- 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. - Ray Allen
Walter Ray Allen (born July 20, 1975) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics, for whom he plays shooting guard. He has also played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics. Allen is known as one of the best jump shooters in the history of the NBA, especially from three-point range. - Kevin McHale
Kevin Edward McHale (born December 19, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player who starred for thirteen seasons in the NBA for the Boston Celtics. He is currently an executive with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. - 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. - Ricky Davis
Tyree Ricardo "Ricky" Davis (born September 23, 1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. - Randy Foye
Randy Foye (born September 24, 1983 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He previously played for Villanova University. He was selected seventh overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Foye attended East Side High School in Newark, where he was selected as New Jersey Player of the Year, … - Sam Cassell
Samuel (Sam) James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Cassell was selected 24th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 1993 NBA Draft out of Florida State University. He helped them win two NBA Championships in 1994 and 1995. After the 1995-96 season, he was traded to the Phoenix Suns, but his tenure there was brief. - 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. - Rashad McCants
Rashad Dion McCants (born September 25, 1984 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA) is an American professional basketball player. A 6' 4", 226 lb. shooting guard, he gained prominence while playing college basketball at the University of North Carolina (UNC), before going to play professionally for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. - 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. - Craig Smith
Craig Smith (born November 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American professional basketball player. After playing for Boston College from 2002-2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA Draft. He is, and weighs. Smith scored 2,349 points in his collegiate career, placing him second on Boston College's career scoring list (behind Troy Bell). In his senior season, he had per-game averages of 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals, … - Brandon Roy
Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. - 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). - 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. - Randy Wittman
Randy Scott Wittman (born October 28 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American former professional basketball player and the coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. A 6'6" guard, Wittman played college basketball at Indiana University, and was selected by the Washington Bullets with the 22nd pick of the 1983 NBA Draft. However, he never played for the Bullets; instead, over a nine-year NBA career, he played for the Atlanta Hawks, the Sacramento Kings, … - Latrell Sprewell
Latrell Fontaine Sprewell (born September 8 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2004-05 NBA season. A 6'5" guard/forward who built his career around his athleticism, versatility, and combative manners. - Troy Hudson
Troy Hudson (born March 13 1976 in Carbondale, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently at reserve point guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. After a college career at the University of Missouri and Southern Illinois University, Hudson was not selected in the NBA draft. Since earning a hard-fought spot on the Utah Jazz in 1998, he later played for the Los Angeles Clippers and the Orlando Magic. - Joe Smith
Joseph Leynard Smith (born July 26 1975, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. His height is listed as 6'10". Smith attended Maury High School and played at the University of Maryland. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the first overall pick of the 1995 NBA Draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1995-96 season. Smith is a power forward. - Mark Madsen
Mark Ellsworth Madsen (born January 28 1976 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. After attending San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, California, Madsen, who is a Mormon, served for two years in Spain-where he learned fluent Spanish-as a missionary for his church. As a youth, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Madsen credits Scouting with teaching him about leadership, character, … - Trenton Hassell
Trenton Lavar Hassell (born March 4, 1979 in Clarksville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. A 6'5", 233 lbs guard-forward from Austin Peay State University, Hassell was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the first pick in the second round (30th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. During his rookie season with Bulls in 2001-02, he appeared in 78 games, making 47 starts and averaging 8.7 ppg, … - Glen Taylor
Glen A. Taylor is a billionaire American businessman and the head of Taylor Corporation, a privately held multinational company in the printing and electronics businesses with more than 15,000 employees. Taylor grew up on a farm in Comfrey, Minnesota, and attended Minnesota State University, Mankato In which he now is one of the main benefactors, donating the funds to build the Taylor Center, the school's basketball arena. He worked at a local print shop in his early life. - 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), … - 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. - 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. - Kendrick Perkins
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. - 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. - Dwane Casey
Dwane Casey (born April 17, 1957 in Morganfield, Kentucky) is the former head coach of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. Casey played college basketball at the University of Kentucky between 1975 and 1979, and would later serve as an assistant coach there. In 1990, Casey was banned from coaching in the NCAA after being tied to sending cash payments to Chris Mills, who was being recruited to play at Kentucky. However, Casey was never found guilty of the charges, … - 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. - 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. - 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. - Marcus Banks
Arthur Lemarcus Banks III, commonly known as Marcus Banks (born November 19 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada), is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. Banks is 6'2" (188 cm) tall and 200 lb (90 kg). He played in college for UNLV, where he was Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. He was selected with the thirteenth pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, … - Michael Olowokandi
Michael Olowokandi (born April 3 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria), nicknamed The Kandi Man is a Nigerian professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He currently is a member of the Boston Celtics after making the team as a training camp invitee. Born in Nigeria and raised in London, United Kingdom, Olowokandi began his collegiate career at Brunel University before enrolling at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, USA, … - 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, … - 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. - Fred Hoiberg
Fredrick Kristian Hoiberg (born October 15, 1972 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an assistant general manager with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He is a former professional basketball player and coach. - Chris Richard
Chris Richard is a National Basketball Association player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Richard, a power forward played collegiately at the University of Florida. He has an impressive wingspan of 7'4.5" and he can score a load of points in very few minutes. - 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. - 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. - Sam Mitchell
Samuel E. Mitchell, Jr. (born September 2 1963 in Columbus, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. A Columbus High School graduate, the 6'6", 210 lb small forward was drafted out of Mercer University with the seventh pick of the third round (54th overall) by the Houston Rockets in the 1985 NBA Draft, … - 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), …
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