# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 310
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6181 "2024-10-02T00:12:34Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6182 "2024-10-02T01:56:26Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6183 "2024-10-02T04:14:42Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6184 "2024-10-02T08:18:56Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon Career leader with 3,830. Mutombo is second with 3,289. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6185 "2024-10-02T12:18:44Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6186 "2024-10-02T12:26:31Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner Two-time NBA blocks leader. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6187 "2024-10-02T13:19:37Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner 8. Mark Eaton Led the league in blocks four times and holds the NBA single-season records for blocks (456) and blocked shots per game average (5.6). ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6188 "2024-10-02T20:29:54Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner 8. Mark Eaton 9. Julius Erving Dr. J is the only wing player (small forward or shooting guard) on the Top 25 of the NBA/ABA career blocks list (#23). ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6189 "2024-10-02T21:05:23Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner 8. Mark Eaton 9. Julius Erving 10. LeBron James 80th on the all-time list. You could make several highlight reels out of his chase-down blocks. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6190 "2024-10-03T04:18:23Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner 8. Mark Eaton 9. Julius Erving 10. LeBron James 11. Victor Wembanyama 254 blocks in his rookie season ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6191 "2024-10-07T18:24:57Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner 8. Mark Eaton 9. Julius Erving 10. LeBron James 11. Victor Wembanyama 12. Shaquille O’Neal ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6192 "2024-10-10T21:22:13Z")
**Best shot blockers in NBA history** 1. Dikembe Mutombo 2. Elmore Smith 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Manute Bol 5. Hakeem Olajuwon 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Myles Turner 8. Mark Eaton 9. Julius Erving 10. LeBron James 11. Victor Wembanyama 12. Shaquille O’Neal 13. Tim Duncan **Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6193 "2024-10-10T21:37:48Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6194 "2024-10-10T21:44:35Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6195 "2024-10-10T21:45:21Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) 4. Ammunition used by a shotgun ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6196 "2024-10-10T21:47:41Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) 4. Ammunition used by a shotgun 5. “Shot in the dark”: Unlikely to work but better than nothing ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6197 "2024-10-10T21:53:52Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) 4. Ammunition used by a shotgun 5. “Shot in the dark”: Unlikely to work but better than nothing 6. A continuously photographed portion of a movie ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6198 "2024-10-10T22:09:38Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) 4. Ammunition used by a shotgun 5. “Shot in the dark”: Unlikely to work but better than nothing 6. A continuously photographed portion of a movie 7. A measure of liquor, generally 1.5 ounces ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6199 "2024-10-10T22:13:31Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) 4. Ammunition used by a shotgun 5. “Shot in the dark”: Unlikely to work but better than nothing 6. A continuously photographed portion of a movie 7. A measure of liquor, generally 1.5 ounces 8. Discharging a firearm ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6200 "2024-10-10T22:20:04Z")
**Possible meanings of “shot”: noun, verb, idiom, slang, figure of speech or anything else** 1. Flu vaccine 2. Scoring attempt in basketball 3. Making a pass/asking out (commonly a man to a woman) 4. Ammunition used by a shotgun 5. “Shot in the dark”: Unlikely to work but better than nothing 6. A continuously photographed portion of a movie 7. A measure of liquor, generally 1.5 ounces 8. Discharging a firearm 9. Something that is broken: “Well, that gizmo is shot; time for a new one.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=309) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=311)