Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Nate Archibald | Paul Arizin | Charles Barkley | Rick Barry | Elgin Baylor | Dave Bing | Larry Bird | Wilt Chamberlain | Bob Cousy | Dave Cowens | Billy Cunningham | Dave DeBusschere | Clyde Drexler | Julius Erving | Patrick Ewing | Walt Frazier | George Gervin | Hal Greer | John Havlicek | Elvin Hayes | Magic Johnson | Sam Jones | Michael Jordan | Jerry Lucas | Karl Malone | Moses Malone | Pete Maravich | Kevin McHale | George Mikan | Earl Monroe | Hakeem Olajuwon | Shaquille O'Neal | Robert Parish | Bob Pettit | Scottie Pippen | Willis Reed | Oscar Robertson | David Robinson | Bill Russell | Dolph Schayes | Bill Sharman | John Stockton | Isiah Thomas | Nate Thurmond | Wes Unseld | Bill Walton | Jerry West | Lenny Wilkens | James Worthy Charles Wolf was a former professional basketball coach. ... The Detroit Pistons are a professional basketball team based in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. ... Donnis (Donnie) Butcher (born February 8, 1936 in Williamsport, Kentucky) is a former basketball player and coach. ... NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West Location of NBA teams, conferences and divisions NBA redirects here. ... The 50 Greatest Players in National Basketball Association (NBA) History were named during the 50th anniversary season (1996–1997) of the NBA. NBA Commissioner David Stern announced the players at a press luncheon on October 29, 1996, in New York City. ... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. ... Nathaniel Tiny Archibald (born September 2, 1948 in New York City) is a former professional basketball player. ... Paul Arizin (born April 9, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is one of Phillys greatest basketball legends, and was a high scoring forward at Villanova University before being drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors of the then-new NBA. Arizin was league scoring champion and one of the greatest NBA players... Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963 in Leeds, Alabama) is a former American basketball power forward. ... Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA) is a former professional basketball player, remembered for his accurate underhand free throw shooting. ... Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former basketball forward, playing 13 seasons for the NBAs Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers. ... David Bing (born November 24, 1943 in Washington, DC) is a former All-Star basketball player in the NBA, primarily for the Detroit Pistons from 1966 to 1975. ... Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former NBA basketball player. ... Wilt Chamberlain (right) in action against Bill Russell (left) and the Boston Celtics Wilton Norman Chamberlain, commonly known as Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was a National Basketball Association basketball player. ... Jordan Louise Aseo (born December 29, 1989 in New York City, New York) is a former basketball player, who played guard with the Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969-1970 season. ... David William Cowens (born October 25, 1948 in Newport, Kentucky) is a former professional basketball player. ... William John Billy Cunningham (born June 3, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former pro basketball player, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid, and coach. ... Clyde Austin The Glyde Drexler (born June 22, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former NBA all-star shooting guard. ... Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950 in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former basketball player who helped launch the modern style of play that emphasizes leaping ability and play above the rim. ... Ewing blocking out David Robinson. ... Walter Clyde Frazier (born March 29, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ... George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the ABAs Virginia Squires and the NBAs San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. ... Harold Everett Greer (born June 26, 1936 in Huntington, West Virginia) is a former pro basketball player. ... John J. Havlicek (born April 8, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player, thought to be one of the best NBA players in history, especially in defense. ... Elvin Ernest Hayes (born November 17, 1945 in Rayville, Louisiana) is considered as one of the all-time great collegiate and professional basketball players. ... Earvin Magic Johnson, Jr. ... Samuel Sam Jones (born June 24, 1933 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a former pro basketball player. ... Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American former NBA player, and is considered by some the greatest basketball player of all time. ... Jerry Ray Lucas (born March 30, 1940) was a legendary basketball star from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a world-renowned memory education expert. ... Karl Malone (born July 24, 1963 in Bernice, Louisiana) is a former professional basketball player. ... Moses Eugene Malone (born March 23, 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia) is an American former NBA basketball player who also played in the ABA, as well as on the NBAs Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Washington Bullets. ... Pete Maravich, with the Atlanta Hawks Peter Press Pete Maravich (June 22, 1947 – January 5, 1988) was a legendary basketball player known for his incredible shooting abilities, creative passing, and dazzling ballhandling. ... Kevin McHale Kevin Edward McHale (born December 19, 1957, in Hibbing, Minnesota) is a former NBA basketball power forward, who featured one of the deadliest arrays of post moves in NBA history. ... George Lawrence Mikan, Jr. ... Earl Vernon Monroe (born on November 21, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), was an American professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing and play-making. ... Vintage Hakeem Olajuwon. ... Shaquille Rashaun ONeal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is one of the National Basketball Associations most dominant basketball players. ... Robert Lee Parish (born on August 30, 1953 in Shreveport, Louisiana), is a former American basketball center. ... Bob Pettit (with the ball) as a player of the St. ... Scottie Maurice Pippen (born September 25, 1965 in Hamburg, Arkansas) is a former professional American basketball star who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is most remembered for leading the Chicago Bulls together with Michael Jordan to their six championships. ... Willis Reed, Jr. ... Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee) was one of the greatest basketball players in history. ... David Robinson. ... William Fenton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a former American basketball player remembered for his central role in the Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in the 13 seasons that he played. ... Adolph Schayes (known as Dolph Schayes) (born May 19, 1928 in New York, New York) was a professional basketball player and coach in the NBA. He played his college basketball at New York University 1944-48. ... William Walton Bill Sharman (born May 25, 1926 in Abilene, Texas) is a former professional basketball player and coach. ... John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is a former NBA player. ... Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and is currently the president of basketball operations for the NBAs New York Knicks. ... Nate Thurmond (born July 25, 1941 in Akron, Ohio) is rated by many one of the very finest defensive centers ever to play pro basketball, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. ... Westley Sissel Wes Unseld (born March 14, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former basketball player and coach in the NBA. Unseld is a prominent member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. ... William Theodore Walton III, better known as Bill Walton (born November 5, 1952 in La Mesa, California), is an American former basketball player and current television sportscaster. ... Jerry West was also a pseudonym used by Andrew E. Svenson. ... Lenny Wilkens with the Portland Trail Blazers Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is a former National Basketball Association player, as well as the NBAs career leader in coaching wins and losses. ... James Ager Worthy (b. ...