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Pro athlete is a person who plays a sport professionally. This is a general type to be used on conjunction with other types (basketball player, football player) and is primarily used to capture where the player was drafted.Other possibly properties to capture: salary information
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| x Jerry Lucas |
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Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association...
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| x Gary Payton |
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Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23, 1968) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics. He has also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and...
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| x Vince Carter |
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5 | Golden State Warriors | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Vincent Lamar Carter (born January 26, 1977), better known as Vince Carter, is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a shooting guard/small forward for the Orlando Magic.
Born in...
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| x Detlef Schrempf |
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Detlef Schrempf (born January 21, 1963, in Leverkusen, Federal Republic of Germany) is a retired German NBA basketball player.
Schrempf moved to the U.S. his senior year of high school, attending Centralia High School in Centralia, Washington, for...
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| x Zach Randolph |
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Zachary "Zach" Randolph (born July 16, 1981 in Marion, Indiana) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA.
Randolph grew up in Marion, Indiana and attended Marion High School, where his coach was...
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| x Gilbert Arenas |
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30 | Golden State Warriors | University of Arizona |
Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (born January 6, 1982) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently plays for the Washington Wizards as a point guard and shooting guard.
Arenas became one of the...
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| x Chauncey Billups |
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3 | Boston Celtics | University of Colorado at Boulder |
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976, in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. He is a point guard for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. Billups won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004, helping the...
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| x Terry Cummings |
Robert Terrell "Terry" Cummings (born March 15, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for 18 seasons as a power forward and occasional center.
A graduate of...
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| x Ben Wallace |
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Ben Camey Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American basketball player. He currently plays in the National Basketball Association with the Detroit Pistons. Nicknamed "Big Ben", he plays the center and power forward positions, and is listed at...
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| x Dennis Rodman |
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Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Born in Trenton,...
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| x Elgin Baylor |
Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers.
Baylor was a...
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| x David Robinson |
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David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965(1965-08-06)) is a retired American NBA basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs for his entire NBA career. Based on his prior service as an officer in the United States Navy, Robinson...
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| x Walter Davis |
Walter Paul Davis (born September 9, 1954, in Pineville, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard, Davis spent 15 years in the National Basketball Association, spending the bulk of those years with the Phoenix...
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| x Mike Miller |
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Michael (Mike) Lloyd Miller (born February 19, 1980 in Mitchell, South Dakota) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Washington Wizards.
Known for his ability to hit the three-pointer, he attended the University of...
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| x Amare Stoudemire |
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Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He is a 6-foot-10-inch (208 cm) and 249-pound (113 kg) power forward/center.
Stoudemire won the NBA Rookie of the Year...
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| x James Worthy |
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James Ager Worthy (born February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina), is a retired Hall of Fame American college and professional basketball player. Named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, "Big Game James" was a seven time NBA All...
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| x Sidney Moncrief |
Sidney A. Moncrief (born September 21, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player. As an NCAA college basketball player from 1975-1979, Moncrief led the University of Arkansas Razorbacks trio known as "The...
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| x Sidney Wicks |
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Sidney Wicks (born September 19, 1949) is a retired American basketball player. A native of California, he played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1971 to 1981. In the...
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| x Jermaine O'Neal |
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Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13, 1978) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 255 lb (115 kg) forward-center had a successful high school...
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| x Dikembe Mutombo |
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Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25, 1966), commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a retired Congolese American professional basketball player last playing for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was the oldest...
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| x Aaron McKie |
Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American retired professional basketball player in the NBA. Throughout his playing career, McKie was a combo guard, playing at either point guard, shooting guard or...
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| x Maurice Stokes |
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Maurice Stokes (June 17, 1933 in Rankin, Pennsylvania – April 6, 1970 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American professional basketball player in the 1950s, whose career was cut short by a debilitating injury.
Playing for the National Basketball...
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| x Ben Gordon |
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3 | Chicago Bulls |
Benjamin "Ben" Gordon (born April 4, 1983) is a British-American professional basketball player in the NBA, who currently plays for the Detroit Pistons. In college he played both shooting guard and point guard for the University of Connecticut.
He...
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| x Grant Hill |
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Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Phoenix Suns. As a collegian with Duke University and early in his professional career with the Detroit Pistons, Hill was considered...
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| x Antawn Jamison |
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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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| x Roy Tarpley |
Roy James Tarpley (born November 28th, 1964, in New York, New York, USA) is an American former professional basketball player, who was notable during his career for being banned from the NBA because of his drug addiction.
He starred at the...
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| x Steve Nash |
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Stephen John Nash, OC, OBC (born 7 February 1974), is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash, who was born in South Africa but grew up in Canada,...
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| x Bobby Simmons |
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Robert "Bobby" Simmons (born June 2, 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player for the New Jersey Nets of the NBA.
Simmons played three years of college basketball for DePaul University.
Simmons was selected in the...
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| x Chuck Person |
Chuck Connors Person (born June 27, 1964 in Brantley, Alabama) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.
Person attended Brantley High School in Brantley, Alabama and wasn't heavily recruited, but Auburn took a chance on him...
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| x Larry Johnson |
Larry Demetric Johnson (born March 14, 1969 in Tyler, Texas) is a retired American basketball player who spent his professional career with the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks in the NBA. He was listed as a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) forward.
