- 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.
- 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, …
- Tracy McGrady
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.
- Doug Christie
Douglas Dale Christie (born May 9, 1970, in Seattle, Washington) is an American basketball player who is currently a free agent. Christie attended Seattle's Rainier Beach High School and, in his senior year (1988), led the school's varsity boy's basketball team to RB's first-ever Washington State championship. He then went on to Pepperdine University where he gained national exposure. He was drafted 17th in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
- 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, …
- Anthony Johnson
Anthony Mark Johnson (born October 2, 1974 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. Johnson is a 6'3" (1.91 m) point guard. After leading Stall High School to the South Carolina AA football championship, he received a basketball scholarship at the College of Charleston, where his older brother Stephen was a standout years earlier.
- Grant Hill
Grant Henry Hill (born) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Phoenix Suns. He is 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in). Hill was one of the best all-around players of his generation, often leading his team in points, rebounds and assists. His stint in the league has been hampered by career-threatening injuries, notably towards the late part of his career. He is married to R&B singer Tamia.
- Jameer Nelson
Jameer Nelson (born February 9, 1982 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He is most famous for being one of the most popular stars of men's college basketball in the early 2000s, representing Saint Joseph's University of Philadelphia.
- 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.
- Rashard Lewis
Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979 in Pineville, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player. After playing his first nine seasons for the Seattle SuperSonics, Lewis joined the Orlando Magic having agreed to a 6-year sign-and-trade deal (believed to be worth at least $110 million) on July 11, 2007.
- 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.
- Stan van Gundy
Stan "The Hedgehog" Van Gundy (born September 21, 1959 in Indio, California) is the current head coach of the NBA's Orlando Magic, and is the brother of former Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat.
- J. J. Redick
Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick (born June 24, 1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player at the shooting guard position. He was selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA Draft. In his collegiate years, Redick played for Duke University and became the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time leading scorer. His jersey number, 4, was retired on February 4, 2007.
- Doc Rivers
Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player from Marquette University who played point guard in the National Basketball Association notably for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, and San Antonio Spurs. After retiring from the league, he became a coach and is currently head coach of the Boston Celtics. Rivers was known for his defense while playing in the NBA.
- Otis Smith
Otis Fitzgerald Smith (born January 30, 1964 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player and current general manager of the NBA's Orlando Magic. It was with the Magic that he posted his best statistics as an NBA player, averaging in double digits in points for most of his time there.
- Mike Miller
Michael (Mike) Lloyd Miller (born February 19 1980 in Mitchell, South Dakota, United States) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He attended the University of Florida from 1998 until 2000. As a sophomore, he led the Gators to the 2000 NCAA Championship game, losing to Michigan State. He hit perhaps the most dramatic shot of the tournament that year in the opening round versus Butler.
- Keith Bogans
Keith Ramon Bogans (born May 12 1980 in Washington, D.C.) is a professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association.
- Patrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-born American former professional basketball player. He played most of his career with the New York Knicks as their starting center and played briefly with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic.
- Adonal Foyle
Adonal Foyle graduated from Colgate University in 1998 with a degree in History (Magna Cum Laude). He is presently pursuing a Master's Degree in Sports Psychology at the John F. Kennedy University in Moraga, California. Drafted as a first round lottery pick in 1997, he is a veteran NBA Center, now playing for the Golden State Warriors.
- Billy Donovan
William John “Billy” Donovan, Jr. is the head coach of the Florida Gators basketball team. He has taken the Gators to three NCAA championship game appearances, in 2000, 2006 and 2007. The Gators lost to the Michigan State Spartans in the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball final. The Gators won the national championship in 2006 with a 73-57 win over UCLA and again in 2007 with an 84-75 win over Ohio State, …
- Brian Hill
Brian Hill (born) is an arrogant, stubborn American basketball coach formerly in the NBA. On May 23, 2007, after multiple media sources reported that Hill would not return to coach the Orlando Magic for the 2007-08 NBA season, but would instead be offered another position within the organisation, the Magic released a statement that he would not return as coach of the Magic, although it was reported he was actually fired by general manager Otis Smith.
