- Mario Chalmers
Mario Chalmers (nicknamed Super Mario) is a guard for the University of Kansas basketball team. After becoming a starter in January 2006, Chalmers has posted several dominant performances, regularly being the lead scorer for the Jayhawks, and one of the reasons Kansas has been continuously ranked since the beginning of the 2006-2007 NCAA basketball season. Mario is also the farthest traveled Kansas basketball player, as a graduate of Bartlett High School in Anchorage, …
- Julian Wright
Julian Wright (born May 20, 1987) is an American basketball player from Chicago Heights, Illinois. He has recently finished his sophomore year at the University of Kansas and has declared for the NBA Draft. On June 28, 2007, Wright was taken 13th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets.
- Sherron Collins
Sherron Marlon Collins (born March 18, 1987 in Chicago, Illinois) is a 5'11" American basketball player who currently plays for University of Kansas in the Big 12 of the NCAA. After the 2006-2007 season, Collins was unanimously selected to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team. He is also the big brother of Denzel Clay. An explosive point guard who has great shooting range and made a huge impact on KU's 2007 Big 12 Championships and NCAA Tournament Elite Eight run...
- Quin Snyder
Quin Snyder is the current head coach of the NBDL's Austin Toros. He is also the former head men's basketball coach of the University of Missouri. He is also a former assistant coach at his alma mater of Duke University. Snyder was also the son-in-law of legendary coach Larry Brown. He resigned during the 2006 season, although some believe he was forced out by athletic director Mike Alden.
- Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American collegiate basketball player, playing for the University of Tennessee. She may be best known for being the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game - she set both milestones as a redshirt freshman on March 19, 2006. A uniquely versatile player, she is mainly a forward, but is listed on Tennessee's roster as a forward, center, and guard.
- Greg Oden
Greg Oden (born January 22 1988 in Buffalo, New York) is an American college basketball player who began playing for Ohio State University in the 2006-07 NCAA season. He attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, where he led them to three straight state titles and 45 consecutive wins under coach Jack Keefer.
- Dwight Howard
Dwight David Howard (born December 8 1985, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Thunder", Howard, who can play either center or power forward, chose to forego college and entered the NBA Draft in 2004. He was selected first overall by the Magic, and has since emerged as one of the top rebounders in the NBA and been selected to the All-Star game once.
- Josh Smith
Joshua Smith (born December 5, 1985 in College Park, Georgia, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.
- 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.
- Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant (born) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant is the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe "Jellybean" Bryant. Bryant rose to national prominence in 1996 when he became the first guard in league history to be drafted out of high school.
- Kevin Garnett
Kevin Garnett (born) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. The, power forward is regarded as one of the best all around players in the game today. His accomplishments include having been voted Most Valuable Player of the 2003-04 NBA season, being named to ten All-Star teams, and being named to seven All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams. After graduating from Farragut Career Academy, he was the fifth player drafted in 1995.
- Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988 in Washington, D.C.) is a 6'9" basketball player for the Seattle SuperSonics, taken second in the 2007 NBA Draft from the University of Texas. He was selected as the 2006-2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Year and received numerous other awards. After his freshman season, Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft and was selected #2 overall, behind fellow freshman Greg Oden.
- Tyler Hansbrough
Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3 1985 in Columbia, Missouri), nicknamed "Psycho T", is an American collegiate basketball player for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's basketball team. Hansbrough was a member of the 2006 and 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference All Conference Team and the 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year.
- Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq (pronounced "shack"), is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He starts at center for the Miami Heat, after previous stints with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic. O'Neal has been on four NBA Championship teams, most recently in 2006, …
- Danny Manning
Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. He is the son of former NBA player, Ed Manning.
- Brandan Wright
Brandan Wright (born October 5, 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American basketball player who played for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2006-07 season. Wright, 6'10" tall with shoes and 210 lbs, was a freshman power forward. He is also known for his 7'3.75" "wingspan." He was drafted Number 8 overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats. He was subsequently traded to the Golden State Warriors for Jason Richardson.
- Josh McRoberts
Joshua Scott McRoberts (born February 28, 1987 in Carmel, Indiana) was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 37th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. McRoberts, a 6-10 power forward/center, played his college ball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team during the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
- Chris Paul
Christopher Emmanuel "Chris" Paul (born May 6, 1985, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA.
- 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.
- Louis Williams
Louis Williams (born October 27, 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers, who selected him with the 45th pick of the 2005 NBA Draft. Williams was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but grew up in Snellville, Georgia, where he was a teammate of Mike Mercer at South Gwinnett High School. At South Gwinnett he was a four-time All-State selection and was named Georgia's "Mr. Basketball" in both his junior and senior year.
