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TIL NBA player Ricky Davis received the nickname "Wrong Rim Ricky" in Cleveland. Davis was one rebound short of a triple double, when he deliberately tossed an inbound pass off his own rim & caught it in attempt to receive credit for a rebound, but shots taken at one's own basket do not count

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