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Power forward
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low blocks". They play offensively with their backs to...
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David West
David Moorer West (born August 29, 1980) is an American professional basketball player on the NBA's New Orleans Hornets.
Though he was born and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, West went to high school at Garner Magnet High School in Garner, North...
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Wilson Chandler
Wilson Chandler (born May 10, 1987 in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is an American basketball player currently with the New York Knicks. He played college basketball at DePaul University for two years before declaring for the NBA Draft. Chandler is...
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- 21
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Vladimir Radmanović
Vladimir Radmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Радмановић) (born November 19, 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He previously played with the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers,...
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- 77
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Reggie Evans
Reginald Jamaal "Reggie" Evans (born May 18, 1980, in Pensacola, Florida) is an American professional basketball player. The power forward currently plays for the Toronto Raptors. While limited in his offensive game, Evans is known for his...
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Emeka Okafor
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor, abbreviated as Emeka Okafor (eh-meh-KAH oh-KAH-FOR) (born September 28, 1982), is a Nigerian-American basketball player playing at power forward and center for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball...
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- 50
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Brandon Bass
Brandon Samuel Bass (born April 30, 1985 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Orlando Magic of the NBA.
A 6'8", 240 lb (110 kg). power forward from LSU, Bass was selected by the Hornets...
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- 32
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Kenny Thomas
Kenneth (Kenny) Cornelius Thomas (born July 25, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays power forward for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association.
He attended high school in El...
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- 9
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Nick Collison
Nicholas John Collison (born October 26, 1980) is an American professional basketball player, currently a power forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA, and well known in basketball circles for his accomplishments at the University of...
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- 4
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Drew Gooden
Andrew Melvin "Drew" Gooden (born September 24, 1981 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player with the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. Gooden is a 6'10", 250 lbs. power forward from the University of Kansas.
Before Gooden...
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- 90
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Al Jefferson
Al Jefferson (born January 4, 1985 in Monticello, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA.
Jefferson attended Prentiss High School in Prentiss, Mississippi from 2000–2004. In his senior...
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- 25
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Darius Songaila
Darius Songaila (born February 14, 1978) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the NBA with the New Orleans Hornets. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions.
Songaila attended...
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- 9
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David Lee
David Lee (born April 29, 1983, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the New York Knicks. Lee played collegiately for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida as a power forward....
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- 42
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Sean May
Sean Gregory May (born April 4, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. A 6' 9" power forward, he is currently a member of the Sacramento Kings.
May was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. He was a three-time...
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- 42
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Brian Scalabrine
Brian Scalabrine (born March 18, 1978) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Boston Celtics of the NBA. A 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), 235 lb (107 kg; 16.8 st) forward from University of Southern California, Scalabrine was selected...
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- 44
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Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol i Sáez (pronounced IPA [ˈpaʊ̯ gəˈzɔɫ]) (born July 6, 1980 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain) is a 2.13 m (7 ft.) Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He...
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- 16
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Dwayne Jones
Dwayne Jones (born June 9, 1983, in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player.
Along with senior Jameer Nelson and juniors Delonte West and Pat Carroll, Jones was an integral part of the undefeated St Joseph's team...
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- 24
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Carl Landry
Carl Christopher Landry (born September 19, 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Houston Rockets. He played collegiate basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers from 2004 to 2007. The 6'9", 248 lb...
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- 14
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Antawn Jamison
Antawn Cortez Jamison (pronounced /ˈæntwɑːn/; born June 12, 1976, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently plays power forward for the Washington Wizards and...
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- 4
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Hilton Armstrong
Hilton A. Armstrong, Jr. (born November 11, 1984, in Yonkers, New York) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. A former forward/center for the University of Connecticut Huskies.
After graduating from...
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- 12
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Ike Diogu
Ikechukwu Somtochukwu Diogu, referred to as Ike Diogu (born September 11, 1983), is an Nigerian American professional basketball player, currently a member of the New Orleans Hornets.
