- Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony is an excellent basketball player. He has a well-rounded game and we like his new dread-free dome too. That being said, he's not an All-Star this season and for being overly upset with the decision, The Love of Sports is sending his supporters a healthy dose of Tough Love today. - Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7 1975, in Hampton, Virginia), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. An 11-year veteran at the age of 32, … - Marcus Camby
Marcus D. Camby (born March 22, 1974 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays center for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. He won the 2006-07 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award while leading the league in blocked shots. His NCAA record at UMass was outstanding, earning him a Player of the Year award for 1995-1996. Marcus wore number 21 at UMass, a number formerly belonging to G. Sean Nelen. - 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, … - Kenyon Martin
Kenyon Lee Martin, is an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed 'K-Mart', he currently plays at power forward for the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets. After participating in two games, Martin missed the entire 2006-07 NBA season because of a damaged right knee which required microfracture surgery, his second such surgery in 1½ years. He is expected to come back in the 2007-2008 season. - James Posey
James Mikely Mantell Posey, Jr. (born January 13 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing small forward for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. - 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. - Andre Miller
Andre Lloyd Miller (born March 19, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Miller played collegiately at the University of Utah for four years. His performance in 1998, including a very rare NCAA Tournament triple double, lead the Utes to the NCAA championship game where they lost to Kentucky. At Utah, Miller played with Keith Van Horn and Michael Doleac who also play in the NBA. - Linas Kleiza
Linas Kleiza (pronounced as) (born January 3, 1985 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets. Kleiza, a 6'8", 245 lb (2.03 m, 111 kg) small forward-power forward, graduated from Montrose Christian School, in Rockville, Maryland, in 2003. He played two seasons under coach Stu Vetter and was named the Gatorade High School Player of the Year for the state of Maryland in 2003. - Earl Boykins
Earl Antoine Boykins (born June 2 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He played collegiately at Eastern Michigan University from 1995 to 1998. He earned All-Mid-American Conference first team honors in his junior and senior year. During his senior year, Earl was second in the NCAA with 26.8 ppg. He holds the career record for assists at his alma mater. - 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, … - 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. - Anthony Carter
Anthony Bernard Carter (born 16 June 1975 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. After a college career at the University of Hawaii, Carter went unselected in the NBA Draft. He began his professional career with the Miami Heat and has since played for the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Timberwolves. He has averaged 4.7 points per game during his NBA career. - 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), … - Steve Blake
Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980 in Hollywood, Florida) is an American professional basketball player at the point guard position. Currently, he plays for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers; previously he played for the Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets. - 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. - Chris Andersen
Chris Andersen (born July 7 1978 in Long Beach, California) is a former NBA basketball player. His swooping dunks, shot-blocking skills and rare athleticism for his size earned him the nickname "The Birdman". Andersen is also the owner of a number of large tattoos, mainly on his arms. He was banished from the league in 2006 for violating the league's drug policy. - Chucky Atkins
Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkins (born August 14 1974 in Orlando, Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets in the NBA. Atkins was undrafted following a college career at the University of South Florida, taking his game to Europe where he played for Cibona Zagreb in Croatia from 1997-1999. Prior to that, in 1996-97, he played in the now defunct Lacrosse Bobcats in the CBA. He began his NBA career in 1999 with the Orlando Magic. - Reggie Evans
Reginald (Reggie) Jamaal Evans (born May 18 1980, in Pensacola, Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Denver Nuggets. He was undrafted despite an impressive career at the University of Iowa. In 2001, Evans led the nation in free throws attempted, free throws made, and double-doubles. He led the Big Ten Conference in rebounding in 2001 and 2002, and was named Big Ten Tournament MVP in 2001 and Second Team All-Big Ten in 2002. - Jarrett Jack
Jarrett Matthew Jack (born October 28, 1983 in Fort Washington, Maryland) is a basketball player for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. Before being selected in the 2005 NBA Draft, he attended and played for Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. In his sophomore year (2003-04) he helped guide Georgia Tech to the NCAA Finals with 12.5 points and 5.1 assists a game. In his junior and final year at Georgia Tech he averaged 15.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists. - Mike Brown
Michael “Mike” Brown is an American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers since June 2, 2005. After learning the game under Gregg Popovich, Brown is widely regarded as a defensive specialist. He turned the Cavaliers into one of the top defensive teams in the NBA and guided them into the 2007 NBA Finals. - Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson (born April 1 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the NBA in a career spanning from 1987 to 2004. He is currently an NBA analyst for The YES Network's New Jersey Nets games, ESPN and ABC. - Earl Watson
Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. A 6'1", 195 lbs. point guard, Watson was selected in the 2nd round (39th overall) by the SuperSonics in the 2001 NBA Draft. He was a starter in college at UCLA, at one point playing alongside future NBA player Baron Davis. - Smush Parker