- Trevor Ariza
Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30 1985 in Miami, Florida) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Orlando Magic. After a college career at UCLA, Ariza was a second round draft choice (43rd overall) of the New York Knicks in the 2004 NBA Draft. Ariza attended Westchester High School in Los Angeles, where as a junior he along with teammate and fellow NBA player Hassan Adams led the Comets to California State Champions.
- 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), …
- Deshawn Stevenson
DeShawn Stevenson (born April 3 1981 in Fresno, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Washington Wizards of the NBA. He entered the NBA directly from Washington Union High School in his hometown of Fresno and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall selection of the 2000 NBA Draft. A shooting guard, he has played for the Jazz and the Orlando Magic, averaging 8.2 points per game in his career.
- 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.
- Tony Battie
Demetrius Antonio Battie (born February 11, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association. Battie attended South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas and played college basketball at Texas Tech University where he ended his career as the school all-time leader in blocked shots with 162. Battie was drafted 5th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 1997 NBA Draft where he played one season.
- 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.
- Marcin Gortat
Marcin Gortat is a Polish professional basketball player who currently plays for RheinEnergie Köln in Germany. He was a second-round draft choice of the Phoenix Suns in the 2005 NBA Draft. He played in the Orlando Magic's Summer League he is most likely going to make the team for the regular season. He is the son of the boxer Janusz Gortat.
- Pat Garrity
Patrick Joseph Garrity (born August 23 1976 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American NBA basketball player, currently playing for the Orlando Magic. He is also the treasurer of the NBA's player union.
- 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.
- Kevin Martin
Kevin Dallas Martin, Jr. (born) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. He is known for his unorthodox style of shooting. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, he played for Zanesville High School and attended college at Western Carolina University, where he majored in sports management. He ranks fourth all-time on Western Carolina's scoring list with 1,838 points.
- Cuttino Mobley
Cuttino Rashawn Mobley (born September 1, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers. Cuttino also known as the "Cat", attended Incarnation of Our Lord grade school in the Olney section of Philadelphia. After graduating from grade school, Cat attended Cardinal Dougherty High School and Maine Central Institute.
- 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.
- Penny Hardaway
Anfernee Deon Hardaway (born July 18 1971, in Memphis, Tennessee), better known as Penny Hardaway, is a American NBA basketball player specializing as a point guard and shooting guard. He is currently (as of 2007) a free agent, as he was waived by the Orlando Magic in February 2006. Injuries have plagued his career and reduced his effectiveness over a decade of NBA service.
- Desagana Diop
DeSagana N'gagne Diop (pronounced Suh-GAH-nah JOP) (born January 30 1982 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Standing seven-feet tall (213 cm) and weighing 280 lbs. (127 kg), Diop's natural position is center.
- Hidayet Türkoğlu
Hidayet Türkoğlu, sometimes called Hedo Türkoğlu, is a Turkish professional basketball player, and the first Turkish-born player in NBA history. He stands tall and plays the small forward position. He is a solid shooter inside and outside the three point line. He is a versatile player who has played four positions from point guard to power forward during his career.
- Mark Blount
Mark Blount (born November 30, 1975 in Yonkers, New York) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Blount played his collegiate basketball at the University of Pittsburgh before being drafted 54th overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Seattle Supersonics. Blount is a 7'0" (2.13 m) tall center and weighs 250 lb (113 kg).
- Jamaal Magloire
Jamaal Dane Magloire (born May 21 1978 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional basketball player, currently with the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. He attended Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute.
- Erick Dampier
Erick Travez Dampier (born July 14, 1975, in New Hebron, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 11 in / 265 lb. center who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. Erick played competitively at Lawrence County High School in Monticello, Mississippi, where he led the rural county to two state championships. Dampier played college basketball at Mississippi State University. While there he became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
- 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.