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.

Tracy Lamar McGrady, Jr. (born May 24 1979, in Bartow, Florida), commonly nicknamed T-Mac, is an American professional basketball player currently positioned at starting Shooting Guard and often switches to playing small forward for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association. Entering the NBA straight from high school, McGrady eventually became a seven-time All-Star. McGrady's style has been compared to that of George Gervin.

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, …

Michael (Mike) Bibby (born May 13, 1978 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball point guard for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, and the son of former NBA and UCLA player and former USC basketball coach and current Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Henry Bibby. He is also the nephew of former Major League Baseball player Jim Bibby. Bibby is a native of Phoenix, Arizona (or Cherry Hill, New Jersey) and attended Shadow Mountain High School.

Joe Marcus Johnson (born June 29 1981 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a National Basketball Association player, currently a member of the Atlanta Hawks and the United States national basketball team. After playing two seasons at the University of Arkansas, Johnson was selected 10th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft. While playing for the Razorbacks, Johnson led the team in scoring, averaging 16.0 points per game, and rebounding, …

Kendrick Perkins (born November 10 1984 in Nederland, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He graduated from Clifton J. Ozen High School in Beaumont, Texas in 2003. During his high school career, Perkins led Ozen High to four consecutive district championships and one state championship. Because of his large frame, he was often referred to as "Baby Shaq" by fans and the press.

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, …

Albert (Al) Harrington (born February 17 1980 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. The power forward/center stands six-feet nine-inches (2.06 m), weighing 250 pounds (113 kg). At only 18 years of age, he was selected by the Pacers with the 25th pick of the 1998 NBA Draft, and spent six seasons with them, primarily coming off the bench.

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.

Anthony Michael Parker (born June 19, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American professional basketball player currently with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Toronto Raptors. After graduating from Bradley University with a major in liberal arts, he entered the 1997 NBA Draft and played briefly in the NBA before plying his trade in Europe.

Pam Oliver is an American television sports reporter. She is currently a sideline reporter for Fox Sports' NFL coverage, working in games called by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. She was originally a reporter with ESPN during the early 1990s before joining Fox Sports in 1995. In recent years, she also has done some courtside reporting on TNT during the first two rounds of the NBA Playoffs. Pam is a graduate of Florida A&M University where she was a track star.

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.

Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born December 11, 1976 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player. He is a member of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and can either play as forward or center. Abdur-Rahim was a standout player during his high school days and he left college after one year to enter the 1996 NBA Draft. In his early NBA career, Abdur-Rahim was the star of the Vancouver Grizzlies franchise for five seasons.

Joel Craig Ehlo, referred to as just Craig Ehlo (born October 11 1961 in Lubbock, Texas), is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. A 6' 8" guard/forward from Odessa Junior College and Washington State University, Ehlo was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. He went on to play 14 NBA seasons with four teams, amassing respectable career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.

Paul Murphy Shirley is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for Menorca Bàsquet of the Spanish ACB, as well as a writer focused on his basketball experiences. Shirley is most noted for briefly maintaining an online journal while playing for the Phoenix Suns in 2004-05. His first journal dealt with a several-day-long road trip, while the second chronicled the Suns' NBA Playoffs run. After their playoff elimination, the Suns did not re-sign him, …

Rodney Ray Rogers (born June 20 1971, in Durham, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player who last played power forward for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. Rogers played college basketball at Wake Forest University from 1990 until 1993. He was a star there, winning Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors by averaging 21.2 points and 7.4 rebounds.

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.

Steve Javie (born January 17, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1986-87 NBA season. As of the beginning of the 2006-07 NBA season, Javie has officiated 1,264 regular season, 190 playoff, and 18 NBA Finals games. He wears the number 29, which is the same number that his father, longtime National Football League (NFL) back judge Stan Javie wore.