William Henry "Smush" Parker (born June 1 1981, in New York, New York) is an American professional basketball player, currently a free agent in the NBA. Smush played shooting guard in college, but moved to point guard in the NBA. The name "Smush" was originally his father's nickname and was handed down to him by his uncle Naid (pronounced Nide), who died when Parker was eight years old. - Yakhouba Diawara
Yakhouba Diawara (born August 29 1982 in Paris) is a French professional basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.<br> He is 6 ft 7 in and 225 lbs (102.1 kg). Stared his carreer with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season as pro went college, first at Junior College of Southern Idaho and after two years transfered to Pepperdine. He went undrafted after graduating from Pepperdine and signed with JDA Dijon again. - Francisco Elson
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson (born February 28 1976 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional basketball player of Surinamese descent. At 7' 0" (2.13 m) and weighing 235 lbs (107 kg), he currently plays center for the San Antonio Spurs in the United States' NBA. The Spurs consider Elson their most athletic "big man" of their centers and power forwards. He has earned praise for his ability to distribute the ball and speed. - Kenny Smith
Kenny "The Jet" Smith (born March 8 1965, in Queens, New York City) is a retired American professional basketball player and current TV announcer. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, graduating in 1983. When Smith graduated from North Carolina in 1987, he held the school record for most assists with 768. Smith played ten seasons in the NBA. During his career, Smith played for the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, … - Donnie Walsh
Joseph Donald Walsh Jr., better known as Donnie Walsh (born March 1 1941 in New York City) is a former professional basketball coach, and a current NBA executive. Walsh attended Fordham Preparatory School, in the Bronx, NY. Walsh played college basketball at the University of North Carolina playing for legendary Coach Frank McGuire and was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the NBA draft, but never played in the NBA. - Bobby Jones
Robert Clyde "Bobby" Jones (born December 18 1951, in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jones was known for his outstanding defensive play, earning him eleven All-Defensive team selections, including eight 8 on the First Team. A defensive guru and thinking man's basketball player. - Kiki Vandeweghe
Ernest Maurice "Kiki" Vandeweghe III (born August 1, 1958 in Wiesbaden, Germany), is a former National Basketball Association player and the former General Manager of the Denver Nuggets. Vandeweghe is the son of former NBA player Ernie Vandeweghe and Colleen Kay Hutchins, the winner of the 1952 Miss America pageant. Vandeweghe is also the nephew of another NBA player, four-time All-Star Mel Hutchins. - Greg Buckner
Greg Derayle Buckner (born September 16, 1976 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is a professional basketball player in the NBA, currently playing for the Dallas Mavericks. Selected in the second round (53rd overall) of the 1998 NBA draft by the Mavericks after playing college basketball at Clemson, he has played for the Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets, with a career scoring average of 5.5 points per game. - Mardy Collins
Mardy Collins (born August 4 1984, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player, who recently completed his college basketball career at Temple University, and was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 29<sup>th</sup> pick of the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft. - Coby Karl
Coby Karl (born in Mequon, Wisconsin) is an NCAA basketball player for Boise State University majoring in communications. In his junior season of college, Karl led his team in both points per game and assists per game at 17.2 and 4.0 respectively. He was also named to the 2005-06 All-WAC Second Team. Karl is a 6'4" and 204 lb guard. - Dermarr Johnson
DerMarr Miles Johnson (born May 5 1980, in Washington, D.C.) is an American basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA. After attending the University of Cincinnati with future NBA players Kenyon Martin, Ruben Patterson, Kenny Satterfield, and draftee Steve Logan, he was selected sixth overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2000 NBA Draft. In two seasons with the team he averaged 6.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. - 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. - Doug Collins
Paul Douglas Collins (born July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois), better known as Doug Collins, is a former NBA basketball player and announcer who has also been the head coach of a number of NBA teams. Collins enjoyed a successful high school basketball career in Benton, Illinois, after which he went on to become play for Illinois State University, close to where he grew up, in 1969. - Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia, born Zaur Pachulia (born February 10 1984 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (present Georgia)), is a Georgian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. - Jeff Bzdelik
Jeff Bzdelik (born December 1, 1952) is a former National Basketball Association coach, who coached the Denver Nuggets for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 through 2004. He is best remembered for leading the 2003-04 Nuggets to a 43-39 record, a 26-game improvement over the 2002-03 campaign when the team went 17-65. He is currently the head basketball coach for the Colorado Buffaloes. He was hired April 3 2007. Bzdelik is the highest paid coach ever at Colorado, … - Von Wafer
Vakeaton Quamar Wafer (born on July 21, 1985 in Homer, Louisiana), nicknamed Von, is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the 39th overall selection (ninth pick of the second round) in the 2005 NBA Draft. - Julius Hodge
Julius Melvin Hodge (born November 18, 1983 in Harlem, New York City) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently a free agent after being waived by the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. Hodge was selected 20th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He played four years at North Carolina State University. ACC Player of the Year during the 2003-2004 season, Hodge finished his college career by leading State to the Sweet 16.
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