Rick Smits is a retired professional basketball player from the Netherlands. With the Pacers, Smits originally backed up Steve Stipanovich, but when Stipanovich suffered a terrible injury that ended his career, Smits ended up starting 71 games in his rookie year, averaging 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game and earning All-Rookie First Team honors. Smits continued to average double-digit... read full bio
Tiny Archibald is a retired professional basketball player for the NBA who played for the Cincinnati Royals, the Omaha Kings, the Milwuakee Bucks, and the Boston Celtics. He was an NBA champion, The NBA scoring champion and the NBA assists leader, an AllStar Player six different years, and even an NBA All-Star Game MVP. He led the NBA in free... read full bio
Nelison "Nick" Anderson is a retired NBA player from Chicago. During his 13 year career he played for the Orlando Magic, Sacramento Kings, and Memphis Grizzlies. Anderson played at the University of Illinois. During his two years there he joined the team in the NCAA Final Four before being drafted to the NBA by the Orlando Magic. Anderson led the... read full bio
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA player turned radio host. During his eleven year professional career, Maxwell played for the Boston Celtics, LA Clippers, and Houston Rockets. Maxwell is a two-time NBA champion, a NBA finals MVP, and a Sun Belt Player of the Year. Maxwell studied at UNC Charlotte where he also played basketball. From there he was drafted... read full bio
Former small forward for the NBA, Cedric Ceballos played most of his career with the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakrs, latering finishing his career with the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat. While with the Suns, Ceballos led the NBA in field goal percentage, and the team reached the NBA finals that same year. He also led... read full bio
M.L. Carr is a former professional basketball player for the NBA and ABA, and former head coach and General Manager for the Boston Celtics. Carr studied at Guiliford College and was drafted seventh by the Kentucky Colonels but was soon after released. During his time playing basketball, Carr has played for Hamilton Pat Pavers, Scranton Apollos, Spirits of St. Louis,... read full bio
Angel McCoughtry is an American WNBA player for the Atlanta Dream. She was drafted from the University of Louisville in the first round of the draft. At University of Louisville, she broke the school record for career scores. Angel represented the United States on the national team two times in the world championships, winning gold both times, and in the... read full bio
Jeff Hornacek is an American professional basketball coach and former player from Elmhurst, Illinois. He started his career playing basketball in college at Iowa State University. From there, he was the 22nd pick in the second round of the NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. Hornacek began his NBA career playing for the Suns for several years and then played... read full bio
Tom Heinsohn is an American former professional basketball player who has played in the NBA for several years and spent the entirety of his professional career playing with the Boston Celtics. Heinsohn was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and he began his career playing basketball in high school before going on to play college basketball at Holy Cross where... read full bio
Larry Brown is an American former basketball coach and former basketball point guard from Brooklyn, New York. Brown grew up in Brooklyn and began his career playing basketball in high school where he also played with Team USA in the Maccabiah Games where he helped them to win gold. Brown went on to play college basketball at the University of... read full bio
Naji Marshall is an American basketball player who has been playing college basketball for the Xavier Musketeers for Xavier University. Marshall was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and he began his career playing basketball in high school at Takoma Academy before going on to transfer to Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where he helped lead his team to the Maryland... read full bio
Josh Hall is an American basketball player who has had a successful high school career and plays as a small forward. Hall began his career playing high school football in North Carolina before going on to transfer to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia and then play at Moravian Prep where he was named the North Carolina Player of the Year.... read full bio
Nick Perkins is an American basketball player who has played with the New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. Perkins was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and he began his career playing basketball in high school where he helped lead the school to a Class B State title. From there, Perkins went on to play college basketball for the... read full bio
Tarik Phillip is a British-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League. Phillip was born in Brooklyn, New York, and he began his career in basketball first playing basketball in high school where he helped his school to the Public Schools Athletic League. From there, Phillip went on to play college basketball... read full bio
American basketball player Hassan Niam Whiteside most recently competed with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to the Sacramento Kings selecting him in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft, he played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd. Whiteside joined the Miami Heat in 2014, and in 2016, when he also led the NBA... read full bio
NBA shooting guard Jeremy Lamb plays for the Charlotte Hornets. He guided his high school team to the regional titles, the state playoff Elite 8, and a final record of 27-3. Lamb was rated as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, who also ranked him as the No. 76 player in the country and the No. 19 shooting guard. The University... read full bio
Maya plays professionally in the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) for the Minnesota Lynx. She had previously played for the Ros Casares Valencia in Spain and the Shanzi Flame in the Chinese league. She was recognized as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 of Sports' Brightest Young Stars in 2015, and she is praised for having hands that can move... read full bio
In the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), Lauren Jackson plays both center and forward for the Seattle Storm. The native of Australia, both of her parents having played for their country's national basketball teams, began her professional career in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) of Australia after receiving a scholarship to study at the Australian Institute of Sport. Both... read full bio
Former NBA basketball player Frederick Terrell Jones is American. He competed in college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, and at the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, he won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Born in Malvern, Arkansas, Fred Jones relocated to Portland, Oregon when he was in middle school. While attending Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, a suburb of Portland,... read full bio
American Seimone Delicia Augustus, a former professional basketball player, is now an assistant coach for the U.S. national team, Dynamo Kursk, and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). First overall in the WNBA Draft in 2006, she signed with the Sparks after leaving the Minnesota Lynx. Augustus is one of the most well-known players in... read full bio
