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unusual facts about professional basketball



Ed Kasid

Edward I. Kasid (August 13, 1923 – November 3, 1989) was a Polish American professional basketball player who spent one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Toronto Huskies during the 1947–48 season.

John Kitzhaber

In September 2009, Kitzhaber announced he would run for a third term as Governor, defeating Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury in the Democratic primary and former professional basketball player Chris Dudley with 49% of the vote in the Oregon's 2010 gubernatorial election.

Willie Porter

Willie William Porter (born July 3, 1942 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a retired professional basketball power forward who played two seasons (1967–68) in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Oakland Oaks, Pittsburgh Pipers, Minnesota Pipers and the Houston Mavericks.


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1984–85 Galatasaray S.K. Men's Basketball season

Galatasaray SK Men's 1984–1985 season is the 19841985 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2005–06 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2005–2006 season is the 20052006 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

2010–11 Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball Season

Galatasaray SK Wheelchair Basketball 2010–2011 season is the 20102011 basketball season for Turkish professional basketball club Galatasaray SK.

Alta Loma High School

Adam Parada (graduated 1999), professional basketball player.

Baloncesto Málaga

Club Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., more commonly referred to by its sponsorship name of Unicaja Málaga, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia.

CB Collado Villalba

Club Baloncesto Collado Villalba was a professional basketball club based in Collado Villalba, Spain.

Charmian Mellars

She is the older sister of fellow New Zealand female professional basketball player and Latter-day Saint Natalie Taylor.

Élisabeth Riffiod

Her son Boris Diaw also is a professional basketball player, having competed for several European and NBA teams.

Elmer Espiritu

Elmer Torres Espiritu (born November 23, 1985) is a Filipino professional basketball player who plays for Barako Bull Energy Cola in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Emsley A. Laney High School

Harvest Smith, teammate of Michael Jordan and professional basketball player.

Flor Meléndez

Although Meléndez would have probably been chosen to play on Puerto Rico's Liga de Baloncesto Superior (Puerto Rico's professional basketball league) he decided to pursue basketball as a future career, playing in the YMCA before entering the Puerto Rico's professional basketball league in 1965, with San Juan's squad.

Gasol

Pau Gasol, a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers

Goran Vrbanc

Goran Vrbanc (born 8 October 1984) is a Croatian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietkabelis of LKL.

Héctor López

In 2006, he was cited by professional basketball coach, Joseph Clarke, as ranking alongside such noted Panamanian sports personalities as Ismael Laguna, Roberto Durán, and Mariano Rivera as Panamanian World Champions.

Hee-jung

Joo Hee-Jung (born 1980), South Korean male professional basketball player

HKK Čapljina Lasta

Hrvatski košarkaški klub Čapljina is a professional basketball club from Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jászberényi KSE

Jászberényi KSE is a Hungarian professional basketball team based in Jászberény.

John Edgar Wideman

John Edgar Wideman's daughter Jamila Wideman was formerly a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Israeli League.

KK Sutjeska Nikšić

KK Sutjeska Nikšić is a professional basketball club from Nikšić, Montenegro.

Kostrzewski

Mateusz Kostrzewski (born 1989), Polish professional basketball player

Lausanne Collegiate School

Marc Gasol (2003), professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies, 2007 Los Angeles Lakers 2nd round draft choice.

Lenovo IdeaPhone K900

Lenovo has hired professional basketball player Kobe Bryant to help promote the device in China and southeast Asia.

Lionel Washington

Washington is the father of Deron Washington, a professional basketball player who was selected in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft.

Lončar

Nikola Lončar (born 1972), retired Serbian professional basketball player

Loukas Mavrokefalidis

Loukas Mavrokefalidis (alternate spelling: Mavrokefalides) (Greek: Λουκάς Μαυροκεφαλίδης; born July 25, 1984 in Jeseník, Czechoslovakia) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League.

Mark Jackson

Marc Jackson (born 1975), American former professional basketball player

Mashburn

Jamal Mashburn (born 1972), American professional basketball player

Micheal Ray Richardson

Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson (born April 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player and currently the head coach of the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Mirboo North, Victoria

Belinda Snell (professional basketball player), currently competing in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury and a member of the Australian team that won silver at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Nelbert Omolon

On January 2012, after 8 years as a professional basketball player, Omolon got traded for the first time to Air21 from the Meralco Bolts along with Mark Isip in exchange for Dennis Daa, Mark Canlas and a draft pick that originally belonged to the Bolts.

Nicole Ohlde

Nicole Katherine Ohlde (born March 13, 1982 in Clay Center, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player.

Nwankwo

Ike Nwankwo (born 1973), Nigerian-American professional basketball player

Otis Smith Kids Foundation

When Smith returned to Florida in 1989 to play professional basketball for the Orlando Magic, he founded the Otis F. Smith Foundation which began hosting summer basketball clinics for kids.

Patricia Blagojevich

She is friends with ex-professional basketball player John Salley.

Patrick Riley

Pat Riley (born 1945), American professional basketball coach

Raymond Jackson

Ray Jackson (born 1973), former American college and professional basketball player

Robert Lloyd

Bob Lloyd (born 1946), American professional basketball player

Sam Hinkie

In Houston, Hinkie promoted the use of advanced statistics in professional basketball while "second-in-command" to General Manager Daryl Morey, another widely known advocate of advanced basketball analytics.

SAV Vacallo Basket

SAV Vacallo Basket is a professional basketball club based in Vacallo, Switzerland.

Stojačić

Strahinja Stojačić (born 1992), Serbian professional basketball player

Sutor Basket Montegranaro

Sutor Basket Montegranaro, also known for sponsorship reasons as Fabi Shoes Montegranaro, is an Italian League professional basketball club from the town of Montegranaro, Marche.

Tauna Vandeweghe

Her uncle Mel Hutchins was also a professional basketball player and NBA All-Star.

Vandewghe is the sister of professional basketball player Kiki Vandeweghe, and the daughter of professional basketball player Ernie Vandeweghe and Colleen Kay Hutchins, the 1952 Miss America.

Tom Hammonds

Tom Edward Hammonds (born March 27, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player and National Hot Rod Association drag racer.

TSU Tbilisi BC

BC TSU Tbilisi is the Georgian professional basketball club, that is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Watertown, Minnesota

Matt Janning - Professional basketball player, born in Watertown in 1988.

Žydrūnas

Žydrūnas Urbonas (born 1976), professional basketball player currently playing in Ukrainian championship for BC Donetsk

retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and assistant general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers