This is a list of National Basketball Association players whose last names begin with N or O.
The list also includes players from the American National Basketball League (NBL), the Basketball Association of America (BAA), and the original American Basketball Association (ABA). All of these leagues contributed to the formation of the present-day NBA.
Individuals who played in the NBL prior to its 1949 merger with the BAA are listed in italics, as they are not traditionally listed in the NBA's official player registers.
Makhtar N'Diaye
Amadou Makhtar N'Diayé (born 31 December 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He made fourteen appearances for his country at international level in 2002, notably participating in the 2002 FIFA Wor ...
Boniface N'Dong
Boniface N'Dong (born September 3, 1977) is a Senegalese retired basketball player and current coach. Currently, he is the head coach of the Senegal national basketball team. Born in M'Bour, Senegal, he also holds German citizenship.
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Boštjan Nachbar
Boštjan "Boki" Nachbar (born July 3, 1980) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. A 2.06 m forward, he spent most of his career between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the EuroLeague. Nachbar helped lead the Slovenian ...
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Abdel Nader
Abdel Nader ( ar, عبد الرحمن نادر; born September 25, 1993) is an Egyptian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for ...
Fritz Nagy
Frederick Karl "Fritz" Nagy (January 3, 1924 – June 5, 1989) was an American former Basketball Association of America player. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Ironmen in the 1947 BAA draft, Fritz played for just one season, 1948–49, with the ...
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Lee Nailon
Lee Nailon (born February 22, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the 2007 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP. In 2011, he was the top scorer in the Is ...
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Eduardo Nájera
Eduardo Alonso Nájera Pérez () (born July 11, 1976) is a Mexican former professional basketball player who is currently a scout for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a pregame and postgame analyst ...
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Larry Nance
Larry Donnell Nance Sr. (born February 12, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. A forward from Clemson University, Nance played 13 seasons (1981–1994) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Phoe ...
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Larry Nance Jr.
Larry Donnell Nance Jr. (born January 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wyoming Cowboys, where he was considered ...
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Shabazz Napier
Shabazz Bozie Napier (born July 14, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague.
He was drafted 24th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2014 NBA draf ...
Cotton Nash
Charles Francis "Cotton" Nash (born July 24, 1942) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and National Basketball Association (NBA) forward.
Basketball career
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Nash played collegiately for ...
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Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, ...
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Swen Nater
Swen Erick Nater (born January 14, 1950) is a Dutch former professional basketball player. He played primarily in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), and is the only player to have led both the NBA ...
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Howard Nathan
Howard Nathan Jr. (January 21, 1972 – July 28, 2019) was an American professional basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court ...
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Calvin Natt
Calvin Leon Natt (born January 8, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6'6" (1.98 m) forward, Natt played at Northeast Louisiana University under coach Lenny Fant. After college, he played 11 NBA seasons ( 1979–199 ...
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Kenny Natt
Kenneth Wayne Natt (born October 5, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player and ex-interim head coach for the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings.
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Willie Naulls
William Dean Naulls (October 7, 1934 – November 22, 2018) was an American professional basketball player for 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a four-time NBA All-Star with the New York Knicks and won three NBA ...
Maurice Ndour
Maurice Daly Ndour (born June 18, 1992) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the Japanese basketball league. He played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats and has represented the Senegalese natio ...
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Craig Neal
Craig Duane Neal (born February 16, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is currently the
associate head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). He was selected by the Portland Tr ...
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Gary Neal
Gary Neal (born October 3, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball at La Salle University and Towson University. He began his professional career abroad with teams in Turkey, Spain and I ...
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Jim Neal
James Ellerbe "Daddy" Neal (May 21, 1930 – October 3, 2011) was an American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Neal, a 6'11" center, played college basketball at Wofford College from 1949 to 1953, w ...
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Lloyd Neal
Lloyd Neal (born December 10, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player born in Talbotton, Georgia.
A 6'7" center/forward from Tennessee State University, Neal spent his entire professional career (1972–1979) with the Nati ...
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Ed Nealy
Eddie Carl Nealy (born February 19, 1960) is an American retired basketball player. At 6'7" and 238 pounds, he played as a power forward. After a standout college career, during which he won the Big Eight tournament title in 1980, he went on to p ...
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Lyle Neat
Lyle Chester Neat (September 29, 1916 – December 5, 1996) was an American professional basketball guard who played in one game in the National Basketball League (NBL) as a member of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
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Nemanja Nedović
Nemanja Nedović ( sr-Cyrl, Немања Недовић; ; born 16 June 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbian national basketball tea ...
Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson (born Robert Haakon Nielsen; April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Early life
Nelson was born in San Francisco, the son of Norwegian immi ...
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DeMarcus Nelson
DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (; born November 2, 1985) is an American-Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he played at the point guard position. He also holds Serbian citizenship as of 2014.
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Don Nelson
Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 ...
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Jameer Nelson
Jameer Lamar Nelson Sr. (born February 9, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who serves as assistant general manager for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Saint Joseph's Hawk ...
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Louie Nelson
Louis Nelson (born May 28, 1951) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Nelson was drafted with the first pick in the second round of the 1973 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets. Before the 1974–75 NBA season, Nel ...
Andrew Nembhard
Andrew William Nembhard (born January 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators and the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
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Nenê
Nenê (; born Maybyner Rodney Hilário; September 13, 1982) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Known previously as Nenê Hilario, he legally changed his name to simply Nenê in 2003.
Early life
Born Maybyner Rodney Hilário i ...
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Tyrone Nesby
Tyrone Lamont Nesby (born January 31, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player.
Nesby went to Cairo High School in Cairo, Illinois. He played collegiately at Vincennes University (1994–1996), and at UNLV (1996–1998). After ...
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Aaron Nesmith
Aaron Joshua Nesmith (born October 16, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Early life and high scho ...
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Martin Nessley
Martin Scott Nessley (born February 16, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA during the 1987–88 season. He was a 7'2", 260 lb center.
Nessley played college basketball at Duke Un ...
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Rasho Nesterović
Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterović ( sr-Cyrl, Радослав "Рашо" Нестеровић, sl, Radoslav "Rašo" Nesterovič; born May 30, 1976) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. He holds citizenship in both Slovenia and Greece ...
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Raulzinho Neto
Raul "Raulzinho" Togni Neto (; born 19 May 1992) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. ...
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Bob Netolicky
Robert Netolicky (born August 2, 1942) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'9" power forward/center, he played professionally in the now–defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1967 to 1976. Netolicky was a four–time ABA Al ...
Johnny Neumann
Carl John Neumann (September 11, 1950 – April 23, 2019), nicknamed "Johnny Reb", was an American professional basketball player and coach. At 6'6" and 200 pounds, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
High school and col ...
Chuck Nevitt
Charles Goodrich Nevitt (born June 13, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player, known primarily for his great height. At 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m), he played the center position throughout his nine-year career (1983, 1985–1 ...
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Melvin Newbern
Melvin Newbern (born June 11, 1967) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the Detroit Pistons. He played in 33 games in the 1992 season for the team, averaging 3.6 points per game. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Newbern ...
Ira Newble
Ira Reynolds Newble II (born January 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association, NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, and Los ...
Johnny Newman
John Sylvester Newman Jr. (born November 28, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 7" and shooting guard/small forward, Newman starred at the University of Richmond, before going on to play in the National Basketball ...
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Malik Newman
Malik Tidderious Newman (born February 21, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. He attended Callaway High School in Jackson, Missi ...
Bill Newton
William Ellis Newton, VC (8 June 1919 – 29 March 1943) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Comm ...
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Georges Niang
Georges Niang (born June 17, 1993), nicknamed "The Minivan", is a Senegalese-American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an All-American college player for Iowa State U ...
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Demetris Nichols
Demetris Nichols (born September 4, 1984) is a retired American professional basketball player. He can play at both the small forward and power forward positions. Nichols played college basketball with the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, an ...
Gaylon Nickerson
Gaylon Harrel Nickerson (born February 5, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. Born in Osceola, Arkansas, he attended Wichita State University, Butler ...
Rich Niemann
Richard W. Niemann (born July 2, 1946) is a former American basketball player who played at center in the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association. Niemann was originally drafted in the fourth round of the 1968 NBA draf ...
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Richie Niemiera
John Richard Niemiera (May 26, 1921 – December 27, 2003) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He spent two season in the National Basketball League (NBL) and one season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and on ...
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Mike Niles
Michael Donnell Niles (born March 31, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player.Kurt Nimphius
Kurt Nimphius (born March 13, 1958) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Nimphius played nine seasons in the NBA after his collegiate career at Arizona State University.
Early life
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ni ...