Johnson...
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| x Oscar Robertson |
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Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee), nicknamed "The Big O" or O-Train, is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the shooting...
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| x Mark Jackson |
Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and...
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| x LeBron James |
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1 | Cleveland Cavaliers | St. Vincent - St. Mary High School |
LeBron Raymone James (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school...
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| x Alvan Adams |
Alvan Leigh Adams (born July 19, 1954 in Lawrence, Kansas) is a retired American professional basketball player. After starring at the University of Oklahoma, the 6'9" (2.06 m) power forward/center was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 4th pick...
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| x Pervis Ellison |
Pervis Ellison (born April 3, 1967 in Savannah, Georgia) is a former college and professional NBA basketball player.
Ellison was nicknamed "Never Nervous Pervis" for his play with the University of Louisville. At 6 ft 9 in and 242 lb, he started all...
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| x Bob McAdoo |
Robert Allen 'Bob' McAdoo (born September 25, 1951, in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent a fourteen-year career playing the center and power forward positions in the National Basketball...
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| x Alonzo Mourning |
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Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. (born February 8, 1970, in Chesapeake, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played most of his 16-year NBA career for the Miami Heat.
Nicknamed "Zo", Mourning played at center. His tenacity...
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| x Alan Henderson |
Alan Lybrooks Henderson (born December 2, 1972 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player of the NBA. He stands 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. Henderson attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana. They...
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| x Bob Cousy |
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Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy (born August 9, 1928) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'1" (1.85-m), 175-pound (79.4-kg) Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963...
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| x Kevin McHale |
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Kevin Edward McHale (born December 19, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player who starred for thirteen seasons in the NBA for the Boston Celtics. After his playing career, he worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves as the team's...
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| x Isiah Thomas |
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Isiah Lord Thomas III (nicknamed "Zeke") (pronounced /aɪˈzeɪ.ə/; born April 30, 1961) is the men's basketball coach for the FIU Golden Panthers, and a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Detroit Pistons of...
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| x Karl Malone |
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Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player.
Born in Summerfield, Louisiana, he was nicknamed in college as the Mailman for his consistency ("the mailman always delivers") and his work in the post....
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| x Dennis Johnson |
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Dennis Wayne Johnson (September 18, 1954 – February 22, 2007), nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los...
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| x Cedric Maxwell |
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Cedric Bryan Maxwell (born November 21, 1955, in Kinston, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player now in radio broadcasting. Nicknamed "Cornbread", he played 11 seasons in the NBA, and played a key role in two...
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| x Gheorghe Mureşan |
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Gheorghe Dumitru Mureşan, also known as Ghiţă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈgit͡sə]) and "George" (born February 14, 1971 in Triteni, Romania), is a retired Romanian professional basketball player. At 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m), he is tied with Sudanese player...
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| x Earl Monroe |
Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing, and play-making. His nicknames include "Earl the Pearl," "Black Magic," and...
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| x Kevin Johnson |
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Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966) is the current mayor of Sacramento, California. He is Sacramento's first African American mayor. Prior to entering politics Johnson was a basketball player in the NBA, playing point guard for the Cleveland...
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| x Patrick Ewing |
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Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is an American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic. He played most of his career with the NBA's New York Knicks as...
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| x Pau Gasol |
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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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| x Ricky Pierce |
Ricky Charles Pierce (born August 19, 1959 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
He graduated from Garland High School and from Rice University. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st...
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| x Eddie Johnson |
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Edward (Eddie) Arnet Johnson (born May 1, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons in the NBA.
A sharpshooting 6'7" forward/guard, Johnson attended the University of Illinois before being...
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| x Woody Sauldsberry | 60 | Golden State Warriors | Texas Southern University |
Woodrow "Woody" Sauldsberry Jr. (July 11, 1935 in Winnsboro, Louisiana - September 3, 2007) was an American former National Basketball Association player.
Sauldsberry graduated from Compton Union High School where he was the star of his basketball...
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| x Phil Ford |
Phil Jackson Ford Jr. (born February 9, 1956 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High School in 1974.
Ford played four...
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| x Bobby Jones |
Robert Clyde "Bobby" Jones (born December 18, 1951, in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).
Bobby Jones was one of the...
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| x Chris Jackson |
Chris Jackson (born 18 July, 1970 in Napier) is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand. He plays for Dandaloo FC.
Jackson began his senior career began with Napier City Rovers who he joined while still a student at Napier...
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| x Corliss Williamson |
Corliss Mondari Williamson (born December 4, 1973 in Russellville, Arkansas) is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for four teams during his 12-year NBA career. His nickname is "Big Nasty", a moniker he received from his...
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| x John Starks |
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John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. Starks was listed at 6'5" (1...
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| x Leandro Barbosa |
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28 | San Antonio Spurs |
Leandro Mateus Barbosa (born November 28, 1982 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who plays at the guard position with the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. In Brazil also called...
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| x Alvin Robertson |
Alvin Cyrrale Robertson (born July 22, 1962 in Barberton, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association from 1984 to 1993, and for one final season in 1995–96.
Best known for his defense, the 6'3"...
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| x Anthony Mason |
Anthony George Douglas Mason (born December 14, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is a retired American National Basketball Association player with the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat. He...
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