Famous Basketball Players

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LEBRON JAMES 28
The number 1 overall NBA draft pick in 2003 who won the NBA Rookie of the Year award and multiple MVP awards.
2

MICHAEL JORDAN 50
Former high-flying Chicago Bulls shooting guard, considered by many to be 'the greatest basketball player of all time.'
3

KOBE BRYANT 34
NBA legend who helped the Los Angeles Lakers achieve a championship threepeat in the 2000-2002 seasons.
4

KEVIN DURANT 24
Oklahoma City Thunder forward who won Rookie of the Year followed by several scoring titles; he lost to the Heat in his first NBA Finals appearance.
5

DERRICK ROSE 24
Chicago Bulls star who led the mediocre team to contend for a title; he had a devastating ACL injury in 2012 that stalled his career.
6

DWAYNE WADE 31
2006 NBA Finals MVP with the Miami Heat who won his second championship with the team in 2012 alongside Lebron James.
7

CARMELO ANTHONY 28
2013 NBA scoring champion who won Gold Medals at the Olympics in 2008 and 2012.
8

CHRIS BOSH 29
All-Star NBA power forward who won his first NBA title with the Miami Heat in 2012.
9

CHRIS PAUL 28
Electric NBA point guard and 2006 rookie of the year who led the NBA in assists in 2008 & 2009, and became the NBA All-Star game MVP in 2013.
10

BLAKE GRIFFIN 24
Famous slam dunker who won rookie of the year in 2011 while playing for the Los Angeles Clippers.
11

RAJON RONDO 27
Triple-double machine who was selected to his first NBA All-Star game in 2010 while a member of the Celtics.
12

RUSSEL WESTBROOK 24
Lightning-fast NBA point guard who was selected fourth in the 2008 NBA Draft.
13

DWIGHT HOWARD 27
NBA big man who played for the Orlando Magic, but after demanding to be traded, was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012.
14

LARRY BIRD 56
Larry the Legend won 3 MVP awards, played in 12 All-Star games, and is considered one of the greatest NBA players to play the game.
15

RAY ALLEN 37
Played for the Milwaukee Bucks, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Boston Celtics, and then the Miami Heat, and set a record for the amount of three-point field goals.
16

EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON 53
5-time NBA champion and Hall of Fame player who was diagnosed HIV positive in 1991.
17

KEVIN GARNETT 37
2004 NBA MVP who won an NBA title with the Boston Celtics in 2008.
18

KYRIE IRVING 21
Number One pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011 who became the 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year.
19

PAUL PIERCE 35
Superstar at Kansas who went on to win an NBA championship while playing with the Boston Celtics.
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STEVE NASH 39
NBA legend who won the MVP in 2005 and 2006 with the Phoenix Suns, and played in eight NBA All-Star games.