List of Famous Basketball Players

Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio is an Uruguayan professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague. Listed at a height of 6'2​¹⁄₂" tall without shoes, and 200 lbs. (91 kg) in weight, he plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Ismael Santos is a retired basketball player. As a member of Real Madrid, he won the Euroleague title in 1995, being selected to the EuroLeague All-Final Four Team in the process. In 1997, Santos was instrumental as Real Madrid won the Saporta Cup.

Oğuz Savaş is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). Standing at 2.11 m, he plays the center position. He has also represented the senior Turkish national team.

Jaylen Hoard is a French-American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Born in Le Havre, France, he began his career at INSEP in Paris, competing with the amateur club Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball of the Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1). He became among of the most sought-after prospects of the class of 2018, and a consensus five-star recruit, after moving to Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point, North Carolina.

Pablo Prigioni is an Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach and a former player. He played at the point guard position. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection and was also a member of the senior Argentina national basketball team that won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is the oldest rookie in NBA history, making his debut with the New York Knicks in 2012, at age 35. He played 4 seasons in the NBA for the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers before starting his coaching career in 2017. He is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

İbrahim Kutluay is a former Turkish professional basketball player who has been a manager and pundit since his retirement. He played the shooting guard position, and in his prime, was one of the most prolific 3-point shooters worldwide. He scored a record 50 points at the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship against Italy, and also 41 points in a EuroLeague game against Cibona Zagreb during the 1998–99 season. He was the first Turkish basketball player to win the EuroLeague championship, winning the 2002 EuroLeague Final Four with the Greek club Panathinaikos. Kutluay was the fourth Turk to play in the NBA. He is described as a 'stellar basketball player' whose 'legacy goes beyond his shooting skills, leadership and incredible talent'. In addition to his professional career, he has also attracted interest as a high society figure due to his fame and wealth and personal life which has continuously been subjected to media scrutiny.

Louis Labeyrie is a French professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.

Tenketsu Harimoto , birth name Zhang Tianjie, is a Chinese-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins club of the B.League in Japan.

Jan Fernando Martín Sonneborn is a professional basketball player with three nationalities, Spanish, German, and Israeli. In his career, he has played at three different positions, center, power forward, and small forward.

Francisco Vázquez González, more commonly known as Fran Vázquez, is a retired Spanish professional basketball player who most recently played for Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. Originally drafted by the Orlando Magic in 2005, Vázquez decided to remain in the Spanish ACB League rather than enter the National Basketball Association (NBA).