Basketball Players

Arike Ogunbowale is a point guard for the WNBA's Dallas Wings. She was selected as the fifth overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft following a standout four years at the University of Notre Dame. Her legendary career at Notre Dame was cemented in 2018, when she was named Most Outstanding Player and the Fighting Irish captured the 2018 National Championship. Arike went viral after hitting game-winnin...

Chris Bosh is a former NBA power forward for the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Bosh was drafted with the 4th overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors, after playing his college basketball at Georgia Tech. Over his 13 seasons, Bosh was an 11x All-Star and a 2x NBA Champion. While in Toronto, Bosh was a five-time NBA All-Star played for the U.S. nati...

Irving is a nine-time NBA All-Star and has amassed 18,433 points throughout his thirteen seasons in the NBA and currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks. Irving helped lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first-ever NBA Championship in 2016. Irving recorded 26 points in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, hitting a crucial three-pointer with 53 seconds left. Irving won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic...

Elena Delle Donne is a WNBA champion and 2x WNBA MVP who last played for the Washington Mystics. She's been selected to six All-Star teams and became the first WNBA player to join the 50-40-90 club in the Mystics' 2019 championship season. Elena joined the league in 2013 as the 2nd overall pick in the WNBA Draft.  Prior the WNBA, Elena had a successful college basketball career for the Delaware Bl...

Grant Hill is the managing director of USA Men’s Basketball, co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks, an analyst for CBS and Turner Sports, and an NBA and NCAA Hall of Famer. The Reston, Virginia native was a two-time NCAA national champion and All-American at Duke, and he was drafted No. 3 overall in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. Grant was the Rookie of the Year, and he would go on to be a sev...

Jordan Poole is an American NBA basketball player for the Washington Wizards. Born in Milwaukee, Poole played basketball at Rufus King High School and La Lumiere School during his high school years. After becoming a top 100 recruit in his 2017 class, Poole went to the University of Michigan during college. During the 2018 March Madness tournament, Poole’s greatest college play came when he scored...

Paul George is an NBA small forward. Originally from California, George was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 10th overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA's Most Improved Player in 2013. George was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2017 and played two seasons for the Thunder before he was traded to the Clippers in 2019. He played with the Clippers until 2024 when he sig...

Al Horford is an All-Star Power Forward with the Boston Celtics. The former 3rd overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, Horford is a 5x NBA All-Star who spent his first nine seasons with the Atlanta Hawks before signing a maximum salary contract with the Boston Celtics in 2016. He played his collegiate basketball at the University of Florida and was the starting center on the Gators teams that won bac...

LaMelo Ball is an NBA Point Guard for the Charlotte Hornets. He is also the brother of New Orleans star Lonzo and is also the brother of LiAngelo Ball. LaMelo chose a non-traditional path coming out of high school, choosing to play professionally overseas rather than joining an NCAA college program. Ball suited up for BC Prienei in Lithuania in 2019 and the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketba...

John Wall is an NBA Guard who is currently a free Agent. Before that, he played for the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets.  Born in North Carolina, he played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, where he was a Consensus First-Team All-American (2010) and SEC Player of the Year (2010).  He was drafted as the #1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards.  With the...

Zach Randolph, a 17-year NBA veteran, also known as “Z-Bo” last played for the Sacramento Kings during the 2017-18 season, averaging 14.5 points in 59 games. For his career, Rudolph is nearly averaging a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds per game. Randolph averaged a double-double in nine of his 17 NBA seasons. Rudolph earned two All-Star berths while playing with the Memphis Grizzlie...

Amar'e Stoudemire is a former NBA basketball player, most notably for the Phoenix Suns. Over Stoudemire's 14-year NBA career, he was a 6x All-Star and named 2003 NBA Rookie of the Year. He was the 9th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft out of high school, and played for the Suns, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Miami Heat before retiring from the NBA in 2016. Since is retirement...

Clyde Drexler is a former NBA guard and the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. One of the game’s legendary guards, Clyde was born in New Orleans and spent most of his childhood in Texas. After graduating from Ross Sterling High School in Houston he stayed in the city, attending the University of Houston from 1980-1983. Clyde propelled the “Phi Slamma Jamma” brand of Houston to two...

Hakeem Olajuwon is a former NBA player and widely regarded as one of the greatest big men of all time Hakeem was born in Nigeria and came to the United States to play college basketball at the University of Houston. Hakeem did not arrive as a notable recruit, he redshirted in his first year because he was not yet cleared to play by the NCAA, and he didn’t start as a redshirt freshman. But the ensu...

Marcus Smart is an NBA basketball player for the Washington Wizards. He formerly played for the Memphis Grizzlies and Boston Celtics. After playing his collegiate basketball at Oklahoma State University, Smart was drafted 6th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft. Smart is considered one of the best on-ball defenders in the NBA. Off the court, Smart is a philanthropist who created the 'Marcus Smart YounGa...

Lauri Markkanen is a Finnish professional basketball player who was born on May 22, 1997, in Vantaa, Finland. He is a 7-foot-tall power forward who played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats before being selected seventh overall in the 2017 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. Markkanen quickly established himself as a key player for the Bulls, averaging 15.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in...

