- Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include "Flash" and "D-Wade". Wade was named 2006 Sportsman of the Year by "Sports Illustrated". Despite the unorthodox spelling, Wade's first name is pronounced as "Dwayne"; often in print media, it is misspelled as such. - 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, … - Pat Riley
Patrick James "Pat" Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American National Basketball Association head coach and team president of the Miami Heat. Widely regarded as one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time, Riley has served as the head coach of five championship teams and an assistant coach to another. He most recently won the 2006 NBA Championship with the Miami Heat. Prior to his tenure in Miami, he served as head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks. - Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (born January 6, 1982 in Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards. Arenas overcame his modest NBA debut, including being a second-round draft pick, to establish himself as one of the most dominant and clutch players in the NBA. From the time of his entry into the league, Arenas's popularity soared. - 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. - 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. - Jason Williams
Jason Chandler Williams (born November 18 1975, in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the NBA. He grew up in Belle, West Virginia, a small town less than 10 miles from Charleston, and graduated from Dupont High School (a now-defunct institution), where he played high school basketball with current NFL star Randy Moss. - Udonis Haslem
Udonis Johneal Haslem (born June 9 1980 in Miami, Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the NBA. For the 2005-2006 season, he is listed as 6 ft 8 in and 235 lb. - Antoine Walker
Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12 1976, in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American professional basketball player with the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. He has played for four different teams during his NBA career. Walker attended Mount Carmel High School, where he attained all-state status as a senior and earned a full scholarship to play for Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky. - Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23 1968, in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He is best known for his 12-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics. He has also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Boston Celtics. Payton has played point guard for most of his career. - Eddie Jones
Eddie Charles Jones (born October 20 1971 in Pompano Beach, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Miami Heat. Jones played college basketball at Temple University alongside guard and future NBA player Aaron McKie. He was selected 10th overall in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. In his rookie season he averaged 14.0 points per game and 2.05 steals per game, and played in 64 games, 58 of which he started. - 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. - Jason Kapono
Jason Alan Kapono (born February 2 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA, currently with the Toronto Raptors. His previous team was the Miami Heat in 2006-07. On July 11, 2007, he signed a multi-year contract with the Raptors. After a storied college career at UCLA, where he was the first Bruin to earn First Team All-Pac-10 honors all four years and the only UCLA player to lead the school in scoring four straight years, … - Dorell Wright
Dorell Lawrence Wright (born December 2, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player with the Miami Heat in the NBA. Wright was selected 19th overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Heat, and averaged 2.3 points per game in three games played during his rookie season. He entered the NBA directly out of high school and in 2006 won his first NBA championship with the Heat. - Bruce Bowen
Bruce Bowen Jr. is an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player. The 6'7", 200 lbs. Bowen plays small forward for the San Antonio Spurs. He is an alumnus of Edison High School and Cal State Fullerton and also a former member of the NBA Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers, the CBA Rockford Lightning and the French clubs Le Havre, Evreux and Besançon BCD. Regarded as one of the best defenders in the NBA, … - Larry Johnson
Larry Demetric Johnson (born March 14, 1969 in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent his professional career with the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks in the NBA. He was listed as a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) forward. Johnson played his collegiate ball at UNLV, winning the 1990 NCAA Championship title with them, was selected first overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Hornets, … - 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, … - Steve Smith
Steve Smith is vice president of Government and Community Affairs for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc). Smith serves as the company's liaison to elected officials and community leaders, helping to guide the development and implementation of all Turner community relations and employee volunteer projects. He also consults on the review, selection and funding of community non-profit organizations through TBS, Inc.'s corporate philanthropy program. - Eddie House
Edward L. House (born May 14, 1978 in Berkeley, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's New Jersey Nets. House attended Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. Though Arizona State could not recruit a good supporting cast, House became the all-time scoring leader at Arizona State with 2,044 points in his career and is the only player to score more than 2,000. - 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, … - Daequan Cook
Daequan Cook (born April 28, 1987 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the Miami Heat. On June 28, 2007, Cook was taken 21st overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers but summarily traded to the Heat along with cash considerations in exchange for Jason Smith. - Chris Quinn
Christopher James Quinn (born September 27 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the NBA. - Mike James
Michael Lamont James (born June 23 1975 in Amityville, New York) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Houston Rockets of the NBA. Following a college career at Duquesne University that saw him finish ranked third all-time in steals (201), fifth in assists (348) and 10th in points (1,411) at the school and included being named to the all Atlantic 10 Conference 1st team in his senior year, he was not drafted. - P. J. Brown
Collier "P.J." Brown (born October 14, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls. After a college career at Louisiana Tech University, he was a second round draft choice of the New Jersey Nets in the 1992 NBA Draft, and has played for the Nets, the Miami Heat and the Charlotte / New Orleans / New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets averaging 9.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. - Micky Arison
Micky Arison is the Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, and owner of the NBA's Miami Heat. "Forbes" magazine places Arison's wealth at $6.1 billion, making him the 94th wealthiest person in the world as of 2006. He is the son of the late Ted Arison, Carnival Corporation's founder, and his sister is Shari Arison. Arison resides primarily in Miami, Florida, but he also has homes in New York and Israel. - Derek Anderson
Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats. Anderson is a graduate of Doss High School and was a Kentucky All-Star. Anderson played college basketball at the Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky. In 1996, Anderson helped the University of Kentucky win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship as part of a team that featured seven future NBA players. - Malik Allen
Malik Allen , '00 , who received a bachelor's degree in communication, is featured in an article in the Courier Post entitled, "Allen, Bouchard hook up again to assist local kids." While at Villanova, Allen was an All-Big East second-team pick as a senior after leading the Wildcats in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots. - Brian Grant
Brian Wade Grant (born March 5 1972, in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions for five teams during 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was known for his tenacious rebounding and blue-collar defense. During his career, he played with the Sacramento Kings (where he made First Team All-Rookie in the 1994-1995 season), Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. - Michael Doleac
Michael Scott Doleac (born June 15 1977 in San Antonio, Texas, USA) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the NBA. He graduated from Central Catholic High School (Portland, Oregon) Doleac was selected 12th overall in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1998. After four years at Utah, he was among the school's all-time top ten in 3 categories: 10th in scoring (1,519 points), … - Juwan Howard
Juwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He is a former All-Star and All-NBA power forward and was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson) that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores. - Earl Barron
Earl Daniel Barron, Jr. (born August 14 1981 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) is a professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Miami Heat. A 7'0" center from the University of Memphis, he was never drafted by an NBA team, and instead began his professional career with the Turkish team Tuborg Pilsener in 2003. Prior to the 2005-2006 season, he also played with the Red Bull Thunder team in the Philippine Basketball Association in the Philippines, … - Mitch Kupchak
Mitchell "Mitch" Kupchak (born May 24 1954 in Hicksville, New York) is a retired American basketball player and current general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers since the 2000-01 NBA season after predecessor Jerry West moved to the Memphis Grizzlies organization. Kupchak played on the gold medal winning team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1976, and was named to the NBA's All-Rookie team. - Juan Carlos Navarro
Juan Carlos Navarro (born June 13, 1980 in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona), nicknamed "La Bomba" (The Bomb), is a Spanish basketball player. The 1.92 m (6 ft 3 in) and 79 kg (169 lb) shooting guard/point guard currently plays for FC Barcelona of the Spanish ACB. He is widely considered one of the best guards in Europe. Navarro has played for FC Barcelona since he was a teen, making his ACB debut in November 23, 1997 at age 17. While on the Spanish roster, … - 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. - Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler (born May 23 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was raised in South Philadelphia in the Point Breeze area, one of the toughest sections of the city, notorious for crime. After a career at La Salle University, Butler was a second round draft choice of the Miami Heat in the 2002 NBA Draft. After three seasons, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets as part of the largest trade in NBA history. - 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. - Jamal Mashburn
Jamal Mashburn (born November 29, 1972 in New York City) is a former Dallas Mavericks player. A small forward, Mashburn was a prolific scorer in his 12 seasons in the league, with a career scoring average of 19.1 points per game. He is nicknamed "The Monster Mash" and "Masher". Mashburn had a very successful basketball career in college, playing for the University of Kentucky. - Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh (born December 2 1982 in Holland, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player who last played with the NBA's New Jersey Nets during the preseason of 2006. Walsh was released by the Nets in October 2006. The 6' 6" forward originally signed as an undrafted free agent from the University of Florida with the Miami Heat. He was waived by the Heat on November 18, 2005. Walsh has been romantically linked to playboy playmate Lauren Anderson. - Marc Stein
Marc Stein is a sports reporter. He began writing for ESPN.com in 2000 and signed on full-time in 2002 to serve as the site's Senior NBA Writer. He also makes regular broadcast appearances as a reporter and analyst for SportsCenter, NBA Shootaround, NBA Fastbreak, NBA Coast to Coast, ESPNEWS, Cold Pizza and ESPN Radio. Before joining the ESPN family, Stein covered the league for more than five years at the Dallas Morning News, … - Randy Pfund
Randy Pfund is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) head coach and a current NBA executive. He was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers under Pat Riley and Mike Dunleavy, and was the team's head coach during the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 seasons, although he was let go near the end of his second season, being replaced for the remainder of the year by Magic Johnson. As of February 2006, he is the general manager for the Miami Heat.
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