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Kyrie Irving

NBA: Boston Celtics at Minnesota Timberwolves

Kyrie Andrew Irving (/ˈkaɪri/; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. A five-time NBA All-Star, Irving was selected to the All-NBA Third Team in 2015. He won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.

Irving played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Cavaliers in 2011. He was named the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player(MVP) in 2014. In the 2016 NBA Finals, he made a three-point field goal with 53 seconds remaining in a tied Game 7 to help lead the Cavaliers to a championship over the Golden State Warriors. After losing a rematch against the Warriors in the 2017 Finals, Irving requested a trade, and was traded to the Boston Celtics. He has also played for the United States national team, with which he won gold at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, he starred in the film Uncle Drew.

No. 11 – Boston Celtics
Position Point guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born March 23, 1992 (age 26)
Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 193 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College Duke (2010–2011)
NBA draft 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2011–2017 Cleveland Cavaliers
2017–present Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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Russell Westbrook

Oklahoma City Thunder v Phoenix Suns

Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a seven-time NBA All-Star, and a two-time NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, winning consecutive awards in 2015 and 2016. He is also a seven-time All-NBA Team member and led the league in scoring in 2014–15 and 2016–17. In 2017, Westbrook became one of two players in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season, along with Oscar Robertson in 1962. He also set a record for the most triple-doubles in a season, with 42. He was subsequently named the 2016–17 NBA Most Valuable Player. This feat was repeated the following season when he again averaged a triple-double across 80 games. In 2017–18, he also led the league in assists for the first time.

Westbrook played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and earned third-team all-conference honors in the Pac-10. He was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, who then relocated to Oklahoma City six days later. Westbrook has represented the United States national team twice, winning gold medals in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics.

No. 0 – Oklahoma City Thunder
Position Point guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born November 12, 1988 (age 29)
Long Beach, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Leuzinger (Lawndale, California)
College UCLA (2006–2008)
NBA draft 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–present Oklahoma City Thunder
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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Kevin Durant

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Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft. He played nine seasons in Oklahoma City before signing with Golden State in 2016, winning back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018.

Durant was a heavily recruited high school prospect who was widely regarded as the second-best player in his class. In college, he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. As a professional, he has won two NBA championships, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Finals MVP Awards, the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA scoring titles, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, and two Olympic gold medals. Durant has also been selected to eight All-NBA teams and nine NBA All-Star teams.

Off the court, Durant is one of the highest-earning basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as Foot Locker and Nike. He has developed a reputation for philanthropy and regularly leads the league in All-Star votes and jersey sales. In recent years, he has contributed to The Players’ Tribune as both a photographer and writer. In 2012, he ventured into acting, appearing in the film Thunderstruck.

No. 35 – Golden State Warriors
Position Small forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born September 29, 1988 (age 30)
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school National Christian Academy
(Fort Washington, Maryland)
Oak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
Montrose Christian School
(Rockville, Maryland)
College Texas (2006–2007)
NBA draft 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2007–2016 Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder
2016–present Golden State Warriors
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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James Harden

James Harden

James Edward Harden Jr. (born August 26, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Arizona State, where he was named a consensus All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2009. Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. In 2012, he was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the Thunder and helped the team reach the NBA Finals.

Harden was traded to Houston prior to the 2012–13 NBA season. Upon joining the Rockets, he became one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers and earned recognition as the best shooting guard in the NBA,] as well as one of the top overall players in the league. Harden was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2018. He is a six-time NBA All-Star, and has earned All-NBA Team honors five times, including four times to the first team.

Harden is a two-time member of the United States national basketball team, winning gold medals in both the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2014 FIBA World Cup.

No. 13 – Houston Rockets
Position Shooting guard / Point guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born August 26, 1989 (age 29)
Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Artesia (Lakewood, California)
College Arizona State (2007–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2012 Oklahoma City Thunder
2012–present Houston Rockets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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Dirk Nowitzki

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Dirk Werner Nowitzki (German pronunciation: [ˈdɪʁk ˈvɛʁnɐ noˈvɪtski]) (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium and the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played since.

Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), Nowitzki is considered one of the greatest power forwards of all time.[2] Nowitzki has led the Mavericks to 15 NBA playoff appearances (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise’s first Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011. Known for his scoring ability, his versatility, his accurate outside shooting, and his trademark fadeaway jump shot, Nowitzki won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2007 and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011.

Nowitzki’s NBA career has been filled with accomplishments. He is one of only seven players to play at least 20 seasons in the NBA and is the second player to do so with a single franchise. Nowitzki is a 13-time All-Star, a 12-time All-NBA Team member, the first European player to start in an All-Star Game, and the first European player to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Nowitzki is the sixth player to achieve over 30,000 regular-season points and is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history. He is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records. On December 10, 2012, he became the first non-American player to receive the Naismith Legacy Award. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Nowitzki stood sixth on the list of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders with 31,187 points.

Nowitzki’s career in international play is also noteworthy. He led the German national basketball team to a bronze medal in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and silver in EuroBasket 2005, and was the leading scorer and MVP in both tournaments.

No. 41 – Dallas Mavericks
Position Power forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born June 19, 1978 (age 40)
Würzburg, West Germany
Nationality German
Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career 1994–present
Career history
1994–1998 DJK Würzburg
1998–present Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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Enes Kanter

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Enes Kanter (born May 20, 1992) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he plays at the center position.

Early life

Kanter was born May 20, 1992, in Zürich, Switzerland, while his father, Mehmet, attained his M.D. from the University of Zurich. His father is a professor of histology at Trakya University.

Before moving to the United States, Kanter played under Serdar Apaydın‘s management for the Fenerbahçe youth squad between 2006 and 2008 and then, during the 2008–09 season, Kanter was a seldom-used reserve for the Fenerbahçe senior team.[4] He played in at least nine games with the team – four in the EuroLeague and five in the Turkish Super League. Fenerbahçe and the Greek League basketball team Olympiacos both offered Kanter professional contracts, but he declined because he wanted to play high school and college basketball in the United States.

No. 00 – New York Knicks
Position Center
League NBA
Personal information
Born May 20, 1992 (age 26)
Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality Turkish
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school Stoneridge Preparatory School
(Simi Valley, California)
NBA draft 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Utah Jazz
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
2008–2009 Fenerbahçe
2011–2015 Utah Jazz
2015–2017 Oklahoma City Thunder
2017–present New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
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Ersan İlyasova

ersan ilyosava

Ersan İlyasova (born May 15, 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has previously played in Turkey, Spain, and the NBA Development League.

No. 77 – Milwaukee Bucks
Position Power forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born May 15, 1987 (age 31)
Eskişehir, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career 2003–present
Career history
2003–2004 Yeşilyurt
2004–2005 Ülkerspor
2005–2007 Milwaukee Bucks
2005–2006 →Tulsa 66ers
2007–2009 FC Barcelona
2009–2015 Milwaukee Bucks
2011 Anadolu Efes
2015–2016 Detroit Pistons
2016 Orlando Magic
2016 Oklahoma City Thunder
2016–2017 Philadelphia 76ers
2017–2018 Atlanta Hawks
2018 Philadelphia 76ers
2018–present Milwaukee Bucks
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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Cedi Osman

cedi osman photo

Cedi Osman (born April 8, 1995) is a Turkish-Macedonian professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association(NBA). He plays the small forward position.

Early years

Osman was born in Macedonia to an ethnic Turkish father and a Bosniak mother (from Novi Pazar, Serbia).[1][2] He has an older brother, Dzaner, who is also a basketball player.[3] He started playing basketball with KK Bosna‘s youth teams in 2001. In 2007, he moved to Anadolu Efes‘ junior teams after his outstanding performance at KK Bosna. Due to his paternal Turkish background, he was immediately naturalized as a Turkish citizen, as per Turkey’s right-of-return laws. He has also represented the Turkish national basketball team since then.

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Kristaps Porziņģis

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Kristaps Porziņģis (Latvian pronunciation: [‘kris.taps ‘pʊ͡ɔr.ziɲ.ɟis]; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) tall, and plays both the power forward and center positions.

Born in Liepāja, Porziņģis started out his career with youth teams in his hometown before trying out and making the Baloncesto Sevilla youth squads. Following multiple years with the junior teams of Sevilla and representing them in Nike International Junior Tournaments, he was promoted to the senior squad. There, Porziņģis quickly rose as the figurehead of the team, becoming the youngest ever recipient of the EuroCup Basketball Rising Star award, while also attracting interest from various NBA franchises, ultimately being selected by the Knicks with the fourth overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft.

Porziņģis competed with the Latvia youth national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

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Derrick Rose

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Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft. After being named the NBA Rookie of the Year, Rose, at age 22, became the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011.

Rose was born and raised in the Chicago area, and attended Simeon Career Academy. He was highly recruited by NCAA scouts and coaches, eventually choosing to join the University of Memphis under coach John Calipari. Rose led the Memphis Tigers to the most wins in NCAA history (a 38–2 record), their first number one ranking in 25 years, and an appearance in the NCAA championship game. In 2009, an NCAA investigation revealed that Rose’s SAT scores had been invalidated, and as a result, the NCAA vacated Memphis’ entire 2007–08 season.

Rose has struggled with significant knee injuries since his 2010–11 MVP campaign. In the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose tore his ACL in his left knee. Rose required surgery and was subsequently sidelined for the entire 2012–13 season. Rose returned to play in 2013–14. However, on November 22, 2013, during a regular season game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Rose injured his right meniscus which caused him to miss the remainder of the season. Rose returned once again the following season, but knee injuries continued to riddle him, causing him to miss 30 games. In June 2016, he was traded to the New York Knicks. After one season with the Knicks, Rose joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in July 2017, but was traded and subsequently released by the Utah Jazz the following February. In March 2018, he signed with the Timberwolves.

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