- 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, … - Alonzo Mourning
Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8 1970, in Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Miami Heat. He is also known simply as "Zo". Playing at center, he is tall, and weighs. His tenacity on defense twice earned him NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and perennially placed him on the NBA All-Defensive Team. - 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. - 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. - Mehmet Okur
Mehmet Okur (born May 26, 1979 in Yalova, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is married to former Miss Turkey and model Yeliz Caliskan, and they have a daughter, Melisa, born on March 21, 2007. - Sam Vincent
James Samuel ("Sam") Vincent (born May 18, 1963 in Lansing, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player. On May 25, 2007 Vincent was introduced as the new head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA. A 6'2" point guard, Vincent attended Michigan State University, where he earned "Sporting News" All-America honors in 1985. After graduating from college, he was selected by the Boston Celtics with the twentieth pick of the 1985 NBA Draft. - Chuck Daly
Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly (born July 20, 1930 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania) was an American basketball head coach. He is famous for coaching the Detroit Pistons for nine years, winning consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, and for coaching the gold medal-winning basketball Dream Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. During his 14-year NBA career, Daly has also coached the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets and Orlando Magic. - Glen Rice
Glen Anthony Rice (born May 28 1967, in Flint, Michigan) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star small forward well known for his pinpoint shooting accuracy, ranking 4th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. Rice has been a player on both a team that won an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and a team that won an NBA Championship. - 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. - Corliss Williamson
Corliss Mondari Williamson (born on December 4, 1973 in Russellville, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. His nickname is "Big Nasty", a moniker he received from his cousin when he was 13. In college, Williamson was a dominating power forward but became an undersized power forward in the NBA and has mostly played at the small forward position. Williamson starred at the University of Arkansas. - 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. - Nate Archibald
Before retiring at the end of the 1983-84 season, Archibald became the only player ever to lead the league in both scoring and assists in a season (34.0 ppg, 11.4 apg in 1972-73). At the time of his retirement, he also had 6,476 regular-season assists, which ranked ninth among the career leaders. He played in six All-Star Games. - Kevin Willis
Kevin Alvin Willis (born September 6, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. He is a 7-foot power forward/center. At age 44, he is the oldest active player in the league. During the 2004-05 season, Willis was also the oldest player in the league at age 42. - Red Holzman
William "Red" Holzman (August 10 1920 - November 13 1998) was an NBA basketball player and coach probably best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1982. Holzman helped lead the Knicks to two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973, and was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985. - Bill Fitch
Bill Fitch (born May 19 1934 in Davenport, Iowa) is a former NBA coach who has been successful in making teams playoff contenders throughout his coaching career. Before entering the professional ranks he coached college ball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College. Fitch's teams twice qualified for the NCAA tournament. Fitch was a former U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor, … - Dick Motta
John Richard "Dick" Motta (b. September 3, 1931 in Midvale, Utah) is a former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Although infamous for his quick temper and eccentricities, Motta was an effective strategist who knew how to bring the best out of his players. Motta was hired as head coach of the Chicago Bulls in 1968 after a six-year stint at Weber State University. - Bill Wennington
William (Bill) Percey Wennington (born December 26, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian former National Basketball Association center who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls: the 1996, 1997 and 1998 teams. He was also a member of two Canadian Olympic Basketball Teams (1984 and 1992) and the 1983 World University Games team that won gold against the USA. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame, … - Jack Haley
Jack Kevin Haley (born January 27, 1964 in Long Beach, California) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'10" forward/center from UCLA, Haley spent nine seasons (1988-1992; 1993-1998) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Bulls, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, and San Antonio Spurs. - Craig Hodges
Craig Anthony Hodges (born June 27, 1960 in Park Forest, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. Hodges attended California State University, Long Beach before beginning a professional career that included playing for the San Diego Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns, and Chicago Bulls. He was most remembered during his Bulls years as part of the bench that led the team to the 1991 and 1992 NBA Championships. - Hersey Hawkins
Hersey R. Hawkins, Jr. (born September 29, 1966, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player. After starring at Westinghouse High School in Chicago, the 6' 3" shooting guard attended Bradley University, where he averaged an NCAA Division I-high 36.3 points per game in 1988. He was then drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 1988 NBA Draft, … - Scott Burrell
Scott David Burrell (born January 12, 1971 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player who won an NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1998. He was also the first American athlete to be a first round draft-pick of two major sporting organizations (the NBA and MLB). A 6'7" multi-sport star at Hamden High School in Connecticut, Burrell was drafted by baseball's Seattle Mariners during his senior year. - Keith Erickson
Keith Raymond Erickson (born April 19, 1944 in San Francisco, California) is a retired American basketball player. He was a 6'5" forward/guard. Erickson played college basketball at UCLA, where he was a starter on two NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship teams (1964 and 1965). He also played college volleyball and baseball. In 1965, he was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the third round of the NBA Draft, … - Rodney McCray
Rodney Earl McCray (born August 29, 1961 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'7" small forward, he spent ten seasons (1983-1993) in the National Basketball Association, tallying 9,014 career points and 5,087 career rebounds. Rodney McCray attended the University of Louisville and was a key member of the Cardinals team that won the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. - Tom Gola
