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Boston Celtics
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The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 and one of eight NBA teams to survive the leagues first decade, the Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League s Boston Bruins. The franchises 17 championships are the most of any NBA franchise, as a percentage of championships won, the Celtics are the most successful franchise to date in the major four traditional North American professional sports leagues. The Celtics have played the Lakers a record 12 times in the Finals, including their most recent appearances in 2008 and 2010, four Celtics players have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for an NBA record total of 10 MVP awards. Their mascot Lucky the Leprechaun is a nod to the teams Irish heritage, in 1950, the Celtics signed Chuck Cooper, becoming the first NBA franchise to draft a black player. The Celtics struggled during their years, until the hiring of coach Red Auerbach. In the franchises early days, Auerbach had no assistants, ran all the practices, did all the scouting—both of opposing teams and college draft prospects—and scheduled all the road trips. One of the first great players to join the Celtics was Bob Cousy, Cousy eventually became the property of the Chicago Stags, but when that franchise went bankrupt, Cousy went to the Celtics in a dispersal draft. After the 1955–56 season, Auerbach made a stunning trade and he sent perennial All-Star Ed Macauley to the St. Louis Hawks along with the draft rights to Cliff Hagan in exchange for the second overall pick in the draft. Auerbach also acquired Holy Cross standout, and 1957 NBA Rookie of the Year, Russell and Heinsohn worked extraordinarily well with Cousy, and they were the players around whom Auerbach would build the champion Celtics for more than a decade. With Bill Russell, the Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals and defeated the St. Louis Hawks in seven games, Russell went on to win 11 championships, making him the most decorated player in NBA history. In 1958, the Celtics again advanced to the NBA Finals, however, with the acquisition of K. C. Jones that year, the Celtics began a dynasty that would last for more than a decade. In 1959, the Celtics won the NBA Championship after sweeping the Minneapolis Lakers, during that time, the Celtics met the Lakers in the Finals five times, starting an intense and often bitter rivalry that has spanned generations. In 1964, the Celtics became the first NBA team to have an all African-American starting lineup. On December 26,1964, Willie Naulls replaced an injured Tommy Heinsohn, joining Tom Satch Sanders, K. C. Jones, Sam Jones, the Celtics defeated St. Louis 97–84. Boston won its next 11 games with Naulls starting in place of Heinsohn, the Celtics of the late-1950s–60s are widely considered as one of the most dominant teams of all time. Auerbach retired as coach after the 1965–66 season and Russell took over as player-coach, with his appointment, Russell also became the first African-American coach in any U. S. pro sport
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Ray Allen
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Walter Ray Allen Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association. After playing three seasons of basketball for Connecticut, Allen entered the NBA in 1996 and went on to play for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics. One of the most accurate three-point and free throw shooters in NBA history, he was a ten-time NBA All-Star and he also won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States mens basketball team. Allen is the NBAs all-time leader in career three-point field goals made in both the regular and postseason and he has acted in two films, one of which was a lead role in the 1998 Spike Lee film, He Got Game. The third of five children, Allen was born at Castle Air Force Base near Merced, California, a military child, he spent time growing up in Saxmundham in England, Altus in Oklahoma, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Germany. He attended high school in Dalzell, South Carolina, where he led Hillcrest High School to a state championship. Allen attended the University of Connecticut from 1993 to 1996 after being recruited by assistant coach Karl Hobbs, while at UConn, he was named USA Basketballs Male Athlete of the Year in 1995. In 1995–96, his college season, Allen was a first-team All-American. Allen finished his UConn career third on the Huskies career scoring list with 1,922 points, in 2001, Allen was named honorary captain of the 25-member UConn All-Century Basketball Team. On February 5,2007, his name and number were honored at Connecticuts Gampel Pavilion during the Huskies of Honor ceremony at halftime of the basketball game against the Syracuse Orange. Allen was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the pick of the 1996 NBA draft. Immediately after his selection, Allen and Andrew Lang were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to fourth pick Stephon Marbury. Allen made his NBA debut on November 1,1996 where he started and played 28 minutes and scored 13 points in a win against fellow rookie Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers. On January 12,1997 Allen put in one of his strongest efforts of the season in a win against the Golden State Warriors contributing 22 points,6 assists,3 steals and a new career high of 9 rebounds. Continuing his strong season, on March 25,1997 Allen scored a new career high of 32 points in a loss to the Phoenix Suns. Allen was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1996, after an injury-riddled 2003–04 season, he was named to the All-NBA Second Team and, alongside teammate Rashard Lewis, led the Sonics to the Conference Semifinals in 2005. Allen told the press if the Lakers remained a mediocre squad, in about a year or two he will be calling out to Jerry Buss that we need some help in here. When asked about Allens comments, Bryant responded, Dont even put me, after the 2004–05 season, Allen signed a 5-year, $80 million contract extension
