Derrick Coleman is a retired NBA player. He was drafted first overall by the New Jersey Nets, had a solid rookie season and was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Coleman helped build the new team taking them to the playoffs three years in a row and winning was chosen as an NBA All-Star player twice. In his... read full bio
Billy Cunningham is a retired NBA player. He was drafted fifth overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. He played with the team for eight seasons winning the NBA championship in his second year. Cunningham played his next two seasons with the Carolina Cougars before returning to the 76ers. Cunningham was a four-time NBA All-Star. After retiring he became the head coach... read full bio
Terry Cummings is a retired National Basketball Association player. He played for 18 seasons with seven different teams. He is a two time NBA All-Star player. Born and raised in Chicago, Terry went to DePaul University where he averaged 16.4 points per game. After leaving DePaul Cummings entered the NBA Draft where he was taken 2nd overall by the San... read full bio
Otis Birdsong played for twelve seasons with the NBA, appearing in four NBA All-Stars Games. While attending the University of Houston, he became the first sophomore in the school’s history to achieve 1,000 career points. Duringhis first year as an SWC player, Birdsong led the league in scoring, finishing eighth nationally with a 26.1 average. He was named a Consensus... read full bio
Tony Delk enjoyed a ten-year NBA career, with teams like the Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, and Detroit Pistons. While he was playing at the University of Kentucky, the team reached the Final Four and Elite Eight, in addition to the SEC Championship and SEC Tournament Championship. Delk also led... read full bio
In his four years as an NCAA college basketball player, Southwest Conference Hall of Famer Sidney Moncrief led the University of Arkansas Razorbacks to the Final Four, and a win in the NCAA Consolation Game versus #6 Notre Dame. He became the school’s all-time leading scorer. Moncrief was a part of “The Triplets,” along with head coach Eddie Sutton and... read full bio
Walter Bond is an American former NBA player. Walter Bond, like many other young men in Chicago, aspired to play basketball for the NBA. He rose from being a reserve player coming off the bench to become the first rookie free agent to start for the Dallas Mavericks by overcoming injuries and other difficulties with uncommon tenacity. The strong values... read full bio
Oscar Robertson is a former American NBA player who spent his career with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. Robertson played the shooting guard/point guard position, and he went down as on of the greatest payers in NBA history. Robertson is a twelve-time All-Star, eleven-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in fourteen... read full bio
Sean Elliott is a retired American professional basketball player who starred at small forward in both the college and professional ranks. He attended the University of Arizona, where he had a standout career as a two-time All-American, winner of the 1989 John R. Wooden Award, the 1989 Adolph Rupp Trophy, the 1989 NABC Player of the Year, 1989 AP Player... read full bio
Named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, Big Game James" was a seven time NBA All-Star and three time NBA champion. A standout for the North Carolina Tar Heels, the 6 ft 9 inch small forward was the MOP of the 1982 NCAA Tournament and the #1 pick of the 1982 NBA Draft. James Worthy defines... read full bio
Walter McCarty is a retired forward in the NBA. Walter played college basketball at the University of Kentucky. He became a fan favorite in Boston for his gutsy play, hustle, and penchant for making the big shot. Walter was involved in every aspect of the team's community outreach including the Southwest Airlines/Boston Celtics Assists program, United Way of Massachusetts Bay,... read full bio
Stephen provides CEOs, companies, and leaders with a mind-blowing, game-changing strategy for breakthrough achievement. You'll want to hear the amazing tale of how Stephen found the three strategies that allow businesses and sports teams to remain at the forefront of their respective fields even during periods of dramatic upheaval if you're prepared to lead your team to new heights. Early in... read full bio
Bill Laimbeer is a retired NBA player who spent most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. He helped the team win back-to-back championship titles. Laimbeer played for a year in Italy before he came back to the Cleveland Cavaliers. After two years in Cleveland he was traded to the Detroit Pistons where he played for eleven seasons before his... read full bio
The "do-everything" forward from Indiana played in the WNBA for 16 seasons before retiring from what would become a career that would go down in history. Her work off the court has had a greater influence than her MVP career on the court, as seen by her selection as the first-ever ESPN Humanitarian Award recipient and the 14 years of... read full bio
Al Jefferson is an American professional basketball player who has played for several different teams over the years and is currently playing for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Chinese Basketball Association. Jefferson went straight into professional basketball after high school and was drafted 15th by the Boston Celtics. After playing with the Celtics for a few years some other... read full bio
Skylar Diggins-Smith is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Wings of the Women’s National Basketball Association. Skylar started her career in high school where she was a four-year varsity basketball letter winner. While there, she led her school to state championship games and was named to the all-state first team three years in a row. During... read full bio
Tyronn Lue is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA from Mexico, Missouri. Lue played basketball at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he was a member of the team that won the NIT. From there, he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets but was traded... read full bio
P.J. Carlesimo is an American basketball coach who has been a coach for the NBA and for college basketball for almost 40 years. Apart from being a basketball coach, Carlesimo is also a television broadcaster and has work for networks and outlets such as CSN New England, The NBA on NBC, The NBA on TNT, ESPN, Fox Sports, and more.... read full bio
Phil Handy is an American basketball assistant coach who is currently of the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA and who is also a player development trainer. Handy was born in San Leandro, California and grew up in Hayward-Union City, California. Handy played college basketball at the University of Hawaii and while playing there he was a WAC champion and... read full bio
Nicki Collen is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach for the Atlanta Dream. Collen was born in Indiana and later moved to Platteville, Wisconsin where she began to attend basketball camps with Bo Ryan. Collen later started her playing career at Purdue, where her team appeared in the NCAA Tournament two years in a row and... read full bio
