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A basic statistic from the National Basketball Association shows that Black players make up around 70% of the NBA today. They are also the league’s most vocal advocates for social justice.
Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan MBE (/ ˈ æ d i ə ˈ d ɛ p i ˌ t æ n /; born 27 March 1973) is a Nigerian-born British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player. As a presenter, he has hosted a range of travel documentaries and sports programmes for BBC television.
McGee had the largest documented armspan of any current NBA player at 7 ft 6.5 in (2.30 m) [67] until the Nuggets drafted Rudy Gobert, with an armspan at 7 ft 8.5 in (2.35 m) in the 2013 NBA draft. McGee has been featured regularly on Inside the NBA ' s basketball blooper feature " Shaqtin' a Fool ", earning the nickname "Tragic Bronson", a ...
The NBA was founded in June 1946, with its first season played in 1946–47. Wat Misaka debuted in 1947–48 as the first non-white player and the first Asian American to play in the league. [1] [4] African Americans first appeared in the NBA in 1950. Chuck Cooper was the first black player drafted in the NBA. [5]
Donald Argee Barksdale (March 31, 1923 – March 8, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.
Marcus Eugene Douthit (born April 15, 1980) is a Filipino-American former basketball player. He graduated from Providence College. [1] After his stint with the Providence Friars, he was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 2004 NBA draft. [2]
He finished third in NBA Rookie of the Year voting for the 2011–12 season, [17] and earned NBA All-Rookie Team honors. [18] On November 12, 2012, Faried was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, November 5, through Sunday, November 11. It was his first and only player of the week award of his career. [19]
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Somali: Bilqis Abdul Qaadir; Arabic: بلقيس عبد القادر) (born 11 November 1990) is an American former collegiate basketball player. She was notable for playing basketball while wearing a hijab, a headscarf for Muslim women.