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Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Dwyane WadeDwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. was born on the 17th of January, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois. His early years were marked by instability after his parents separated…
- LeBron JamesLeBron Raymone James entered the world on the 30th of December 1984, inside Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital. His mother Gloria Marie James was only…
- Dirk NowitzkiDirk Werner Nowitzki was born on the 19th of June 1978 in Würzburg, West Germany. He grew up as a very tall child who stood above his peers by a foot or more…
- Kobe BryantKobe Bean Bryant entered the world on the 23rd of August 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father Joe played eight seasons in the National Basketball…
- Pau GasolOn the 6th of July 1980, Pau Gasol Sáez entered the world at Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona. His mother Marisa worked there as a medical doctor while his…
- Manu GinóbiliEmanuel David Ginóbili arrived into the world on the 28th of July 1977 in Bahía Blanca, a city located in the southwest region of Buenos Aires Province.
- Chris BoshChristopher Wesson Bosh was born on the 24th of March 1984 in Dallas, Texas. He grew up in Hutchins, a suburb where his father played pick-up games at a…
- Yi JianlianYi Jianlian grew up in a family that did not want him to join a sports school. These institutions were designed for children expected to become professional…
- Yao MingYao Ming entered the world on the 12th of September 1980 in Shanghai. He weighed more than twice the average weight of a Chinese newborn at birth.
- Andrew BogutAndrew Michael Bogut was born on the 28th of November 1984 in Melbourne, Australia. His parents, Michael and Anne, had immigrated to the country from Croatia…
- Becky HammonRebecca Lynn Hammon was born on the 11th of March 1977 in Rapid City, South Dakota. She learned to dribble a basketball at a very young age while playing…
- Andrei KirilenkoAndrei Kirilenko was born in the Soviet city of Izhevsk on the 18th of February 1981. The same place that manufactured the AK-47 rifle would later give him…