50 free NBA Immaculate Grid trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
NBA Immaculate Grid asks one question over and over: who played for both of these teams? Nine squares, one guess each, and the satisfaction of remembering that Rajon Rondo really did wear a Lakers jersey. This NBA Immaculate Grid trivia quiz is built the same way. Each question names two franchises and offers four players; exactly one of them suited up for both. The distractors are stars who played for only one of the two, or for neither, so you cannot get by on guessing the biggest name. The pairs run from the famous crossings (Michael Jordan's Wizards years, Shaq from Orlando to L.A., Wilt from the Warriors to the Sixers) to the ones that win grids because nobody remembers them: Tracy McGrady's Knicks stint, Hakeem Olajuwon in a Raptors uniform, Dominique Wilkins with the Celtics, Peja with the Pacers. There are also a few questions on the game itself: who built it, why it is called immaculate, and when the basketball version launched. Every player-team pairing was checked against the player's reference page before publishing, and each question carries a citation.
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Q 01Which player suited up for both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics?
Rajon Rondo
Rondo won a title with Boston in 2008 and another with the Lakers in the 2020 bubble, one of very few players to win rings with both rivals.
Q 02Which player suited up for both the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards?
Michael Jordan
He came back from his second retirement for two seasons in Washington, having first joined the Wizards as part-owner and president of basketball operations.
Q 03Which player suited up for both the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers?
LeBron James
He announced the move to Miami on The Decision in 2010, then went home in 2014 and ended Cleveland's title drought in 2016.
Q 04Which player suited up for both the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks?
Steve Nash
Phoenix drafted him 15th in 1996, traded him to Dallas in 1998, then signed him back in 2004, after which he won two MVPs.
Q 05Which player suited up for both the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Shaquille O'Neal
He left Orlando as a free agent in 1996 and won three straight titles in Los Angeles from 2000 to 2002.
Q 06Which player suited up for both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets?
James Harden
The Thunder would not give him a max extension, so they traded him to Houston before the 2012-13 season; he won the 2018 MVP there.
Q 07Which player suited up for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets?
Allen Iverson
He was traded to Denver in 2006, later played for Detroit and Memphis, and finished back in Philadelphia in 2009-10.
Q 08Which player suited up for both the San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors?
Kawhi Leonard
His single season in Toronto ended with the franchise's first title and his second Finals MVP, one of only three players to win the award with two teams.
Q 09Which player suited up for both the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics?
Kevin Garnett
He was Defensive Player of the Year in his first Boston season and went to Brooklyn with Paul Pierce in the 2013 blockbuster.
Q 10Which player suited up for both the Golden State Warriors and the Philadelphia 76ers?
Wilt Chamberlain
He played for the Warriors in both Philadelphia and San Francisco before returning east to the 76ers, then finished with the Lakers.
Q 11Which player suited up for both the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls?
Dennis Rodman
The Worm won two rings with the Bad Boys and three more with the Bulls, with a stop in San Antonio in between.
Q 12Which player suited up for both the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets?
Tracy McGrady
After the Yao Ming years in Houston he was dealt to New York in a three-team trade in February 2010 and played 24 games there.
Q 13Which player suited up for both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
He won his first title with Milwaukee in 1971 and five more in Los Angeles across a 20-season career.
Q 21Which player suited up for both the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic?
Grant Hill
His injury-plagued Orlando years followed a Rookie of the Year start in Detroit; he later had a healthy renaissance in Phoenix.
Q 22Which player suited up for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics?
Kyrie Irving
He asked out of Cleveland after three straight Finals and spent two seasons in Boston before moving to Brooklyn in 2019.
Q 23Which player suited up for both the Chicago Bulls and the Minnesota Timberwolves?
Jimmy Butler
The 30th pick in 2011 spent six seasons in Chicago and a stormy year and a half in Minnesota before Philadelphia and Miami.
Q 14Which player suited up for both the Phoenix Suns and the Philadelphia 76ers?
Charles Barkley
Philadelphia drafted him fifth in 1984; he won the 1993 MVP in Phoenix and finished his career in Houston.
Q 15Which player suited up for both the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Karl Malone
The Mailman spent 18 seasons in Utah and one final, ring-chasing year in Los Angeles in 2003-04.
Q 16Which player suited up for both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New York Knicks?
Stephon Marbury
Milwaukee drafted him and traded him to Minnesota for the rights to Ray Allen; the 2004 trade to New York brought the Coney Island native home.
Q 17Which player suited up for both the Sacramento Kings and the Indiana Pacers?
Peja Stojaković
The Serbian sharpshooter was traded from Sacramento to Indiana in 2006 and later won a title with Dallas in 2011.
Q 18Which player suited up for both the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets?
Clyde Drexler
Clyde the Glide was traded to Houston in 1995 and won the title that June alongside his old University of Houston teammate.
Q 19Which player suited up for both the Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors?
Marc Gasol
He was Defensive Player of the Year in Memphis in 2013 and a midseason pickup for Toronto's 2019 title run.
Q 20Which player suited up for both the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat?
Alonzo Mourning
Charlotte drafted him second in 1992; he became a two-time Defensive Player of the Year in Miami and won a ring there in 2006.
Q 24Which player suited up for both the Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks?
Carmelo Anthony
Denver took him third in 2003 behind LeBron and Darko; the 2011 deadline trade sent him home to New York.
Q 25Which player suited up for both the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets?
Kevin Durant
He joined the 73-win Warriors in 2016 and, after tearing his Achilles in the 2019 Finals, signed with Brooklyn.
Q 26Which player suited up for both the Phoenix Suns and the New Jersey Nets?
Jason Kidd
He led New Jersey to back-to-back Finals in 2002 and 2003 and finally won a ring with Dallas in 2011.
Q 27Which player suited up for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Houston Rockets?
Moses Malone
Buffalo traded him to Houston after two games; he led the Sixers to the 1983 title, sweeping through the playoffs 'fo', fi', fo'.
Q 28Which player suited up for both the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics?
Dominique Wilkins
The Human Highlight Film played 11 seasons in Atlanta and one in Boston in 1994-95, then won his first titles with Panathinaikos.
Q 29Which player suited up for both the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Luka Dončić
The 2025 trade that sent him from Dallas to Los Angeles stunned the league; he had taken the Mavericks to the Finals only months earlier.
Q 30Which player suited up for both the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Lamar Odom
The Clippers took him fourth in 1999; he won back-to-back titles with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010 and returned to the Clippers in 2012.