Daishen Nix
Daishen Nix (born February 13, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at and , he plays the point guard position. He was a consensus five-star recruit and o ...
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Dyron Nix
Dyron Patrick Nix (February 11, 1967 – December 15, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. The 6'7" 210 pound forward played his college basketball at the University of Tennessee. He was a two time first team All-SEC performer ...
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Norm Nixon
Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played with Scavo ...
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Zeke Nnaji
Ezekiel Tobechukwu "Zeke" Nnaji (born January 9, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted 22nd overall in the 2020 NBA draft. He played college basket ...
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Joakim Noah
Joakim Simon Noah ( ; born February 25, 1985) is an American-born French-Swedish former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, winning back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. The Chicago B ...
Andrés Nocioni
Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30, 1979) is an Argentine retired professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012. No ...
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David Noel
David Anthony Noel III (born February 27, 1984) is an American retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Noel was drafted by ...
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Nerlens Noel
Nerlens Noel (born April 10, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His collegiate basketball career ended in his first season with a tear of his anterior cruciate ...
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Paul Noel
Paul Wendel Noel (August 4, 1924 – November 16, 2005) was an American professional basketball player.
Born in Midway, Kentucky, Noel was a 6'4" forward from the University of Kentucky, Noel played five seasons (1947–1952) in the Basketball ...
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Lucas Nogueira
Lucas Riva Amarante "Bebê" Nogueira (born July 26, 1992) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who plays for the Guelph Nighthawks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. He was selected with the 16th overall pick in the 2013 NBA dra ...
Jeff Nordgaard
Jeff Wallace Nordgaard (born February 23, 1973) is an American-born naturalized Polish former professional basketball player.
Early life
Nordgaard's father, John Nordgaard, was a biology teacher and guidance counselor at Dawson-Boyd High Schoo ...
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Bevo Nordmann
Robert William "Bevo" Nordmann (December 11, 1939 – August 24, 2015) was an American professional basketball player.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Nordmann was a 6'10" center who played at Saint Louis University from 1959 to 1961. He was named ...
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Irv Noren
Irving Arnold Noren (November 29, 1924 – November 15, 2019) was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1950 through 1960 for the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Kansas C ...
Coniel Norman
Coniel Norman (September 24, 1953 - March 7, 2022), also known as Connie Norman, was a retired American professional basketball player. He played a total of 99 NBA games.
Personal life
After basketball Norman served in the U.S. army. After serv ...
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Ken Norman
Kenneth Darnel Norman (born September 5, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. After graduating from Crane High School in Chicago, Kenny was an outstanding forward for the Illinois Fighting Illini who was selected 19th overa ...
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Audie Norris
Audie James Norris (born December 18, 1960) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach. Norris played for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, from 1982 to 1985. His former teammate Mychal Thompson, who is the father of Klay Thomp ...
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Moochie Norris
Martyn Bernard "Moochie" Norris (born July 27, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who played several seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as other leagues. He is the head coach of the Houston Push ...
Woody Norris
Elwood Adrian "Woody" Norris (June 18, 1919 – April 25, 2007) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Indianapolis Kautskys in the National Basketball League during the 1941–42 season, served in the United States Arm ...
Willie Norwood
William Ray Norwood Sr. (born November 30, 1955) is an American gospel singer. He is the father and voice coach of R&B singers Brandy and Ray J.
Career
1975–1992: Early career
Willie Norwood's career in the music industry began at Jackson ...
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George Nostrand
George Thomas Nostrand (January 25, 1924 – November 8, 1981) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'8" (2.03 m) forward/center from High Point University (1941–1944) and the University of Wyoming (1944–1945), Nostrand pla ...
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Stan Noszka
Stanley M. Noszka (September 19, 1920 – November 15, 1991) was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1967 to 1978. He was also a professional basketball player in the 1940s. Noszka played for the Youngstown Bears in the N ...
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Mike Novak
Michael Donald Novak (April 23, 1915 – August 15, 1978) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the NBL, BAA, and NBA from 1939 to 1954. A 6'9" center from Loyola University Chicago, he was one of the first prominent "big ...
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Steve Novak
Steven Michael Novak (born June 13, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a television analyst for the Milwaukee Bucks on Fox Sports Wisconsin. He is listed as 6'10", 225 lbs. He played college basketball ...
Jaylen Nowell
Jaylen Clinton Andrew Nowell (born July 9, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Con ...