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Carlos Arroyo
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Carlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who currently plays for Cariduros de Fajardo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Arroyo had previously played in the National Basketball Association with the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, and Boston Celtics. In the 2008–09 season, he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Super League, winning the leagues championship and he has also played professionally in Puerto Rico, Spain and Turkey. Arroyo was a member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team defeated the United States at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament. He also represented Puerto Rico at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, Carlos Arroyo was born and raised in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. He is a twin, born along his brother Alberto. Arroyo is a cousin of the Academy Award winning Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro, Arroyo graduated from Colegio Santiago Apostol in Fajardo. Arroyo studied in Florida International University from 1998 to 2001, where he played for the campus team and he was a four-year letterman in the university having completed his baccalaureate and played with the team four years, establishing several records in the teams history. Among these records is, the lead in assists, having made 459 successful passes. Arroyo is also the player in Florida International University to have scored more than six hundred points in a single season. Arroyo was also selected as a member of the Sun Belt Conferences All-Star team on two separate occasions, on January 5,2007, Florida International University presented a ceremony where Arroyos university number was symbolically retired to recognize his performance with the institutions team. Arroyo began his career in the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico when he was 17 years old. He debuted with the Fajardo Cariduros in 1996, during his first year, he averaged 10.9 points per game, with a 52% of shooting efficiency. The next year, he improved his game averaging 17 points and 5.5 assists per game and that season, he also shot 42% from 3-point. The next year, he played for the Cangrejeros de Santurce, in 2000, Arroyo averaged 17.1 points and 3.9 assists per game. During his participation with the team, the Cangrejeros won four national titles in 1998,1999,2000,2001 and 2003. After graduating from FIU, Arroyo was signed by the National Basketball Associations Toronto Raptors for the 2001–02 NBA season and he then played briefly in the Spanish ACB League with TAU Cerámica before being signed by the Denver Nuggets in March of the same year. He saw limited action with two teams, playing seventeen games with the Raptors and twenty with the Nuggets before his initial NBA season was over
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Leandro Barbosa
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Leandro Mateus Barbosa is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. He previously won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award with the Suns in 2007, in Brazil, he is nicknamed Leandrinho, and in the USA he is nicknamed The Brazilian Blur, referring to his speed. Barbosa started his career at Palmeiras when he was 17 and he played on São Paulo State Championship under the command of Lula Ferreira, the future Brazil national team coach. At 19, he played on the team of Palmeiras on São Paulo State Championship. He averaged 14.2 points per game, after that he was traded to Tilibra/Bauru on January 2001. During his first season as a professional in Brazil, playing for Tilibra/Bauru and he averaged 15.8 points,6.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He was chosen as Rookie of the Year during the Paulista of 2001, Barbosa ended the season as the fourth ranked player in three point percentage, sixth in assists and eleventh in field goals. In 2002, he won the Brazilian Basketball League with Bauru, at 63 with a 610 wingspan, he was selected 28th overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs but his rights were acquired by the Suns in a trade for a future protected first-round pick. Barbosa holds the Suns record for points scored in a game by a rookie as a first-time starter, with 27 against the Chicago Bulls on January 5,2004. He set the Suns record for three-point field goals by a rookie in consecutive games when he hit at least one three-pointer per game during a streak from January 2 to 19. He scored a career-high of 41 points against the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 20,2009, on July 14,2010, Barbosa was traded along with Dwayne Jones to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Hedo Türkoğlu. On August 18,2011, Barbosa signed with Flamengo Basketball of Brazil for the duration of the 2011 NBA lockout and his deal had an out-clause that would allow him to return to the NBA once the lockout ended. In December 2011, he returned to the Raptors, on March 15,2012, Barbosa was traded to the Indiana Pacers for a future second-round pick. With the help of Barbosa, Indiana improved significantly enough to make it to the round