Thomas Joseph Gola (born January 13, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is one of Philadelphia's most famous basketball players. Gola was praised as a great all-around player as a high school student at La Salle College High School, where he led the Explorers to a Philadelphia Catholic League Championship. He entered La Salle a year after another NBA hall of famer, Paul Arizin, graduated. - Jaren Jackson
Jaren Jackson (born October 27, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American former professional basketball player. A sharp-shooting 6'4" guard, Jackson played at Georgetown University from 1985 to 1989. Upon graduating with a bachelor's degree in finance, he set out on a 13 season (1989-2002) professional basketball career which included stints in the National Basketball Association, the Continental Basketball Association, and the World Basketball League. - Joe Kleine
Joseph William Kleine (born January 4, 1962 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. A seven-foot center from the University of Arkansas, Kleine was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the sixth pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. Kleine went on to have a fifteen-year NBA career, playing with the Kings as well as the Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls, and Portland Trail Blazers. - John Johnson
John Howard Getty "J.J." Johnson is a former American basketball player. A 6’7” small forward who played collegiately for Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming and for the University of Iowa, Johnson was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 7th pick of the 1970 NBA Draft. He went on to have a productive twelve-year NBA career with four teams, making two NBA All-Star Game appearances and scoring 11,200 career points. - Jon McGlocklin
Jon P. McGlocklin (born June 10, 1943 in Franklin, Indiana) is an American former professional basketball player. A sharpshooting 6'5" guard from Indiana University, McGlockin was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round of the 1965 NBA Draft, but he is best known for his 8-season (1968-1976) tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, with whom he won an NBA Championship (as a teammate of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson) in 1971. - Willie Naulls
William Dean "Willie" Naulls (born October 7, 1934 in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" power forward/center, he played professionally in the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1966. After playing at UCLA, Naulls was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in 1956. He spent just 19 games with the Hawks, however, before being traded to the New York Knicks, with whom he would spend the prime of his career. - Mel Counts
Mel Grant Counts (born October 16 1941 in Coos Bay, Oregon) is a retired American NBA player from 1965-1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He played in college for Oregon State University and was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1964 NBA Draft. The Celtics won the NBA Championship in 1965 and 1966 with him on the team, but was traded for the 1967 season to the Baltimore Bullets. - Mike Riordan
Michael W. Riordan (born July 9, 1945 in New York, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'4" guard/forward from Providence College, Riordan played 9 seasons (1968-1977) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets. He scored 6,334 points in his career and won an NBA Championship with the Knicks in 1970. He currently owns a restaurant in Annapolis, Maryland. - Bill Bridges
William C. "Bill" Bridges (born April 4, 1939 in Hobbs, New Mexico) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" power forward from the University of Kansas, he spent 13 seasons (1962-1975) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. He won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 1975 and appeared in three All-Star Games during the course of his career. - Corey Williams
Corey Williams (born April 24, 1970 in Twiggs County, Georgia) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'2" guard from Oklahoma State University, Williams was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 1992 NBA Draft. He played one season with the Bulls, averaging 2.3 points in 35 games as a reserve on a team which won the NBA Championship. He then spent the 1993-94 NBA season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, scoring 11 points in 4 games. - Jim Chones
James Bernett Chones (born November 30, 1949 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'11" forward/center, Chones starred at Marquette University, where he earned All-America honors in 1972 after averaging 20.5 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. He left school at the end of that season to pursue a professional career, first in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later in the National Basketball Association. - Dickey Simpkins
LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins (born April 6, 1972 in Fort Washington, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s. A 6' 9" forward/center, Simpkins starred at Friendly High School (Maryland) and Providence College before being selected by the Bulls with the 21st pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. Caught behind Luc Longley, Bill Wennington, and later Dennis Rodman in the Bulls' playing rotation, … - George Johnson
George Thomas Johnson (born December 18, 1948 in Tylertown, Mississippi, United States) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'11" forward/center from Dillard University, he played in 13 NBA seasons (1972-1983; 1984-1986) as a member of the Golden State Warriors, Buffalo Braves, New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks, and Seattle SuperSonics. Johnson was a key reserve on the Warriors team that won the NBA Championship in 1975, … - Arnie Risen
Arnold D. Risen (born October 9, 1924 in Williamstown, Kentucky) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'9" center from the Ohio State University, Risen played professionally in the NBA for ten seasons (1948-1958) as a member of the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics. Risen was four-time All-Star and two-time NBA Champion, and he scored 7,633 points in his career. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. - Carl Herrera
Carl Victor Herrera (born December 14 1966 in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former NBA basketball player who was part of the Houston Rockets championship teams of the mid-1990s. Out of the University of Houston, Herrera was selected by the Miami Heat with the 30th pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, he began his rookie season in 1991 with the Rockets, where he played until 1995, … - Gene Guarilia
Eugene Michael Guarilia (born September 13, 1937 in Duryea, Pennsylvania) is a retired American basketball player. He attended Holy Rosary High School. Guarilia played freshman basketball for Potomac State College, a junior college in Keyser, West Virginia. He established a State Conference freshman record by scoring 595 points in 1953. A 6'5" forward Guarilia played for the George Washington University varsity basketball team beginning in the 1956 "-" 1957 season. - Charles Jones
Charles "Gadget" Jones (born April 3, 1957 in McGehee, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'9" forward/center from Albany State University, he played 15 seasons (1983-1998) in the NBA with five teams: the Philadelphia 76ers, the Chicago Bulls, the Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, and the Houston Rockets. Jones won an NBA Championship with the Rockets in 1995.
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