Chris Childs (born November 20, 1967 in Bakersfield, California) is an American professional basketball player. A tough-minded 6'3" guard who starred at Boise State University in the late 1980s, Childs went undrafted in the 1989 NBA Draft and began his professional career in the Continental Basketball Association. Childs played for five different teams in his first three seasons in the league, but he eventually found a home with the Quad City Thunder, …

Maurice Lucas (born February 18 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional basketball player, and current assistant coach with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Portland Trail Blazers. Lucas played college basketball at Marquette University for two years, leading them to the NCAA championship game in 1974. Although Marquette did not win the title, Lucas played the full 40 minutes of the game, …

Rex Everett Chapman (born October 5 1967, in Bowling Green, Kentucky) is a retired American professional basketball player. Chapman played for four teams through his 14-year NBA career. Chapman is probably best known by basketball fans because of one particular moment: during the 1997 NBA Playoffs in the first round, the Phoenix Suns, up two games to one, were trailing the Seattle SuperSonics by three points with seconds to go in game four at America West Arena in Phoenix.

John Gabriel is an executive in the National Basketball Association. Currently serving as a scout/administrator for the Portland Trailblazers, he is best known for his stint as general manager with the Orlando Magic. During that time (1999—2003), he won the NBA's Executive of the Year award, only to be dismissed in the beginning of the 2003 season.

Alan Lybrooks Henderson (born December 2 1972 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. He stands 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. Henderson attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana. They lost the Indiana State title game his senior year to Glenn Robinson's Gary Roosevelt squad. In 1994, he was a part of the USA Basketball team for the Goodwill Games.

Michael Gorman is a television play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics basketball team, currently broadcasting on the Fox Sports New England cable channel. He is a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts and graduate of Boston Latin High School and Boston State College (now University of Massachusetts-Boston). He and color commentator Tom Heinsohn form one of the longest-tenured broadcast tandems in professional sports.

Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA. He was most recently the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named to the position on July 18 2005, after 26 seasons as a coach in the league. After a 13-17 start to the 2005-06 season, his three-year deal was terminated on January 3 2006.

Now in his 13th year as play-by-play announcer for CBS Sports' NCAA Tournament coverage, Brando also serves as the host of COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, the Network's pre-game and studio show. He has called play-by-play for the CBS Television Network's coverage of the NFL and also serves as host of AT THE HALF, CBS Sports' college basketball halftime studio show. Brando called play-by-play for CBS Sports' college football coverage in 1997.

Bradley Donn Sellers (born December 17, 1962 in Warrensville Heights, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player. A 7'0" power forward/center from Ohio State University, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (ninth pick overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft. Sellers was a controversial selection among the Bulls' staff and players. General manager Jerry Krause was attracted to Sellers because of his above-average shooting ability, …

Earl "Yogi" Strom (December 15, 1927-July 10, 1994) was a professional basketball referee for 29 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for three years in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Strom is credited as the greatest referee in the history of the NBA and was known for his flamboyant style and ability to control the game.

Richard Wayne Dumas (born May 19 1969 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a retired American professional basketball player. His NBA career was plagued by substance abuse. Dumas, a 6'8" small forward from Oklahoma State University, was selected with the 46th pick of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns but was suspended for what would have been his first season by the NBA for violation of its drug policies.

Darell Garretson is a former professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 27 years from 1967 to 1994 and served as NBA Supervisor of Officials for 17 years from 1981 to 1998. Throughout his career, Garretson officiated over 2,000 games, including 1,798 regular season NBA games, 269 playoff games, 41 Finals games and five All-Star games.

LeBron Raymone James (born) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. Commonly nicknamed "King James" and "The Chosen One", the Akron, Ohio-born James was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA star while still in high school, and was named Ohio's "Mr. Basketball" three times.

Allan Mercer Bristow Jr. (born August 23 1951 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive. Bristow played college basketball at Virginia Tech, and was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1973 NBA Draft. A 6'7", 210-lb forward, he had a 10-year career in the both the NBA and the ABA, playing for the Sixers, the San Antonio Spurs (in both leagues), the Utah Jazz, …

Nenad Krstić (born July 25 1983 in Kraljevo, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia)) is a Serbian professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Currently he is the starting center for the New Jersey Nets. His first professional team was Partizan Belgrade in the Serbia-Montenegro league, the Adriatic League and Euroleague. Krstić is officially listed as seven feet (2.13 m) tall and weighing 240 lb (109 kg).

Gregory Wayne "Cadillac" Anderson (born June 22, 1964 in Houston, Texas) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. A 6' 10" power forward/center, he was part of the later versions of the Phi Slamma Jamma teams at the University of Houston, succeeding Akeem Olajuwon upon his move to the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He earned the nickname "Cadillac" because he rode his bicycle to and from campus.

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