Diogu's parents, natives of Nigeria, moved to the U.S. in 1980 to...
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- 1
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Solomon Jones
Solomon Jones (born July 16, 1984 in Eustis, Florida) is an American professional basketball player. He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 33rd pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. He attended University of South Florida. He is a 6'10" 230 lb Power...
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- 44
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Kurt Thomas
Kurt Vincent Thomas (born October 4, 1972, in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks. Thomas is a 6'9", 235 lb. power forward/center known for his hard-nosed...
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- 40
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Ronny Turiaf
Ronny Turiaf (born January 13, 1983 in Le Robert, Martinique) is a French professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He also plays as a member of the French national basketball team.
Turiaf spent most of his childhood...
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- 21
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Chris Bosh
Christopher Wesson Bosh (born March 24, 1984) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the Toronto Raptors.
Garnering an array of basketball accolades since his high school days, the power forward left college after one...
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- 4
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Kenyon Martin
Kenyon Lee Martin (born December 30, 1977) is an American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "K-Mart", he currently plays power forward for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.
Martin played for the Cincinnati Bearcats under the direction of Bob...
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- 6
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Juwan Howard
Juwan Antonio Howard (born February 7, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He is a former All-Star and All-NBA power forward and was a member of the University of...
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- 55
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Antonio McDyess
Antonio Keithflen McDyess (born September 7, 1974, in Quitman, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. McDyess is listed at 6'9" (2.06 m), 245 lb. (111 kg) and is a power forward. He has recently signed with the San Antonio Spurs...
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- 24
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Etan Thomas
Dedreck Etan Thomas, commonly referred to as Etan Thomas (born April 1, 1978 in Harlem, New York), is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Etan Thomas played college basketball at Syracuse University...
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- 36
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Darko Miličić
Darko Miličić (Serbian: Дарко Миличић; born June 20, 1985, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a member of the New York Knicks, the fourth NBA team for which he has played in his career. He was...
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- 31
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Fabricio Oberto
Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (born March 21, 1975 in Córdoba) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a 6'10", 245 lb. center-power forward. He has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship.
At age 17, Oberto went to a trial at AD Atenas de...
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- 7
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Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (German pronunciation: [ˈɖɪʁk ˈweʁneʁ noˈvitski]) (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium Grammar...
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- 41
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Carlos Boozer
Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. (born November 20, 1981) is an American professional basketball player and an Olympic gold medalist currently with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.
Although born at a military base in Aschaffenburg,...
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- 5
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Nenê
Nenê (/nuh-NAY/) (born on September 13, 1982 in São Carlos, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who plays for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. His name at birth was Maybyner Rodney Hilário, but it was legally changed to Nenê in 2003.
He...
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- 31
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Matt Bonner
Matthew Robert "Matt" Bonner (born April 5, 1980) is an American professional basketball player currently with the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. He's nicknamed Red Rocket.
Matt Bonner attended Concord High School in his home town. He played for the...
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- 15
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Pat Burke
Patrick (Pat) John Burke (born December 14, 1973 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish professional basketball player, who is currently with Polish club Asseco Prokom Sopot. He is a co-captain of the Irish national basketball team and also represented his...
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- 11
Troy Murphy
Troy Brian Murphy (born May 4, 1980) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing at center and power forward for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. Murphy was born in Morristown, New Jersey but grew up in Sparta located in north west New...
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- 3
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Josh McRoberts
Joshua (Josh) Scott McRoberts (born February 28, 1987 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 37th overall pick in the 2007 NBA...
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- 4
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Joe Smith
Joseph Leynard Smith (born July 26, 1975, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks.
A 6' 10" power forward, Smith was the College Player of the Year at Maryland in 1995 and taken with the No. 1 pick...
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- 32
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Eddie Griffin
Eddie Jamaal Griffin (May 30, 1982 – August 17, 2007) was an American professional basketball player. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed in a car crash.
