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LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( / ləˈbrɒn dʒeɪmz /; [ 1] lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " King James ", he is widely recognized as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport and is often compared to ...
Victor Wembanyama ( / ˌwɛmbənˈjɑːmə / WEM-bən-YAH-mə; [ 2] French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed " Wemby " [ 3] or " the Alien ", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the best basketball prospects of his generation ...
In 2008, 50-year-old Nancy Lieberman became the oldest player to play in a WNBA game. She signed a seven-day contract with the Detroit Shock and played one game, tallying two assists and two turnovers in nine minutes of action. By playing in the one game Lieberman broke a record that she had set in 1997 when she was the league's oldest player ...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world.
Brittney Griner. Brittney Yvette Griner ( / ˈɡraɪnər /; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [ 1] She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team [ 2][ 3] and a six-time WNBA All-Star. [ 4]
The first inter-city basketball game between two black teams was played in 1907 when the Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn traveled to Washington, DC to play the Crescent Athletic Club. [ 48 ] In 1908 Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn, a member of the Olympian Athletic League, was named the first Colored Basketball World's Champion.
Five other individuals, all American, have won three golds – Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes, Seimone Augustus, and Breanna Stewart – and 23 other players, not including the previously mentioned, have won three medals. Two other American women, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, are the only players to have won medals of any color in ...
Joel Hans Embiid ( / dʒoʊˈɛl ɛmˈbiːd / joh-EL em-BEED; [ 1][ 2] born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian-American [ a] professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA ...