Players
Career biographies of NBA players past and present, stats, championships, teams, and the defining moments of each career. 66 biographies and counting.
Allen Iverson
A close biography of Allen Iverson. The Hampton kid who was convicted at seventeen and pardoned two years later, the Georgetown sophomore Jo…
Anthony Davis
A close biography of Anthony Davis. The Englewood-Chicago kid who grew from six-foot to six-foot-ten between his sophomore and senior years …
Anthony Edwards
Georgia-born shooting guard, 2020 No. 1 overall pick, and the player who turned the Minnesota Timberwolves into a Western Conference Finals …
Bam Adebayo
A close biography of Bam Adebayo. The Newark-born, Pinetown-North-Carolina-raised, Northside High School to Victory Christian to Kentucky on…
Bill Russell
A close biography of Bill Russell. The West Monroe, Louisiana-born son of Charles Russell who moved the family to Oakland at nine, the Unive…
Bob Cousy
A close biography of Bob Cousy. The French-American kid from Queens who was cut from his high-school team three times, the Holy Cross freshm…
Bob Pettit
A close biography of Bob Pettit. The Baton Rouge sheriff's son who was cut from his high-school team as a 5'9' freshman, the LSU three-time …
Carmelo Anthony
A close biography of Carmelo Anthony. The Red Hook-born, Baltimore-raised swingman whose father died of cancer when he was two, the Syracuse…
Charles Barkley
A close biography of Charles Barkley. The Leeds, Alabama kid who was the first Black baby born in the town's segregated hospital, the Auburn…
Chris Paul
A close biography of Chris Paul. The Winston-Salem kid who scored 61 points the week his grandfather was murdered, the Wake Forest freshman …
Cooper Flagg
A close biography of Cooper Flagg. The Newport, Maine kid born to a four-year University of Maine three-point shooter mom and an AAU-coach d…
Damian Lillard
A close biography of Damian Lillard. The Oakland kid who went to three high schools before landing at Oakland High, the two-star recruit who…
David Robinson
A close biography of David Robinson. The Key West, Florida-born Navy ROTC member whose Navy service requirement delayed his NBA arrival by t…
Dennis Rodman
A close biography of Dennis Rodman. The Trenton, New Jersey-born, Dallas-raised kid who grew from 5'9" to 6'8" between his last year of high…
Devin Booker
A close biography of Devin Booker. The Grand Rapids-born, Moss Point, Mississippi-raised son of a Missouri-Tigers basketball star who played…
Dirk Nowitzki
A close biography of Dirk Nowitzki. The Würzburg teenager coached by an eccentric former German international player who banned weight train…
Draymond Green
A close biography of Draymond Green. The Saginaw, Michigan kid raised by his coach mother, the four-year Tom Izzo Spartan who slipped to the…
Dwight Howard
A close biography of Dwight Howard. The Atlanta-raised son of a state trooper and a Morris Brown basketball player, the first overall pick o…
Dwyane Wade
A close biography of Dwyane Wade. The Robbins, Illinois kid who was pulled out of a drug house by his older sister at age eight, the Marquet…
Elgin Baylor
A close biography of Elgin Baylor. The first basketball player to play in the air, the segregated-DC kid who didn't pick up a ball until age…
George Mikan
A close biography of George Mikan. The 6'10' Croatian-Catholic kid from Joliet who was cut from his high-school team for clumsiness, the DeP…
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Greek-born NBA champion, two-time league MVP, 2021 Finals MVP, and 2020 Defensive Player of the Year. A close biography of Giannis Antetokou…
Hakeem Olajuwon
A close biography of Hakeem Olajuwon. The Yoruba kid from Lagos, Nigeria who played competitive soccer until age fifteen, the University of …
Ja Morant
A close biography of Ja Morant. The Dalzell, South Carolina kid who was so underrecruited that Murray State was the only Division I school t…
James Harden
A close biography of James Harden. The Compton kid who grew up a pitcher before he was a wing, the Arizona State Pac-10 Player of the Year, …
Jaylen Brown
A close biography of Jaylen Brown. The Marietta, Georgia kid from Wheeler High School who went to Cal-Berkeley for one season, went third ov…
Jayson Tatum
A close biography of Jayson Tatum. The St. Louis kid raised by a single mother on a Black Studies PhD stipend, the Chaminade Prep prospect w…
Jerry West
A close biography of Jerry West. The Chelyan, West Virginia kid who became the state's first high-school player to score 900 points in a sea…
Jimmy Butler
A close biography of Jimmy Butler. The Tomball, Texas kid who was thrown out of the house at thirteen, the junior-college transfer who becam…
Joel Embiid
A close biography of Joel Embiid. The Yaoundé, Cameroon kid who did not pick up a basketball until he was fifteen, the volleyball-and-soccer…
John Stockton
A close biography of John Stockton. The Spokane, Washington kid who attended Gonzaga Prep and then Gonzaga University (the only local school…
Julius Erving
A close biography of Julius Erving. The Roosevelt, New York kid who attended the University of Massachusetts, the 1971 pick of the Virginia …
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Six NBA championships, a record six Most Valuable Player awards, twenty pro seasons, and the career scoring record he held for thirty-nine y…