After a standout...
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- 41
Andris Biedriņš
Andris Biedriņš (pronounced [ˈɐndris ˈbiædriɲʃ]; born April 2, 1986 in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays the power forward and center positions for the NBA's Golden State Warriors....
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- 15
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Chris Wilcox
Chris Ray Wilcox (born September 3, 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association who is currently a member of the Detroit Pistons. He previously played for the Los Angeles...
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- 9
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Scott Padgett
Scott Anthony Padgett (born April 19, 1976) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played for the NBA's Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets, and Memphis Grizzlies.
Padgett was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He...
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- 34
Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a member of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) and 230 lb (104 kg), Wallace is a...
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- 36
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Udonis Haslem
Udonis Johneal Haslem (born June 9, 1980 in Miami, Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the NBA. He is listed as a 6 ft 8 in and 235 lb power forward.
Udonis Haslem attended Wolfson Senior High...
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- 40
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Stromile Swift
Stromile Swift (born November 21, 1979 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'10" and 220 lbs power forward/center. Swift is the only player still in the NBA to have played for the Grizzlies in both...
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- 4
Brian Cook
Brian Joshua Cook (born December 4, 1980, in Lincoln, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. He plays power forward for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. Cook was drafted out of the University of Illinois...
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- 43
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Tim Duncan
Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is a Virgin Islander American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m), 260-pound (118 kg) power forward...
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- 21
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James Singleton
James Singleton (born July 20, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. He stands 6 feet 8 inches and weighs 230 pounds and can play the small forward and power...
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- 15
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Sean Marks
Sean Andrew Marks (born August 23, 1975 in Auckland) is a New Zealand-American professional basketball player with the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. He is the first native New Zealander to play in the NBA.
After attending Rangitoto College in Auckland,...
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- 4
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Chuck Hayes
Charles Edward Hayes, Jr. (born June 11, 1983 in San Leandro, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was a standout player at the University of Kentucky.
As a junior attending...
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- 44
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Andray Blatche
Andray Blatche (born August 22, 1986 in Syracuse, New York) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Washington Wizards.
Blatche attended Henninger High School in Syracuse before attending the South Kent School in South Kent,...
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- 32
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Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia, born Zaur Pachulia (Georgian: ზაზა ფაჩულია) (born February 10, 1984 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR (present Georgia)), is a Georgian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.
Pachulia was a...
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- 27
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Josh Boone
Oscar Joshua "Josh" Boone (born November 21, 1984, in Mount Airy, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA. He was a forward–center for the Connecticut Huskies, where he played for three years. He...
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- 2
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Anderson Varejão
Anderson França Varejão (Portuguese pronunciation: [vaɾeˈʒɐ̃ũ]; born September 28, 1982, in Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He won the gold medal with...
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- 17
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Tony Battie
Demetrius Antonio Battie (born February 11, 1976 in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's New Jersey Nets.
Battie attended South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas and played college basketball for the Texas Tech...
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- 4
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Jason Maxiell
Jason Dior Maxiell (born February 18, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Detroit Pistons as a power forward.
A 6 feet 7 inches, 245 lb power forward, Maxiell was selected by the Pistons with...
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- 54
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Marc Jackson
Marc Anthony Jackson (born January 16, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player.
After a college career at Temple University, he was drafted in the second round (37th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft by the...
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- 44
Elton Brand
Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979 in Cortlandt Manor, New York) is an American All-Star professional basketball player and film producer who currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Brand is one of four active players to have...
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- 42
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Boris Diaw
Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod, better known as Boris Diaw (born April 16, 1982 in Cormeilles, France), is a French professional basketball player for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. After being traded in a multi-player deal with his former team, the...
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- 3
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LaMarcus Aldridge
LaMarcus Nurae Aldridge (born July 19, 1985, in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. He is a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) power forward–center.
Aldridge attended Seagoville High School, where he...
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- 12
