NBA Immaculate Grid Trivia
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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
Rajon Rondo was traded away by Boston in 2014, and four years later the Lakers signed him to compete with and mentor young point guard Lonzo Ball.
Q 02Which player suited up for both the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards?
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan came back from his second retirement to play two seasons in Washington, 2001-02 and 2002-03, having first joined the Wizards as part-owner and president of basketball operations in 2000.
Q 03Which player suited up for both the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers?
LeBron James
LeBron James announced his move to Miami on The Decision in 2010, won two titles there, then returned to Cleveland in 2014 and ended the city's championship drought in 2016.
Q 04Which player suited up for both the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks?
Steve Nash
Steve Nash was drafted 15th by Phoenix in 1996, traded to Dallas in 1998, then returned to the Suns as a free agent in 2004 and won back-to-back MVPs in 2005 and 2006.
Q 05Which player suited up for both the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal left Orlando as a free agent in 1996 and won three straight titles with the Lakers from 2000 to 2002, taking Finals MVP each time.
Q 06Which player suited up for both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets?
James Harden
James Harden was traded from the Thunder to Houston before the 2012-13 season, after the sides could not agree on a contract extension; he won the 2018 MVP with the Rockets.
Q 07Which player suited up for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets?
Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson was traded from Philadelphia to Denver in December 2006, later played for Detroit and Memphis, and finished his NBA career back with the 76ers in 2009-10.
Q 08Which player suited up for both the San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors?
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard's first Toronto season, 2018-19, ended with the franchise's first championship and his second Finals MVP, five years after he won the award with San Antonio.
Q 09Which player suited up for both the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics?
Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett was Defensive Player of the Year in his first Boston season, 2007-08, and went to Brooklyn alongside Paul Pierce in the 2013 blockbuster trade.
Q 10Which player suited up for both the Warriors franchise and the Philadelphia 76ers?
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain played for the Warriors in both Philadelphia and San Francisco before being traded back east to the 76ers in January 1965, and finished his career with the Lakers.
Q 11Which player suited up for both the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls?
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman won two rings with the Bad Boys Pistons in 1989 and 1990 and three more with the Bulls from 1996 to 1998, with two seasons in San Antonio in between.
Q 12Which player suited up for both the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets?
Tracy McGrady
Tracy McGrady was dealt from Houston to New York in a three-team trade in February 2010 and played out that season for the Knicks before leaving for Detroit in the summer.
Q 13Which player suited up for both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Q 21Which player suited up for both the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic?
Grant Hill
Grant Hill was co-Rookie of the Year with Detroit in 1995, but an ankle injury in 2000, the year he was traded to Orlando, plagued him for years.
Q 22Which player suited up for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics?
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving asked out of Cleveland after the 2017 Finals, was traded to Boston that August, and spent two seasons there before signing with Brooklyn in 2019.
Q 23Which player suited up for both the Chicago Bulls and the Minnesota Timberwolves?
Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler asked Minnesota to trade him before the 2018 season, after one year there, and was dealt to Philadelphia that November.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won a title with Milwaukee in 1971, then asked for a trade and was dealt to the Lakers in 1975, where he won five more.
Q 14Which player suited up for both the Phoenix Suns and the Philadelphia 76ers?
Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley was drafted fifth by Philadelphia in 1984, won the 1993 MVP after his trade to Phoenix, and finished his career in Houston in 2000.
Q 15Which player suited up for both the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Karl Malone
Karl Malone left Utah for the Lakers in 2003 chasing his first championship, only to lose the Finals to Detroit.
Q 16Which player suited up for both the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New York Knicks?
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Marbury was drafted fourth by Milwaukee in 1996 and traded to Minnesota on draft night; a January 2004 deal from Phoenix 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
Peja Stojaković was traded from Sacramento to Indiana for Ron Artest in January 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 Drexler was traded from Portland to Houston in February 1995 and won the title that June alongside his former Phi Slama Jama teammate from the University of Houston.
Q 19Which player suited up for both the Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors?
Marc Gasol
Marc Gasol was Defensive Player of the Year with Memphis in 2013, and a February 2019 trade-deadline deal sent him to Toronto, where he won the title that June.
Q 20Which player suited up for both the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat?
Alonzo Mourning
Alonzo Mourning was drafted second by Charlotte in 1992 and, after coming back from a kidney transplant, won the 2006 title with Miami.
Q 24Which player suited up for both the Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks?
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony was taken third by Denver in the 2003 draft, and a February 2011 deadline trade sent the Brooklyn-born star home to New York.
Q 25Which player suited up for both the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets?
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant joined the Warriors in 2016 and won two titles there, then after tearing his Achilles in the 2019 Finals moved to Brooklyn in a sign-and-trade.
Q 26Which player suited up for both the Phoenix Suns and the New Jersey Nets?
Jason Kidd
Jason Kidd was traded from Phoenix to New Jersey in 2001, led the Nets 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
Moses Malone was dealt by Buffalo to Houston after just two games in 1976, won two MVPs there, and later led the 76ers to the 1983 title.
Q 28Which player suited up for both the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics?
Dominique Wilkins
Dominique Wilkins was traded by Atlanta to the Clippers for Danny Manning in 1994, even though the Hawks were leading the East.
Q 29Which player suited up for both the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Luka Dončić
Luka Dončić was traded from Dallas to the Lakers in February 2025, less than eight months after he had led the Mavericks to the 2024 Finals.
Q 30Which player suited up for both the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers?
Lamar Odom
Lamar Odom was the Clippers' fourth pick in 1999, won back-to-back titles with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010, and returned to the Clippers for the 2012-13 season.