List of Famous Basketball Players

Stanley Herbert Johnson Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats before being selected eighth overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2015 NBA draft.

Andray Maurice Blatche is an American-Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Tianjin Gold Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played high school basketball at Henninger High School and South Kent School before he was drafted in the second round of the 2005 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards.

Joel DeWayne Berry II is an American professional basketball player for Beşiktaş of the Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels and led the team to the 2017 national championship.

Ty Jacob Leaf is an Israeli-American professional basketball player who last played for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing one season of college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, he was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft with the 18th overall pick.

Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado is a Spanish professional basketball player for Alba Fehérvár. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional footballer Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. His father, and his grandfather, are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players. He is a 1.87 m tall point guard.

Alexander "Sasha" Olegovich Kaun is a Russian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the University of Kansas for four seasons, where he won an NCAA championship in 2008 before being selected with the 56th overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2008 NBA draft. He played seven seasons in Russia for CSKA Moscow. In 2015, he returned to the United States and played his only NBA season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he won an NBA championship in 2015–16. Kaun became one of the first Russians, along with Timofey Mozgov, in NBA history to win an NBA championship. He also represented Russia in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Marquese De'Shawn Chriss Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. He was selected in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft with the eighth overall pick by the Sacramento Kings, and he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team as a member of the Phoenix Suns.

Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman, nicknamed "Lady Magic", is an American former professional basketball player and coach in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) who is currently a broadcaster for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as the head coach of Power, a team in the BIG3 which she led to its 2018 Championship. Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in American women's basketball.

Andrés Marcelo Nocioni is an Argentine-Italian retired professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. Nocioni won a EuroLeague title in 2015, earning the EuroLeague Final Four MVP Award in the process.

Lindsay Marie Whalen is the head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team.