and secured 35+ rebounds in their first four games.

The first three are not only in the NBA Hall of Fame, each were named by Commissioner Stern as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (so named by a panel of players, coaches, GMs and the media).

The fourth is a rookie this year.

Name the four players.

I'll go with 

- Tim Duncan
- David Robinson
- Patrick Ewing
- Yaxel Lendeborg

Robinson, Ewing, Lendeborg are all correct. The fourth was Shaquille O'Neal.

Duncan came pretty close. 46 rebounds his first four games, and 62 points.

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The NBA lottery began in 1985. In that period of time, just four NBA rookies scored 85+ points and secured 35+ rebounds in their first four games.

The first three are not only in the NBA Hall of Fame, each were named by Commissioner Stern as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (so named by a panel of players, coaches, GMs and the media).

The fourth is a rookie this year.

Name the four players.

For the old-timers, I'll go with Wilt the Stilt, Kareem & Elvin Hayes. 

Wilt, Kareem, and Elvin would have satisfied the metric. In their first four games, their totals were (along with Bill Russell, because I was curious)

                     Points     Rebounds
Wilt Chamberlain       150       130 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar    107        62  
Elvin Hayes            106        65
Bill Russell            32        76

DOH! Curse you, reading comprehension skills (or lack thereof....)   :-P

But hey, thanks for the "artistic interpretation" acknowledgement   :-)

Way to go, 82lsju!