of the playoffs before losing to the Miami Heat. On October 18,2012, Barbosa signed with the Boston Celtics, on February 12,2013, after a game against the Charlotte Bobcats on February 11, it was confirmed that Barbosa had suffered a torn ACL in his left knee. This injury ruled him out for the rest of the 2012–13 season and he was the third member of the team whose injury ended his season early in a span of three weeks, joining Rajon Rondo and Jared Sullinger. On February 21,2013, Barbosa and Jason Collins were traded to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Jordan Crawford, despite being on the team during that time, hed never play for the Wizards in the process. On November 19,2013, Barbosa signed with the Esporte Clube Pinheiros of Brazil for the 2013–14 season, during this time, he averaged over 20 points,3 rebounds, and 3 assists for the team
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Larry Bird
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Larry Joe Bird is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, currently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association. Since retiring as a player for the Boston Celtics, he has been a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, Bird was a 12-time NBA All-Star and was named the leagues Most Valuable Player three consecutive times. He played his professional career for Boston, winning three NBA championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards. He was a member of the 1992 United States mens Olympic basketball team won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Bird was voted to the NBAs 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and he served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of operations for the Pacers. After a year away from the position, he announced he would return to the Pacers as president of operations in 2013. In addition to being part of the 50–40–90 club, he is the person in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year. Bird was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana to Georgia and Claude Joseph Joe Bird and he was raised in nearby French Lick, where his mother worked two jobs to support Larry and his five siblings. Bird has said that being poor as a child still motivates him to this day, Georgia and Joe divorced when Larry was in high school, and Joe committed suicide about a year later. Bird received a scholarship to college basketball for the Indiana University Hoosiers in 1974. After less than a month on campus he dropped out of school and he returned to French Lick, enrolling at Northwood Institute in nearby West Baden, and working municipal jobs for a year before enrolling at Indiana State University in Terre Haute in 1975. Indiana State would lose the game 75–64, with Bird scoring 19 points, despite failing to win the championship, Bird earned numerous year-end awards and honors for his outstanding play, including the Naismith College Player of the Year Award. For his college career, he averaged 30.3 points,13.3 rebounds, Bird also appeared in one game for the baseball team, going 1-for-2 with 2 RBI. Bird was selected by the Boston Celtics with the sixth pick in the 1978 NBA draft. He did not sign with the Celtics immediately, instead, he played out his season at Indiana State. After protracted negotiations, Bird inked a five-year, $3.25 million contract with the team, shortly afterwards, NBA draft eligibility rules were changed to prevent teams from drafting players before they were ready to sign, a rule known as the Bird Collegiate Rule. Bird immediately transformed the Celtics into a contender, helping them improve their win total by 32 games from the year before he was drafted
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National Basketball Association
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The National Basketball Association is the major mens professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier mens professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 teams, and is a member of USA Basketball. The NBA is one of the four professional sports leagues in the United States. NBA players are the worlds best paid athletes by average annual salary per player, the league was founded in New York City on June 6,1946, as the Basketball Association of America. The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3,1949, the leagues several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices located in the Olympic Tower at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City. NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, the Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by owners of the major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. On November 1,1946, in Toronto, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, the first basket was made by Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the Harlem Globetrotters. For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist Baltimore Bullets moved to the BAA and won that leagues 1948 title, Following the 1948–49 season, the BAA took in the remainder of the NBL, Syracuse, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan, Denver, and Waterloo. The new league had seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities, as well as arenas and smaller gymnasiums. The process of contraction saw the leagues smaller-city franchises move to larger cities, the Hawks shifted from the Tri-Cities to Milwaukee in 1951, and then to St. Louis in 1955. The Rochester Royals moved from Rochester, New York, to Cincinnati in 1957, japanese-American Wataru Misaka broke the NBA color barrier in the 1947–48 season when he played for the New York Knicks. He remained the only player in league history prior to the first African-American, Harold Hunter. During this period, the Minneapolis Lakers, led by center George Mikan, won five NBA Championships, to encourage shooting and discourage stalling, the league introduced the 24-second shot clock in 1954. If a team does not attempt to score a goal within 24 seconds of obtaining the ball, play is stopped. In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons. Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league with the Warriors in 1959 and became a dominant individual star of the 1960s, russells rivalry with Chamberlain became one of the greatest rivalries in the history of American team sports. The 1960s were dominated by the Celtics, led by Russell, Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, Boston won eight straight championships in the NBA from 1959 to 1966
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Chauncey Billups
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Chauncey Ray Billups is an American retired professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association. A star at the University of Colorado, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. He won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals, the Pistons retired his No.1 jersey in 2016. In 2004, Billups was honored by the University of Colorado by being the player to have his jersey retired. The Coors Events Center also has a mural of Billups in the northeast corner of the arena as part of his Chaunceys Kid Roundup program. Born in Denver, Colorado, Billups graduated from George Washington High School of Denver in 1995, at George Washington, he was a four-time All-State first team pick, Colorado Mr. Basketball three times, and Colorado Player of the Year as a sophomore and as a junior. He started on varsity as a freshman and he was selected to the 1995 McDonalds All-American Team but did not play due to a shoulder injury. Billups chose Colorado over Kansas, Georgia Tech, University of California-Berkeley, at Colorado, Billups averaged 18.5 points,5.1 assists, and 5.6 rebounds per game over his two seasons. In the 1996–97 season, he was named to the All-Big 12 Conference First Team, the Basketball Times All-American First Team and that same season, the Buffaloes finished second in the Big 12 conference with an overall record of 22–10. Billups then led the Buffaloes to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 28 years, as a 9-seed, Billups and the Buffalos upset the 8-seed Indiana Hoosiers 80–62 but then lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels 56–73. Billups averaged 17.5 points,5.5 rebounds and he did not mesh with new Celtics head coach Rick Pitino. Years later, Billups reflected on his stint in Boston, commenting and that didnt give me a chance to really slow down and listen to myself, listen to the game and whats going on. I never really had that chance and it was a recipe for disaster there. In addition, the Celtics coaching staff did not know whether to play him as a point guard or shooting guard, fifty-one games later, Billups was traded to the Toronto Raptors on the trading deadline. On February 18,1998, Billups was traded to the Toronto Raptors, along with Roy Rogers, Dee Brown, and John Thomas in exchange for All-Star point guard Kenny Anderson, Žan Tabak, and Popeye Jones. On January 21,1999, he was dealt to his hometown Denver Nuggets in a deal involving one of Billupss future teams. Billups was on the injured list until seasons end due to a shoulder and never played a game for the Magic. Among NBA circles, Billups was considered a draft bust, Billups was signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a back-up to then point guard Terrell Brandon, who would mentor the troubled player alongside Sam Mitchell, Wally Sczerbiak, and Kevin Garnett
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Dave Bing
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David Bing is an American businessman, retired Hall of Fame basketball player, and former mayor of Detroit, Michigan. After starring at Syracuse University, Bing played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association as a guard for the Detroit Pistons, Washington Bullets, and Boston Celtics. During his career, he averaged over 20 points and six assists per game and made seven NBA All-Star appearances, after retiring, the Pistons celebrated his career accomplishments with the retirement of his #21 jersey. In addition, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, upon his retirement from professional basketball, Bing founded Bing Steel, a processing company that earned him the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year award in 1984. Soon the business grew into the multimillion-dollar Detroit-based conglomerate, the Bing Group, after winning the primary, Bing then defeated Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. and was sworn in as mayor in May 2009. Later that year, Bing was re-elected to a full term, however he lost most of his power to Detroits emergency manager Kevyn Orr, had numerous health problems, and suffered approval ratings as low as 14%. Bing thus did not seek re-election in 2013 and was succeeded by politician and businessman Mike Duggan, Bing was born November 24,1943 in Washington, D. C. to mother Juanita, a housekeeper, and father Hasker, a bricklayer and deacon for the Baptist Church. He was the child of four living in a two bedroom, one-story house in the northeast part of town. In his childhood, Bing received the nickname Duke from his father, because, according to Bing, the family could not afford emergency surgery, leaving the eye to heal on its own and diminishing his vision thereafter. Bings father