List of Famous Basketball Players

Cristiano Silva Felício is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played in his home country of Brazil for Minas Tênis Clube and Flamengo.

Cheick Diallo is a Malian professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. Diallo was a five-star recruit and the MVP of the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. He played one season of college basketball for Kansas before declaring for the 2016 NBA draft, where he was selected with the 33rd overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Yann Ulrich Stéphane Lasme is a Gabonese former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), with the UMass Minutemen, and he was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round, 46th overall, in the 2007 NBA draft. He earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2014 and won the EuroLeague Best Defender award in 2013.

Laurent Sciarra is a former French professional basketball player.

Patrick Fitzgerald O'Bryant is a US-born Central African professional basketball player for the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada. The 7 ft (213 cm), 250 lb center was selected out of Bradley University by the Golden State Warriors with the 9th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft. He has been a member of the NBA's Warriors, Boston Celtics, and Toronto Raptors, and has also played in the NBA Development League, and overseas in Europe and Latin America.

Rolands Šmits is a Latvian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10"), and a weight of 106.4 kg, he can play at either the small forward or power forward positions.

Vítor Alves Benite, commonly known as Vítor Benite, or simply as Benite, is a Brazilian-Italian professional basketball player who currently plays for San Pablo Burgos of the Liga ACB. At a height of 1.94 m tall, he plays at the shooting guard position. He also represents the senior Brazilian national basketball team.

Petar "Pece" Naumoski is a former Macedonian professional basketball player. At a height of 1.95 m tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played mainly at the point guard position during his career, but he could also play as a shooting guard and a small forward. He was a very skillful play maker. In his pro playing career, he had some quite successful years, while playing in Turkey and Italy.

J. R. Sakuragi , is an American-Japanese professional basketball player.

Tornike "Toko" Shengelia is a Georgian professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League and the Euroleague. A 2.06 m tall power forward, he earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2018.