Dwyane Wade is a retired American professional basketball player and a three-time NBA champion best known for his tenure with the Miami Heat. Born on January 17, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois, Wade starred at Marquette University before being selected fifth overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Heat. He quickly became one of the league’s premier shooting guards, earning NBA Finals MVP honors in 2006 a...

Jalen Rose is a former NBA player and current analyst and host on ABC and ESPN. Rose played 13 seasons in the NBA, earning the NBA’s Most Improved Player and Player of the Week awards in 2000 and Eastern Conference Player of the Week accolades in 2005; as a member of the Indiana Pacers, his team appeared in three straight eastern conference finals including a trip to the NBA Finals in 2000. Shortl...

Chris Mullin is a former NBA basketball player and former St. John's University basketball coach. He is a 2x Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team"), and in 2011 for his career), a 2x Olympic Gold Medalist, and former special advisor and general manager of the Sacramento Kings. Mullin played the major...

Alex Caruso is an NBA guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Caruso previously played for the Chicago Bulls and Lakers and is an NBA Champion after winning the 2020 NBA Championship with them. After playing 4 years of collegiate basketball at Texas A&M University, Caruso was signed to the Oklahoma City Thunder G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue. Following 1 season with the Blue, Caruso signe...

Austin Rivers is a retired NBA Player. Rivers was the second-ranked player in his recruiting class and attended Duke University for his collegiate years. In the 2012 NBA draft, Rivers was selected 10th overall by the New Orleans Hornets. Rivers has played for many teams over his nine years, but he’s most well-known for being a Clipper. During the 2017-2018 season with the Clippers, Rivers averaged...

Jalen Brunson is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 2x NBA All-Star (2024-2025). Brunson is a two-time NCAA Champion (2016, 2018) at Villanova. As a junior, he averaged 18.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists on his way to winning Big East Player of the Year, Big East Scholar Athlete of the Yea,r and the Bob Cousy...

Andrew Wiggins is a Canadian NBA basketball player for the Miami Heat. In 2025, he was traded to the Heat from the Golden State Warriors. In 2013, after becoming the number one ranked high school basketball player, Wiggins went to the University of Kansas for one year. In 2014, Wiggins was once again ranked number one as he was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA draft. Ho...

Tyrese Haliburton is an NBA point guard and shooting guard. Originally from Wisconsin, Haliburton was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the 2020 NBA Draft. In 2022, Haliburton was traded to the Pacers. Haliburton was named an NBA All-Star in 2023 and 2024 as well as being named All-NBA Third Team in 2024. Tyrese is also representing Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Aaron Jackson is an American professional basketball player. The Hartford, Connecticut native played collegiate basketball at Duquesne, and Aaron continued his career at the next level almost entirely overseas with stops across Europe as well as China and Israel. At the end of the 2018 NBA season, Jackson had a short stint with the Houston Rockets which included his NBA playoff debut, a deserved m...

Seth Curry is an American basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets. Curry went to Liberty and Duke during his collegiate career, 2008-2009 and 2010-2013, respectively. After going undrafted in 2013, Curry was picked up by the Memphis Grizzlies. 

With a 7-foot, 10-inch wingspan and a personality that matches, Mo Bamba is an inspiration both on and off the court. He was selected with the 6th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic after leading the University of Texas to an NCAA berth. He played for the Magic for 6 seasons and is currently a free agent. Mo grew up in the Harlem projects, but embraced challenges in the classroom and...

James White is a second-year basketball shooting guard at the University of Mississippi. White is originally from Georgia where he attended High School and averaged about 28 points per game his senior year. Being ranked as a top 10 player in the state of Georgia, White also received first-team all-state accolades as well as being named 2021 Region 3 6A Player of the year. White has an extremely ha...

Skylar Diggins-Smith is a force – both on and off the court. A five-time USA Basketball gold medalist, six-time WNBA All Star starter, 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player, 2015 ESPY Winner, and a four-time college All-American, Diggins-Smith now shines as a starting guard for the Seattle Storm. She previously played for the Phoenix Mercury. Diggins-Smith, who earned her bachelor’s degree in management...

Markelle Fultz is an NBA Point Guard for the Sacramento Kings. He formerly played for the Orlando Magic after being selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2017 NBA Draft. The then 19-year-old, Fultz, became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double. Fultz attended the University of Washington and in his lone season averaged 23.2 points per game, which was good f...

My story is one of tragedy, incomprehensible loss, and triumph. On Labor Day of 2003, my family and I were flying from northern Michigan to Ft. Wayne, Indiana. As we were preparing to land, the aircraft crashed and burst into flames. My dad threw me out of the plane to save my life. He went back into the flames to get my mom, Julie, my sister, Lindsay, and my brother, Ian, but tragically, was unab...

Ben Wallace is a former NBA player and Hall of Famer. After going undrafted in 1996, Wallace was picked up by the Washington Bullets. In 2000, Wallace made it to the Pistons, the team where he saw the most of his success.  In 2001 and 2002, Wallace was the league leader in rebounds, and in 2001, he led the league with blocks. From 2002 to 2006, Wallace was an All-Star, and in 2004, Wallace was an...