Martin Luther King Jr. as a basketball player
A natural point guard rated 87 in Legends Draft NBA, the parody game where famous people play basketball. The best orator in the cast carries a team in the huddle and at the line. A shooting guard with a smooth stroke and the highest IQ on the wing.

Photo: Phil Stanziola, NYWT&S staff photographer, Public domain
Natural position
PG Point guard
Rating
87OVRPlays like: A smooth shooter and the team's voice.
Play Legends Draft NBABasketball ratings
Made up for the game, 40 to 99.
- Shooting
- 90
- Playmaking
- 86
- Rebounding
- 79
- Defense
- 81
- Athleticism
- 72
- IQ
- 96
Where Martin Luther King Jr. fits
Each spot weighs the ratings its own way. Away from the natural spot a legend loses a few points; on the bench everyone plays at their natural rating.
- PGPoint guard, natural87
- SGShooting guard83
- SFSmall forward79
- CCenter78
- PFPower forward77
Scouting report
The best orator in the cast carries a team in the huddle and at the line. A shooting guard with a smooth stroke and the highest IQ on the wing.
Plays like A smooth shooter and the team's voice
In the football edition Martin Luther King Jr. is a natural quarterback graded 93. Martin Luther King Jr.'s football scouting report
Martin Luther King Jr. in real life
Real life
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
- Lived
- 1929 to 1968
- From
- United States
- Known as
- pastor, preacher, civil rights advocate, peace activist
- Honors
- Nobel Peace Prize, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, Gandhi Peace Award, and 11 more
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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Put Martin Luther King Jr. in your lineup
8 rolls, a starting five and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.
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