# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3442 "2023-10-21T13:51:15Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3443 "2023-10-21T14:02:35Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David Unseld, Wes ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3444 "2023-10-21T23:07:25Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David Unseld, Wes Van Exel, Nick By the way, to let you know in advance, there’s never been an NBA player whose last name starts with X. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3445 "2023-10-21T23:10:21Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David Unseld, Wes Van Exel, Nick Wilkens, Lenny ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3446 "2023-10-21T23:18:46Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David Unseld, Wes Van Exel, Nick Wilkens, Lenny Young, Trae ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3447 "2023-10-22T00:44:54Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David Unseld, Wes Van Exel, Nick Wilkens, Lenny **‘X-man’ — _Xavier Maurice McDaniel. He played for several teams including the Seattle Supersonics, NY Knicks, Boston Celtics, and NJ Nets between 1985 and 1998._** Young, Trae Carry on. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3448 "2023-10-22T17:27:36Z")
**National Basketball Association Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Bryant, Kobe Cooper, Michael Dantley, Adrian Ewing, Patrick Finley, Michael Gervin, George Haliburton, Tyrese Irving, Kyrie Jordan, Michael Kemp, Shawn Laimbeer, Bill Malone, Karl Nash, Steve O’Neal, Shaquille Pettit, Bob Queen, Trevelin Robinson, David Smits, Rik Thompson, David Unseld, Wes Van Exel, Nick Wilkens, Lenny **‘X-man’ — _Xavier Maurice McDaniel. He played for several teams including the Seattle Supersonics, NY Knicks, Boston Celtics, and NJ Nets between 1985 and 1998._** Young, Trae Zubac, Ivica Let’s move on to football! **National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3449 "2023-10-22T17:35:34Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3450 "2023-10-22T17:52:25Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Tight end for the Packers in the 1970s and 1980s, when I was a teenager. He’s still my all-time favorite Packer, and my Packers jersey has his number (82). ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3451 "2023-10-22T18:17:26Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len ---
**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 22, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3452 "2023-10-22T19:20:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Coffman, Paul Ah, yes. Small-town Kansas boy who walked on at K-State and started for four years before going undrafted yet played for 10 years in the NFL. In play: **National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3453 "2023-10-22T19:31:55Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3454 "2023-10-22T20:56:53Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3455 "2023-10-22T21:03:31Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3456 "2023-10-23T02:21:10Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul Irvin, Michael ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3457 "2023-10-23T14:40:32Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul Irvin, Michael Johnson, Andre ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3458 "2023-10-23T15:08:40Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul Irvin, Michael Johnson, Andre Kelce, Travis ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3459 "2023-10-23T16:46:13Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul Irvin, Michael Johnson, Andre Kelce, Travis Luckman, Sid ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/3460 "2023-10-23T19:29:45Z")
**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul Irvin, Michael Johnson, Andre Kelce, Travis Luckman, Sid Manning, Peyton ---
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**National Football League Players (Past and Present; by Last Name)** Alworth, Lance Bradshaw, Terry Coffman, Paul Dawson, Len Elliott, Ezekiel Fitzpatrick, Minkah Gates, Antonio Hornung, Paul Irvin, Michael Johnson, Andre Kelce, Travis Luckman, Sid Manning, Peyton Nitschke, Ray _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=174)