Today:
Carmelo Anthony – Small Forward – Lakers
- College: Syracuse
- Previous Teams: Trail Blazers, Nuggets, Knicks, Thunder, Rockets
Stephen Curry – Point Guard – Warriors
- 3x NBA Champion
- College: Davidson
- Famous wife: Ayesha Curry
Kevin Durant – Small Forward – Nets
- 2x NBA Champion
- College: Texas
- Previous Teams: (SuperSonics previously) Thunder, Warriors
Paul George – Small Forward – Clippers
- College: Fresno St
- Previous Teams: Pacers, Thunder
James Harden – Shooting Guard/Point Guard – 76ers
- College: Arizona St
- Previous Teams: Nets, Thunder, Rockets
Kyrie Irving – Point Guard – Nets
- NBA Champion
- College: Duke
- Previous Teams: Cavaliers, Celtics
LeBron James – Small Forward/Power Forward – Lakers
- 3x NBA Champion
- College: n/a
- Previous Teams: Cavaliers, Heat, Cavaliers
Chris Paul – Point Guard – Suns
- College: Wake Forest
- Previous Teams: Hornets, Clippers, Rockets, Thunder
Klay Thompson – Shooting Guard – Warriors
- 3x NBA Champion
- College: Washington St
Russell Westbrook – Point Guard – Lakers
- College: UCLA
- Previous Teams: Wizards, Thunder, Rockets
Back in the Day:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Center – Bucks and Lakers
- 6x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: UCLA
- #33 retired by Bucks and Lakers
- Was recently on Dancing with the Stars
Charles Barkley – Power Forward – 76ers
- Naismith HoF
- College: Auburn
- Also played for Suns and Rockets for 4 years each
- #34 retired by Suns, 76ers
Larry Bird – Forward – Celtics
- 3x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: Indiana St
Kobe Bryant – Shooting Guard – Lakers
- 5x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: n/a
- #8 and #24 are retired by the Lakers
Wilt Chamberblin – Center – various (Warriors, 76ers and Lakers)
- 2x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: Kansas
- Member of the Harlem Globetrotters for a year
- He is also known for the amount of women he has slept with
- The number 20,000 has been thrown around due to a calculation of his 23 women in 10 day streak
Clyde Drexler – Shooting Guard / Small Forward – Trail Blazers
- NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: Houston
- Where he later coached at Houston for 2 years
- Also played for Rockets for 3 yrs
- #22 retired by Rockets and Trail Blazers
Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson – Point Guard – Lakers
- 5x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: Michigan St
- Played for the Lakers, coached the Lakers and now owns the Lakers
Michael Jordan – Shooting Guard – Bulls
- 6x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: UNC
- Also played for the Wizards
- Owner of the Charlotte Hornets
- #23 retired by Bulls and the Heat (although he never played for them)
- Also played a stint in Minor League Baseball
Christian Laettner – Power Forward / Center – various
- College: Duke
- You will hear his name mostly in the context of “I hate Christian Laettner”
- Played for: Timberwolves, Hawks, Pistons, Mavericks, Wizards, Heat and Giants
Dirk Nowitzki – Power Forward – Mavericks
- NBA Champion
- College: n/a
- German nationality
Shaquille O’Neal (‘Shaq’) – Center – various (Magic, Lakers, Heat, Suns, Cavaliers and Celtics)
- 4x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: LSU
- You know him from all of his commercials – The General Insurance, Gold Bond, Icy Hot, etc. He was also the genie in Kazaam!
Hakeem Olajuwon – Center – Rockets
- 2x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: Houston
- Also played 1 year with the Raptors
- #34 retired by Rockets
Scottie Pippen – Small Forward – Bulls
- 6x NBA Champion
- Naismith HoF
- College: Central Arkansas
- Also played for Rockets, Trail Blazers, Bulls again
- #33 retired by Bulls
Dwyane Wade – Shooting Guard – Heat
- 3x NBA Champion
- College: Marquette
- Previous Teams: Heat, Bulls, Cavaliers, Heat
