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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com. Iman Asante Shumpert (/ iˈmɑːn / ee-MAHN; [ 1 ] born June 26, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. [ 2 ] He won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.
Artis Gilmore Sr. (born September 21, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Gilmore was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on August 12, 2011. A star center in his two years of college basketball at ...
Known as the "best basketball player" of the 1900s-1920s. Formed, operated, and played for the Loendi Big Five, which became the most dominant basketball team of the Black Fives Era through the mid-1920s, winning four straight Colored Basketball World Championship titles. [173] 2016: Sheryl Swoopes: G: First player to be signed to the WNBA. 3× ...
O'Neal was born on March 6, 1972, in Newark, New Jersey, [ 17 ] to Lucille O'Neal and Joe Toney, who played high school basketball (he was an All-State guard) and was offered a basketball scholarship to play at Seton Hall. Toney struggled with drug addiction and was imprisoned for drug possession when O'Neal was an infant.
James Ronald McDaniels (April 2, 1948–September 6, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately for Western Kentucky University and was the number one overall pick in the 1971 American Basketball Association Draft. [not verified in body] McDaniels played as an ABA All-Star in 1972. [ 1 ][better source needed]
Chris Porter (basketball) Not to be confused with Kris Porter (basketball). Christopher Bernard Porter (born May 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Known for his large afro hairstyle and giant vertical leap, he created excitement early in his career with his dunking and rebounding abilities.
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006. Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Association as a guard for the San Diego/Houston Rockets ...
Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. (born July 7, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.A 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) phenom, three-time college national player of the year, and first overall selection in the 1983 NBA draft, Sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the National Basketball Association (NBA).