Karl Malone
A close biography of Karl Malone. The Summerfield, Louisiana kid who was the youngest of nine children raised by a single mother on a farm, …
Kawhi Leonard
A close biography of Kawhi Leonard. The Moreno Valley kid whose father was shot dead at a car wash in Compton two weeks after Kawhi committe…
Kevin Durant
Two-time NBA champion, two-time Finals MVP, former Most Valuable Player, and the most efficient pure scorer of his generation. A close biogr…
Kevin Garnett
A close biography of Kevin Garnett. The Mauldin, South Carolina kid who transferred to Farragut Career Academy in Chicago as a senior, the f…
Klay Thompson
A close biography of Klay Thompson. The second of three sons of a number-one overall NBA Draft pick, the Washington State scoring leader who…
Kobe Bryant
Twenty Lakers seasons, five championships, eighteen All-Star selections, and one of the defining scorers of his generation. A biography of K…
Kyrie Irving
A close biography of Kyrie Irving. The Melbourne, Australia-born son of a Boston University basketball player, the West Orange, New Jersey k…
Larry Bird
Three consecutive MVPs, three NBA titles, Coach of the Year, Executive of the Year, and the only person in league history to hold all three.…
LeBron James
The NBA's all-time leading scorer, a four-time champion, a four-time MVP, and the only active player to have played in twenty-plus seasons a…
Luka Dončić
Slovenian guard, five-time NBA All-Star, five-time All-NBA First Team, 2018–19 Rookie of the Year, and the 2024 Western Conference champion.…
Magic Johnson
The first six-foot-nine point guard the NBA had ever seen, the engine of the Showtime Lakers, a five-time NBA champion, and the author of on…
Michael Jordan
Six championships, five MVPs, ten scoring titles, and a cultural footprint no American team-sport athlete before or since has matched. A clo…
Moses Malone
A close biography of Moses Malone. The Petersburg, Virginia kid raised on Davis Street by a single mom, the most-recruited high-school playe…
Nikola Jokić
Serbian center, three-time NBA Most Valuable Player (2021, 2022, 2024), 2023 NBA champion, 2023 Finals MVP, and the most unusual offensive s…
Oscar Robertson
A close biography of Oscar Robertson. The Charlotte, Tennessee-born kid whose family moved to the segregated Lockefield Gardens housing proj…
P. J. Tucker
An NBA champion, a five-country overseas veteran, and one of the league's most dependable perimeter defenders of the last fifteen years. A f…
Paolo Banchero
Paolo Banchero is the Orlando Magic's 6'10" cornerstone: the 2022 #1 overall pick, the 2023 Rookie of the Year (20.0 points, 6.9 rebounds pe…
Patrick Ewing
A close biography of Patrick Ewing. The Kingston, Jamaica-born boy who moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 11 and had never touched a b…
Paul Pierce
A close biography of Paul Pierce. The Oakland-born, Inglewood-raised kid who was cut from his high-school varsity team as a freshman, the Ka…
Pete Maravich
A close biography of Pete Maravich. The Aliquippa kid whose father drilled him to dribble out of moving car windows, the LSU sophomore who a…
Ray Allen
A close biography of Ray Allen. The Merced, California-born son of a U.S. Air Force family that moved seven times before he was 14, the Dalz…
Reggie Miller
A close biography of Reggie Miller. The Riverside, California kid who wore leg braces until he was five, the UCLA shooting guard who finishe…
Russell Westbrook
A close biography of Russell Westbrook. The Hawthorne kid who grew six inches between junior and senior year, the UCLA guard nobody had rank…
Scottie Pippen
A close biography of Scottie Pippen. The youngest of twelve children from Hamburg, Arkansas, the NAIA walk-on at the University of Central A…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
A close biography of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Hamilton, Ontario kid who went to Kentucky, was drafted 11th overall by the Charlotte Horn…
Shaquille O'Neal
A close biography of Shaquille O'Neal. The Newark-born kid raised by an Army sergeant stepfather who grew up on bases in Germany and San Ant…
Stephen Curry
Four NBA championships, two regular-season MVPs including the only unanimous vote in league history, and a career three-point total that has…
Steve Nash
The Victoria, British Columbia kid who attended Santa Clara on a partial scholarship after being ignored by nearly every major program, beca…
Tim Duncan
A close biography of Tim Duncan. The Saint Croix swimmer whose pool was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo, the kid who promised his dying mother h…
Tracy McGrady
A close biography of Tracy McGrady. The Bartow, Florida kid who transferred to Mount Zion Christian Academy in North Carolina for his senior…
Victor Wembanyama
French center, 2023 No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick, 2023–24 Rookie of the Year, and the most anticipated basketball prospect of the post-LeBro…
Vince Carter
A close biography of Vince Carter. The Daytona Beach kid who led Mainland High School to its first Florida 6A title in 56 years, the North C…
Wilt Chamberlain
The only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game, and the only one to average 50 points for a season. A close biography o…