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Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics

  • Kevin DurantKevin Durant was born on the 29th of September 1988, in Washington, D.C., to Wanda and Wayne Pratt. His father left the family when Kevin was an infant…
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • Leandro BarbosaLeandro Mateus Barbosa stepped onto a basketball court in São Paulo at the age of 17. He played for Palmeiras under the guidance of coach Lula Ferreira, who…
  • Kevin LoveKevin Love grew up in Lake Oswego, Oregon, where he played basketball from his earliest days. As a child, he practiced bounce passes with a cardboard box and…
  • Tony ParkerWilliam Anthony Parker Jr. arrived in the world on the 17th of May 1982, inside a hospital in Bruges, Belgium. His father Tony Parker Sr.
  • Luol DengLuol Deng was born on the 16th of April 1985 in Wau, Sudan. His family belonged to the Dinka ethnic group and lived through the Second Sudanese Civil War.
  • 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…
  • 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…