{"id":23048,"date":"2012-10-26T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=23048"},"modified":"2012-10-26T11:41:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T16:41:53","slug":"frequently-in-the-nfl-barely-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2012\/10\/frequently-in-the-nfl-barely-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently in the NFL, Barely in the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TrentI”m late in updating my list of Mormons in professional football. Its not because last year’s post<\/a> was hijacked by those talking about playing sports on Sunday. But it may be in part because I’ve focused more on baseball<\/a> recently. But, I’ve finally got my act together, and here’s the current list, along with the now due list of Mormons in professional basketball — including an additional Mormon playing in the NBA preseason<\/p>\n

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Recently 2008 NBA draft pick (#46 overall) Trent Plaisted was asked to join the L. A. Clippers for their preseason games after playing in Europe since 2009. He has appeared in 3 games so far, averaging just 5 minutes a game. It remains to be seen whether or not he will stay once the season begins.<\/p>\n

As always, the names on the list below are provisional. It is possible that some of them are not Mormon, or no longer consider themselves Mormon. Others may be inactive or disaffected. To a degree we can only guess what religious affiliation any person has — its not a matter of public record. In general, I take the widest possible latitude with this — if someone’s parents are Mormon or grew up Mormon, I put them on the list, assuming that they were influenced somehow. Just because they don’t “act Mormon” (whatever that means) or follow the commandments doesn’t mean they are automatically excluded.<\/p>\n

If you have further information that can be independently verified about the names below, or know of additional individuals whose Church membership can be verified, please mention them below in the comments.<\/p>\n

So that it is very clear, whether or not these individuals or any Mormon should play sports on Sunday is NOT a topic for comments on this post<\/strong>. Such comments will be removed. It could be a comment on another post — or if someone wants to submit to me a guest post on this subject, I’ll consider posting it separately.<\/p>\n

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Players:<\/p>\n