also suffered a head injury during the boys childhood. While working a construction site, a brick fell four stories onto his head, the episode led young Bing to promise himself that he would never work in such a profession. In athletics, Bing played basketball, but older children often told him he was too small for the game. However, he played well, triumphing over older and bigger children as future Motown musician Marvin Gaye. Bing and Gaye forged a friendship, which continued later in life, despite his basketball play, Bing, a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson, focused primarily on baseball, the neighborhoods preferred game. Despite his fuzzy vision, he excelled in baseball at Spingarn High School, nevertheless, the schools head basketball coach William Roundtree encouraged him to revisit basketball. Roundtree became a figure to Bing, who decided to join the team. He developed into a double-digits per game scorer, noted for his jump shot and he continued also to compete in baseball into his senior year, but was forced to choose between it and basketball when a scheduling conflict between two tournaments arose. At the tournament, Bing led his team to victory and earned MVP honors, all in all, in high school, Bing was a three-year letter winner, all–Inter High, all-Metro, and all-East member
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Avery Bradley
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Avery Antonio Bradley Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for Texas before being drafted 19th overall by the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, a longtime starter for the Celtics, he has twice been recognized as an NBA All-Defensive Team member. Bradley was born on November 26,1990 in Tacoma, Washington to Alicia Jones-Bradley and Avery Bradley and he has two older brothers, one older sister, and one younger brother. His mother worked in an office, while his father had a 22-year military career. After the two divorced in 2001, Bradley lived with his mother but maintained a relationship with his father. He became a Texas fan when his family lived in Arlington and he and his family moved back to Tacoma in the summer of 2004, prior to his eighth grade year. Bradley was AAU teammates with future Boston Celtics teammate Isaiah Thomas, Bradley was ranked as one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2009. He was rated #1 in the ESPNU100, #4 by Rivals. com, Bradley led Findlay College Prep to the National High School Basketball championship against Oak Hill Academy, and won 56–53. After leading Findlay to the championship, Bradley was named National High School Basketball Player of the Year by Parade Magazine and he played in the 2009 McDonalds All-American Game and won the 2009 McDonalds High School All-American Dunk Contest. Bradley attended the University of Texas at Austin, Bradley found the Texas Longhorns basketball program appealing in part because he had spent parts of his childhood in Arlington, where he became a fan of T. J. Ford. As a freshman in 2009–10, Bradley averaged 11.6 points for the Longhorns and he subsequently earned Big 12 All-Rookie Team and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors. In April 2010, Bradley declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his three years of college eligibility. Bradley was selected with the 19th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, on July 2,2010, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Celtics. The same day, he underwent successful surgery and subsequently missed the 2010 NBA Summer League. Still just 19 years old, Bradley joined a Celtics team that was one of the best in the Eastern Conference. Thus, he did not see his first regular season action until the game of the season. On January 14,2011, Bradley was assigned to the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League and on the day made his debut game for the team, playing 21 minutes. In the one Celtics game of Bradleys rookie season in which he played more than 15 minutes, however, he played ten or more minutes in just two other NBA games and did not appear in any of the Celtics postseason contests
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Chris Babb
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Chris Babb is an American professional basketball player for ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Pennsylvania State University and Iowa State University, Babb was born and raised in Kansas. After seventh grade his family moved to Arlington, Texas, where his father eventually got into the barbeque business, opening up Babb Brothers BBQ & Blues in nearby Dallas. It was here that he attended The Oakridge School where he averaged 31.2 points while helping his school to a 26-3 record and he also averaged 8.1 rebounds,7.2 assists and totaled a school-record 1,125 points. In his freshman season at Penn State, Babb played sparingly for the Lions, in 32 games, he averaged 2.8 points and 1.1 rebounds in 10 minutes per game. In his sophomore season, he was third on the team in assists and steals, in 31 games, he averaged 9.3 points,3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 29.7 minutes per game. In 2011, he transferred to Iowa State University, after redshirting the 2011–12 season due to NCAA transfer rules, he had a good junior season for the Cyclones, as he went on to be ranked 10th in the Big 12 in 3-pointers per game at 1.9. In 34 games, he averaged 7.8 points,4.1 rebounds,1.6 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.1 minutes per game. In November 2012, Babb was suspended for the first two games of the 2012–13 season for violating team rules and he went on to be named to the 2013 Big 12 All-Defensive Team. In 33 games, he averaged 9.1 points,3.4 rebounds,2.