- Shaun Livingston
Shaun Livingston (born September 11, 1985, in Peoria, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. Livingston plays point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers. Livingston, who played at Richwoods High School and then went to Peoria Central High School in Illinois, was highly touted as a high school recruit, earning comparisons to the great Magic Johnson. Livingston accepted a scholarship to play for Duke University, …
- Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American All-Star basketball player in the NBA. He currently is a player for the New Jersey Nets. He is considered one of the best shooting-guards, dunkers, and finishers in the game today.
- Eddie Griffin
Eddie Griffin (born May 30, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him March 13, 2007. Selected out of Seton Hall University with the seventh pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets, Griffin's draft rights were immediately traded to the Houston Rockets for Jason Collins, Brandon Armstrong, and the rights to Richard Jefferson.
- Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles (born October 6 1985) is an American college basketball player for the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers basketball team. She is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall.
- Paul Pierce
Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13 1977 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He has been a starter every season since he was selected by the Celtics in the 1998 NBA Draft, and in 2002 he helped lead Boston to an appearance in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
- Stephon Marbury
Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing point guard with the New York Knicks. Marbury has often gone by the nickname "Starbury", a name created during his youth. Marbury, the sixth of seven children, was born and raised on Coney Island and attended elementary school PS 238 During his teenage years he was often heralded as the next great New York City point guard, …
- Gerald Green
Gerald Green, Jr. (born January 26, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He was selected by the Celtics with the 18th pick of the first round in the 2005 NBA Draft. He is also the 2007 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion.
- Mike Conley Jr.
Michael Alex Conley, Jr. (born October 11, 1987 in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is a basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. Conley is the son of Olympic gold and silver medalist triple jumper Mike Conley, Sr. and the nephew of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Steve Conley. Conley attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he played with friend and former Ohio State teammate Greg Oden.
- Baron Davis
Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13 1979, in Compton, California) is an American basketball player currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He began playing basketball at the age of five. Later, Davis became a star at Crossroads School and UCLA. Davis was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets as the number three pick in the 1999 NBA Draft.
- Chris Bosh
Christopher Wesson Bosh (born March 24 1984) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association who plays for the Toronto Raptors. Garnering an array of basketball accolades since his high school days, Bosh left college after one season to enter the 2003 NBA Draft. He was selected fourth overall by the Raptors in what proved to be a very competitive draft class. Since his NBA career began, Bosh, who plays the forward position, …
- Chris Webber
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, better known as Chris Webber or C-Webb (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. He is a 5-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA rebounding champion, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee.
- Kwame Brown
Kwame James Brown (born March 10 1982 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American NBA player who plays power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the first overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards, and was the first #1 draft pick to be drafted straight out of high school.
- Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976 in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. Billups is the starting point guard and team captain for the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons. He played college basketball at the University of Colorado. He was honored by the university in 2004 as the fifth player to have his jersey (number 4) retired. His nickname is "Mr. Big Shot." He was the 2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.
- Elton Brand
Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979 in Peekskill, New York) is an American All-Star professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers and the USA National Team.
- Wayne Simien
Wayne Anthony Simien, Jr. (born March 9, 1983 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the NBA. Growing up, Simien was a KU fan due to his proximity to Lawrence. He committed to play for Roy Williams and the University of Kansas as early as the 8th or 9th grade, and was later named to the 2001 McDonald's All-American team.
- O.J. Mayo
Ovinton J'Anthony "O.J." Mayo, (born November 5, 1987 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States) was a student at Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia. He was considered by several media outlets to be among the best high school basketball players in the United States. He graduated in June 2007 and has signed a letter of intent to enroll at the University of Southern California.
- Aaron Miles
Aaron Miles (born April 13 1983 in Portland, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He was released by the Golden State Warriors in 2006 before contracts became guaranteed, and played for the Fort Worth Flyers in the NBA Development League. Miles stands 6'1", weighs 190 lbs., and wears number 13 in the guard position for the Flyers. He went to the University of Kansas, where he starred at point guard, …
- 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.
- Jermaine O'Neal
Jermaine L. O'Neal (born October 13 1978, in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American National Basketball Association player who currently plays for the Indiana Pacers. O'Neal, a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 260 lb (113 kg) forward-center, declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA Draft straight out of high school and was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 17th pick of the first round.
- Randolph Morris
Randolph Morris (born January 2, 1986 in Houston, Texas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.