Basketball Player
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A basketball player is a person who plays the game of basketball. This type is typically reserved for players at the profession and collegiate level, not recreational players.
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| Rasheed Wallace |
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Person | Center | 36 |
Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17 1974) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays Center for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. At 6 ft 11½ in (212 cm) and 230 lb ...
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| Tayshaun Prince |
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Person | Small forward | 22 |
Tayshaun Durell Prince (born February 28, 1980, in Compton, California) is an American basketball player for the Detroit Pistons in the National Basketball Association. Prince is a small forward, listed at and . A graduate of Dominguez High School...
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| Richard Hamilton | Person | Shooting guard | 32 |
Richard Clay "Rip" Hamilton (born February 14, 1978 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is an American National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons. He is 6 ft 7 in, 193 pounds (2.01 m, 87.5 kg) and plays shooting guard and small forward...
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| Nazr Mohammed | Person | Power forward | 6 |
Nazr Tahiru Mohammed (first name pronounced NAH-Zi) (born September 5 1977, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. He plays both center and power forward positions. He is 6 ft 10 in (2...
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| Chauncey Billups |
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Person | Point guard | 1 |
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25 1976, in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. Billups is the starting point guard and team captain for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association. He played college...
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| Ben Wallace |
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Person | Center | 4 |
Ben Wallace (born September 10 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nickname "Big Ben", he plays the center and power forward, and is and ....
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| Chris Webber |
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Person | Power forward | 84 |
Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III (born March 1 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a 5-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a...
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| Mark Madsen |
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Person | Power forward | 35 |
Mark Ellsworth Madsen (born January 28 1976 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He is a Mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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| James Augustine | Person | Power forward | 40 |
James Augustine (born February 27 1984) is an American professional basketball player currently a free agent.
He was born in Midlothian, Illinois, but eventually moved to Mokena, Illinois where he attended Lincoln-Way Central High School in New...
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| Jason Kapono | Person | Shooting guard | 24 |
Jason Alan Kapono (born February 4 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the NBA's Toronto Raptors.
Jason enjoyed a storied college career at UCLA, where he finished as the third all-time...
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| Pro Athlete | Small forward | 24 | |||
| Pete Maravich | Person |
Peter Press Maravich (June 22 1947 – January 5 1988) was an American basketball player known for his dazzling ballhandling, incredible shooting abilities, and creative passing. He learned at a very young age fundamental basketball and ball handling...
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| Todd Lowrie | Person |
Todd Lowrie (born 14 July, 1983 in Scone, NSW ) is an Australia rugby league player who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He had played his entire career with the Newcastle Knights, before being signed to the Eels...
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| Carmelo Anthony |
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Person | Small forward | 15 |
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony (born May 291984) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets, of the National Basketball Association. As a freshman in college, Anthony led Syracuse University to a 30–5 record and the school's first...
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| Sebastian Telfair |
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Person | Point guard | 30 |
Sebastian Telfair (born June 9 1985 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves.
Telfair was the 13th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers out of Abraham...
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| Amare Stoudemire | Person | Power forward | 32 |
Amaré Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16 1982 in Lake Wales, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.09 m) and 249 lb (113 kg) power forward/center.
Stoudemire's father died when...
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| Dino Rađa | Person | Power forward |
Dino Rađa, transcribed in English as Dino Radja (born April 24, 1967, in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a retired Croatia basketball player. He was a member of the legendary Jugoplastika team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which he...
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| Mamadou N'diaye | Person | Center |
Mamadou N'Diaye (born June 16 1975 in Dakar) is a Senegal professional basketball player. After a college career at Auburn University, N'Diaye was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2000 NBA Draft. He played for the Toronto...
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| Marquis Daniels | Person | Shooting guard | 6 |
Marquis Antwane Daniels (born January 7 1981 in Orlando, Florida) is a 6'6" (198 cm), 200 lb (91 kg) shooting guard/small forward for the National Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers. Daniels was an undrafted guard who emerged as one of the year...
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| Damir Markota | Person | Power forward |
Damir Markota Omerhodžić, known as Šveđo (born December 26 1985 in Sarajevo), is a Croatia/Swedish professional basketball player, in the forward position. His style of play has been compared to Vladimir Radmanovic.
Markota, born in the former...
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| Chris Wilcox | Person | Power forward | 54 |
Chris Ray Wilcox (born September 3 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Oklahoma City National Basketball Association team of the NBA. He previously played for the Los Angeles...
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| Mikki Moore | Person | Power forward | 33 |
Clinton Renard "Mikki" (pronounced "MY-key") Moore (born November 4, 1975 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
Moore went undrafted following a career at the...
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| Josh Smith | Person | Small forward | 5 |
Joshua Smith (born December 5 1985 in College Park, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player with the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA. Josh was one of five kids born to Paulette and Pete Smith. His siblings are Walter, Phebe, Kasola and...
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| Raúl López | Person | Point guard |
Raúl López Molist (born April 15, 1980 in Vic, Barcelona) is a Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for Real Madrid in the Spanish League. He has previously played for the NBA's Utah Jazz. López is a native of Vic, Barcelona,...
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| Ray Allen |
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Person | Shooting guard |
Walter Ray Allen (born July 20 1975 in Merced, California), commonly referred to as Ray Allen, is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics at the position of shooting guard. He has played professionally for the...
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| Anthony Johnson | Person | Point guard | 5 |
Anthony Mark Johnson (born October 2, 1974 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Johnson is a 6'3" (1.91 m) point guard. On February 16, 2008, Johnson was involved...
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| Boštjan Nachbar | Person | Small forward | 7 |
Boštjan Nachbar (pronounced BOSHT-yahn NAHK-bahr) (born July 3 1980 in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player, currently with Dynamo Moscow.
Nachbar started his professional career joining KK Union...
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| Devean George | Person | Shooting guard | 40 |
Devean Jamar George (born August 29, 1977 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks. He typically plays small forward but because of his athleticism and defensive activity, can defend...
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| Drew Gooden | Person | Power forward | 90 |
Andrew Melvin "Drew" Gooden (born September 24, 1981 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Gooden is a 6'10", 250 lbs. power forward from the University of Kansas.
Before...
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| Radoslav Nesterović | Person | Center | 12 |
Radoslav "Rašo" Nesterović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радослав Нестеровић - Рашо), usually referred to in English as Rasho Nesterovic (born May 30 1976), is a Slovenia professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Indiana Pacers.
Nesterović was...
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| Andreas Glyniadakis | Person | Center |
Andreas Glyniadakis, also spelled Andreas Gliniadakis (in Greek: Ανδρέας Γλυνιαδάκης; born August 26, 1981 in Chania, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Greek pro club Maroussi. He is a 7'1" (2.16 m), 280...
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