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Toronto Raptors players
- Andrea BargnaniAndrea Bargnani began his professional basketball journey in 2002 with Stella Azzurra Roma. He played in the Italian fourth-tiered league Serie B2 during…
- Kawhi LeonardKawhi Leonard was born on the 29th of June 1991 in Los Angeles. His father, Mark Leonard, owned a car wash in Compton where he worked until his death.
- Hakeem OlajuwonHakeem Olajuwon was born on the 21st of January 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria. He grew up as the third child among eight siblings in a working-class family that…
- Hedo TürkoğluHidayet Türkoğlu joined the basketball club Efes Pilsen in 1996. He played four seasons with this team before moving to North America.
- 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…
- 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…
- Pascal SiakamPascal Siakam was born on the 2nd of April 1994 in Douala, Cameroon. He grew up as the youngest of four brothers in a family where his father worked for a…
- Chauncey BillupsChauncey Ray Billups was born on the 25th of September, 1976 in Denver, Colorado. He grew up in a city that would later become his professional home base for…
- Peja StojakovićPredrag Stojaković was born on the 9th of June 1977 in Požega, SR Croatia. His family belonged to an ethnic Serb community within the Socialist Federal…