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.7 minutes per game. He made 38.2 percent of his 3-pointers, which accounted for 5.2 of his 7.2 field goal attempts per game that season, after going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Babb joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 30,2013, he signed with the Boston Celtics, however, he was later waived by the Celtics on October 26,2013. On October 31,2013, he was acquired by the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League as a player of the Celtics. On February 28,2014, Babb signed a 10-day contract with the Boston Celtics, on March 11,2014, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Celtics. On March 21,2014, he signed a multi-year, non-guaranteed deal with the Celtics, in July 2014, Babb joined the Boston Celtics for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On September 25,2014, he was waived by the Celtics, October 31,2014, he was reacquired by the Maine Red Claws. On February 4,2015, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game, on March 5,2015, he scored a career-high 33 points in the Red Claws 121–110 win over the Austin Spurs. On April 6,2015, Babb signed a deal with the Boston Celtics
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Jim Barnett (basketball)
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James Franklin Barnett is a former professional basketball player. He has been the Golden State Warriors television analyst since the 1985–1986 NBA season, Barnett was born in Greenville, South Carolina and raised in Riverside, California. He is a member of the Riverside Hall of Fame, and was selected as an NCAA All-American as a University of Oregon basketball player and he is in the University of Oregon Hall of Fame and the State of Oregon Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Mens Basketball Tournament on March 10,2012, barnetts NBA career began when the Boston Celtics selected him with the eighth pick overall in the 1966 NBA draft. While playing for the Trail Blazers in 1971, Barnett attempted a rushed long-range shot against the rival Los Angeles Lakers and his shot went in, prompting Blazers play-by-play announcer Bill Schonely to exclaim Rip City. The phrase Rip City, the meaning for which Schonely has no explanation, nonetheless caught on and became synonymous with the team, nicknamed Crazy Horse, Barnett averaged 11.7 points,3.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 732 games. Barnett serves as a co-host on Warriors Live pregame shows on CSN Bay Area television, active in the community, Barnett does speaking engagements throughout the greater Bay Area during the year, including guest appearances at Warriors Basketball Camp sessions
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Brandon Bass
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Brandon Samuel Bass is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. Bass was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the oldest of three siblings, he has a brother, Chris, and sister, Dashia, Bass is the son of Charles Joseph and Aretha Bass. Bass was raised by his mother until her death, when he was 10 years old, he witnessed his mother die from a heart attack. Bass and his siblings moved in with their father but due to not feeling comfortable at their fathers home, Bass and his siblings moved in with their aunt. While at his aunts house, Bass was living with his siblings and it wasn’t until he was 13 years old that Bass began playing basketball competitively. Bass attended Capitol High School in Baton Rouge where he began gaining recognition for his play. By his senior year in 2002–03, he was ranked the seventh best power forward in the nation, the 11th best overall player in the nation, while in high school, Bass had a GPA of 2.7 with an ACT score of 14. He graduated as a part of the class of 2003 and he received interest from Connecticut, LSU, Mississippi St. Cincinnati, Kentucky, Miami, and USC to join their basketball programs. Of those schools, Bass received offers from Connecticut, LSU, Mississippi St, Bass also received many honors while in high school, being named a part of the Parade All-American team, EA Sports Roundball Classic Roster, and the McDonalds All-America Game. Bass finished the McDonalds All-America Game with 14 points and 3 assists, while on the McDonalds All-American Team, Bass played alongside the likes of future NBA superstars such as LeBron James and Chris Paul. Bass joined the Louisiana State Fighting Tigers basketball team in 2003, in his first year at LSU, Bass played 29 games, starting in all of them. As a freshman, Bass averaged 12.8 points,7.4 rebounds,1.9 blocks, in 34.9 minutes per game. In his second season, Bass played and started in 30 games, averaging 17.3 points,9.1 rebounds,1.6 blocks, Bass received numerous honors while playing at LSU. In 2004, he was named a part of the SEC All-Freshman Team and was named the SEC Freshman of the Year. In 2005, Bass was named a part of the SEC All-Tournament Team, First Team All-SEC, SEC Player of the Year, Bass career-high in points in college was 30 points in a game against Louisiana-Lafayette on November 21,2004. He achieved his college career-high in rebounds with 17 against Mississippi State on February 16,2005 and he achieved his career-high in blocks with six on two separate occasions with his last one being in Houston on December 21,2004. His career-high in minutes was 45, which came against Ohio State on January 15,2005, Bass left LSU after his sophomore year, choosing instead to declare for the 2005 NBA draft. He ended his career with career averages of 15.1 points,8.3 rebounds,1.8 blocks
