- Michael Jordan
Mike's wife Jill is a mathematician, recently achieving her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. They are expecting their first child in late April or early May 2006. Mike is a graduate of Houghton College in New York and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies at Drew University in Madison, NJ.
- Ben Gordon
Benjamin (Ben) Gordon (born April 4, 1983 in London, England, UK) is an American National Basketball Association player for the Chicago Bulls. He played shooting guard for the University of Connecticut in college and grew up in Mount Vernon, New York.
- Kirk Hinrich
(born January 2 1981 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American NBA basketball player, currently starting at point guard for the Chicago Bulls. He is also a member of the USA National Team. Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age, due to his father, Jim, being a high school basketball coach in Sioux City, Hinrich's father, coached him from the third grade through high school. As a high school senior, Hinrich was named the 1999 Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball, …
- Luol Deng
Luol Deng (born April 16, 1985 in Wau, Sudan) is a British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls, where he plays small forward.
- Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace (born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. Nicknamed Big Ben and The Body, he plays the position of center and is and. He is a four-time winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (a feat equalled only by Dikembe Mutombo), and is regarded as one of the finest defensive players in the game.
- Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. A former player for the New York Knicks, Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association. His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998; during his tenure in Chicago, …
- Joakim Noah
Joakim Noah (pronunciation: "JO-a-kim"; born February 25 1985 in New York, New York) is a basketball player for the Chicago Bulls. He played collegiate basketball for the University of Florida in the SEC of the NCAA from 2004-2007. Noah was a member of the Gators' teams that won the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments. On June 28, 2007, Noah was taken 9th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.
- Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Skiles holds the NBA record for assists in one game, with thirty. In 1990-91 he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Currently, he lives in Chicago during the season, and spends the summer months in New Buffalo, Michigan.
- Tyrus Thomas
Tyrus Wayne Thomas (born August 17, 1986 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player who played one season of college basketball at LSU and is now an NBA player for the Chicago Bulls.
- Thabo Sefolosha
Thabo Patrick Sefolosha IPA: // (born) is a Swiss professional basketball player. He currently plays shooting guard for the Chicago Bulls, coming off the bench. He averages 3.9 points per game. Sefolosha has lived in five countries and speaks three languages (Italian, French and English). He was born in Vevey, Switzerland to a Swiss mother and a South African father.
- Scottie Pippen
Scottie Maurice Pippen (born September 25, 1965 in Hamburg, Arkansas) is a former American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is most remembered for leading the Chicago Bulls together with Michael Jordan to six championships and being one of the best all-around players of all time.
- Chris Duhon
Chris Nicholas Duhon (born August 31, 1982 in Mamou, Louisiana), is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Duhon was a guard for the Duke University men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004.
- John Paxson
John Paxson (born September 29 1960 in Dayton, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He is currently the General Manager of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.
- Corey Maggette
Corey Antoine Maggette (born November 12, 1979 in Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player, positioned at small forward for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He excelled at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he was an All-American in basketball and also an Illinois high school state track finalist in long jump and triple jump.
- Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry Reinsdorf assumed the position of Chairman of the Chicago Bulls on March 13, 1985, when he led the group that purchased controlling interest in the franchise. Reinsdorf is also the Chairman of the 2005 World Champion Chicago White Sox ...
- Joe Smith
Joseph Leynard Smith (born July 26 1975, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. His height is listed as 6'10". Smith attended Maury High School and played at the University of Maryland. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the first overall pick of the 1995 NBA Draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1995-96 season. Smith is a power forward.
- David Lee
David Lee (born April 29, 1983 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's New York Knicks. A 6'9", 249 lb. power forward, Lee played collegiately for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida.
- Jamal Crawford
Jamal Crawford (born March 20 1980 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player currently at the shooting guard position with the NBA's New York Knicks. Crawford attended the University of Michigan, where he was given a six-game suspension by the NCAA for violating rules on amateurism and extra benefits received by Seattle businessman Barry Henthorn. After being drafted in 2000 as a freshman by the Cleveland Cavaliers, …
- Tim Thomas
Timothy (Tim) Mark Thomas (born on February 26 1977, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers. After spending one year at Villanova he was drafted seventh overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 1997 NBA Draft and immediately traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the Sixers' draft pick Keith Van Horn. In 1999, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.
- Raef Lafrentz
Raef Andrew LaFrentz (born May 29 1976, in Hampton, Iowa) is an NBA basketball player currently with the Portland Trail Blazers. LaFrentz is a power forward and occasionally plays at center. He is mostly known for his perimeter skills and his shot blocking ability. He wears number 45. LaFrentz played basketball at the University of Kansas, finishing in 1998. He played with current Celtic Paul Pierce while at Kansas.
- Jim Boylan
Jim Boylan (born April 29, 1955 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American basketball coach. He has been the lead assistant for the Chicago Bulls under Scott Skiles since May 19, 2004. Boylan has recently been mentioned as a possible successor to Rick Carlisle as head coach of the Indiana Pacers.
- Leandro Barbosa
Leandro Mateus Barbosa is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who plays at the guard position with the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. He is also known as "Leandrinho", or "Little Leandro". His nickname in the league is the "Brazilian Blur."
- Brent Barry
Brent Robert Barry (born December 31, 1971 in Hempstead, New York) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. He is known by his nickname, "Bones", and stands 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m). Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, and is arguably the best player of the four basketball-playing Barry sons, the others being (from oldest) Scooter, Jon, and Drew. Brent, the second youngest, has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers, …
- George Karl
George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951 in Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player and current head coach of the Denver Nuggets. Karl is currently 12th on the all-time win list for coaches in the NBA. After a college career at the University of North Carolina he signed with the ABA's San Antonio Spurs in 1973. When the Spurs joined the NBA in 1976, …
- P. J. Brown
Collier "P.J." Brown (born October 14, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls. After a college career at Louisiana Tech University, he was a second round draft choice of the New Jersey Nets in the 1992 NBA Draft, and has played for the Nets, the Miami Heat and the Charlotte / New Orleans / New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets averaging 9.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.
- Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene Sloan better known as Jerry Sloan, (born March 28, 1942 in McLeansboro, Illinois), is an American National Basketball Association coach. He is one of professional basketball's most successful coaches, with a career win-loss record of 1035-689 (as of April 18, 2007), placing him fourth on the list of all-time most winning NBA coaches. Sloan collected his 1,000th career win against the Dallas Mavericks in a 101-79 victory, …
- Shane Battier
Shane Battier , now 23 years of age, is already an accomplished individual. Battier graduated from Duke University in May 2001 with a degree in Comparative Religion, and with an NCAA championship.
- Keyon Dooling
Keyon Latwae Dooling is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. A 6'3", 195 lbs point guard from the University of Missouri, Dooling was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 10th overall pick of the 2000 NBA Draft and traded on draft day to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Corey Maggette, Derek Strong, and cash for a future 1st round selection. He proved disappointing to many in Los Angeles, …
- Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (born May 20, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'6" forward from UNLV, Robinson played in the NBA from 1978 to 1982 as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 3.8 points per game in his career and won an NBA Championship with Seattle in 1979.
- Wally Szczerbiak
Walter Robert "Wally" Szczerbiak (born March 5 1977, in Madrid, Spain) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. He was born in Spain while his father Walter (a former ABA player) was playing for Real Madrid, and spent much of his childhood in Europe during his father's playing career. When Walter retired, he moved his family back to his native Long Island, New York, where Wally attended high school in Cold Spring Harbor.
- Mike Brown
Michael "Mike" Brown (born July 19, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former professional basketball player. A durable 6'9" power forward/center, he played at George Washington University in the early 1980s, where he received the nickname "The New Washington Monument." After four years of college ball, Brown was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the third round of the 1985 NBA Draft. Brown would go on to play eleven seasons (1986-1997) in the NBA as a member of the Bulls, …
- Tyronn Lue
Tyronn Jamar Lue (born on May 3, 1977 in Mexico, Missouri) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays point guard for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Tyronn Lue attended Raytown High School in Missouri. He later went to University of Nebraska, where he attended through his Junior year. He played basketball and studied Sociology. He finished his Nebraska career ranked third on the all-time list in assists (432), …
- Antonio McDyess
Antonio Keithflen McDyess (born September 7 1974, in Quitman, Mississippi) is an American 6'9" (2.06 m), 245 lb. (111 kg) professional basketball player in the NBA, currently a reserve power forward for the Detroit Pistons. McDyess played college basketball at the University of Alabama.
- Samuel Dalembert
Samuel Davis Dalembert (born May 10, 1981 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a professional basketball player who plays center with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. Dalembert began playing in Montreal, Canada and played college basketball at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, US. He is an occasional double-double achiever for the Sixers and averages around 3 blocks per game - placing him among the league's elite in this category.
- Donyell Marshall
Donyell Lamar Marshall (born May 18, 1973 in Reading, Pennsylvania USA) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. His great uncle is Hall-of-Fame American football player Lenny Moore. A graduate of Reading High in Reading, Pennsylvania, the 6'9", 230 lb. forward was selected after his junior year at the University of Connecticut by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the fourth overall pick of the 1994 NBA Draft.
- Robert Parish
Robert Lee Parish (born in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a retired American basketball center. His nickname was "The Chief", after the mute Native American in the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". According to legend, former Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell gave Parish this nickname because of his stoic nature. After a modest career at Centenary College of Louisiana, …
- Malik Allen
Malik Allen , '00 , who received a bachelor's degree in communication, is featured in an article in the Courier Post entitled, "Allen, Bouchard hook up again to assist local kids." While at Villanova, Allen was an All-Big East second-team pick as a senior after leading the Wildcats in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots.
- J. R. Smith
Earl Smith III, known as J.R. Smith (born September 9, 1985 in Freehold Borough, New Jersey), is an American National Basketball Association player currently with the Denver Nuggets.
- Rick Carlisle
Richard Preston Carlisle (pronounced KAHR-lye-uhl) (born October 27, 1959 in Ogdensburg, New York) is a former basketball player and former coach of the NBA's Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons.
- John Starks
John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American former basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. Starks was listed at 6'5" during his NBA playing career. Starks bagged groceries for several years before playing basketball for several community colleges. He finished his collegiate career at Oklahoma State University.