Curated category
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Kevin DurantKevin Durant was born on the 29th of September 1988 in Washington, D.C., and grew up dreaming of one day playing for his favorite team, the Toronto Raptors…
- Pau GasolPau Gasol Sáez was born on the 6th of July, 1980, in Barcelona, at Sant Pau Hospital, where both of his parents worked. He was 11 years old when Magic…
- Manu GinóbiliManu Ginóbili stood on the court in Athens on the opening day of the 2004 Summer Olympics with 0.7 seconds left on the clock.
- Leandro BarbosaLeandro Barbosa scored 41 points in a single NBA game on the 20th of February 2009, outpacing an Oklahoma City Thunder team by 22 points while also…
- 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.
- Nikola JokićNikola Jokić was selected 41st overall in the 2014 NBA draft. His name was announced on a news ticker near the bottom of the ESPN telecast, famously…
- Klay ThompsonKlay Alexander Thompson was born on the 8th of February 1990, the son of Mychal Thompson, the first overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft.
- Kyrie IrvingKyrie Andrew Irving was born on the 23rd of March 1992 in Melbourne, Australia, the son of two American expatriates who had followed basketball to the other…
- Yi JianlianYi Jianlian was spotted playing street basketball as a child, and a single coach's decision changed the course of his life.
- Andrew BogutAndrew Bogut stood seven feet tall, and on the 28th of November 1984, he was born in Melbourne to Croatian immigrants who had arrived in Australia in the…
- Rudy GobertRudy Gobert-Bourgarel was born on the 26th of June 1992 in Saint-Quentin, a town in northern France. His father played college basketball for the Marist Red…