List of Famous Basketball Players
Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a retired Russian professional basketball player and basketball coach. At a height of 1.96 m (6'5"), and a weight of 95 kg, he played as a shooting guard. He was also a member of the senior Russian national team, from 1996 to 2008.
Romeo Sacchetti
Romeo "Meo" Sacchetti is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently a head coach for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Serie A2.
Samuel Dalembert
Samuel Davis Dalembert is a Haitian-Canadian former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Seton Hall University. During his active career, Dalembert was known for his rebounding as well as his shot blocking ability.
Adrian Smith
Adrian Howard "Odie" Smith is a retired American professional basketball player.
Olcay Çakır
Olcay Çakır Turgut is a Turkish basketball player for Fenerbahçe where she played for since 2005 in youth level.
Nilay Kartaltepe
Nilay Kartaltepe is a Turkish professional basketball player of Ormanspor.
Tuğba Taşçı
Tuğba Taşçı is a Turkish professional female basketball player, formally of Kayseri Kaski.
Du Feng
Du Feng,, is a retired Chinese professional basketball player and current head coach of his longtime club, the Guangdong Southern Tigers. At a height of 2.07 meters, and a weight of 100 kilograms, he played as a power forward-center.
Richard Chaney
Butch Lee
Alfred "Butch" Lee, Jr. is a Puerto Rican retired professional basketball player. He began his career in the NCAA, where he gathered several "Player of the Year" recognitions and earned All-American honors as both a junior and senior while at Marquette University. Lee was selected as the Most Outstanding Player at the 1977 Final Four where he led the Warriors to the school's first national championship. The university recognized this by retiring his jersey. Lee was the first Puerto Rican and Latin American-born athlete to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), accomplishing this after being selected in the first round of the 1978 NBA draft. There he played for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Lee concluded his career in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He is known to be the only Puerto Rican professional basketball player to win championships in the NCAA, NBA, and BSN. Lee was a member of the Puerto Rican national team.