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Mel Nowell
Melvyn P. "Mel" Nowell (born December 27, 1939) is an American former basketball player.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Nowell played for the Ohio State Buckeyes basketball team that won the 1960 NCAA championship. He played with three Hall of Famers an ...
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Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (, ; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at , he is widely regarded as one of the gr ...
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Frank Ntilikina
Frank Bryan Ntilikina (; born 28 July 1998) is a French professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the New York Knicks as the eighth overall pick during the 2017 NBA dr ...
Kendrick Nunn
Kendrick Melvin Nunn (born August 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Oakland Golden ...
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James Nunnally
James William Nunnally (born July 14, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for KK Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.
High school career
Nunnally attended Weston Ranch High School in S ...
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Jusuf Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić (; born 23 August 1994), nicknamed "the Bosnian Beast", is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Standing at tall and weighing 290 lb (132 kg ...
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Dennis Nutt
Dennis Clay Nutt (born March 25, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the head basketball coach at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Career
Nutt was a 6'2" (188 cm) and 170 lb (77 kg ...
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David Nwaba
David Ugochukwu Nwaba (born January 14, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Santa Monica College and Cal Poly.
High school career
Nwaba attended ...
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Jordan Nwora
Jordan Ifeanyi Nwora (born September 9, 1998) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. He plays interna ...
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Julius Nwosu
Obinna Julius Nwosu (born May 1, 1971), is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. He played briefly for the American National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs during the 1994–95 NBA season. He also had a career in the Lebane ...
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Charles O'Bannon
Charles Edward O'Bannon Sr. (born February 22, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-1 ...
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Ed O'Bannon
Edward Charles O'Bannon Jr. (born August 14, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a power forward for the UCLA Bruins on their 1995 NCAA championship team. He was selected ...
Bob O'Brien
Robert Allen O'Brien (born April 23, 1949) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 14 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1971 season, including four starts and one shutout.
He played college ball at three different ...
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Jim O'Brien Jim O'Brien may refer to:
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*Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1950), American coach for Emerson College, Ohio State and Boston College
*Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1951), American player for the New York Nets and Memphis Sounds
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Jim O'Brien Jim O'Brien may refer to:
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*Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1950), American coach for Emerson College, Ohio State and Boston College
*Jim O'Brien (basketball, born 1951), American player for the New York Nets and Memphis Sounds
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Ralph O'Brien
Ralph E. "Buckshot" O'Brien (April 8, 1928 – August 22, 2018) was an American professional basketball player.
A 5'9" point guard from Butler University, O'Brien played two seasons (1951–1953) in the National Basketball Association as a member ...
Johnny O'Bryant III
Johnny Lee O'Bryant III (born June 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for Louisiana State University.
High school career
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Patrick O'Bryant
Patrick Fitzgerald O'Bryant (born June 20, 1986) is an American-Central African former professional basketball player. The , center was selected out of Bradley University by the Golden State Warriors with the 9th overall pick in the 2006 NBA dra ...
Neil O'Donnell
Neil Kennedy O'Donnell (born July 3, 1966) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 14 seasons. He played college football at Maryland and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third ro ...
Fran O'Hanlon
Francis Brian O'Hanlon (born August 24, 1948) was an American college basketball coach who was the head men's basketball coach at Lafayette College from 1995 to 2022.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, O'Hanlon played college basketball at Villa ...
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Dick O'Keefe
Richard Thomas O'Keefe (September 29, 1923 – December 17, 2006) was an American professional basketball player. After serving as captain of the St. James High School basketball team in his hometown of San Francisco, California, O'Keefe began his ...
Jermaine O'Neal
Jermaine Lee O'Neal Sr. (born October 13, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. The center–power forward had a successful high school career and declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA draft straight out of high sch ...
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Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program ''Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greates ...
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Royce O'Neale
Royce Khalil O'Neale (born June 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Denver Pioneers and the Baylor Bears.
College caree ...
Kyle O'Quinn
Kyle Brandon O'Quinn (born March 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. He played for the Norfolk State Spartans, and led them to a victory over the #2 seed Missouri Tigers in the ...
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Bud O'Rourke
Carter John "Bud" O'Rourke Jr. (January 14, 1919 – November 24, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago American Gears
The Chicago American Gears were a National Basketball League (NBL) team who played f ...
Charles Oakley
Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. Oakley played for the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ( ...
Fabricio Oberto
Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (; born March 21, 1975) is an Argentine-Italian color analyst and former professional basketball player. At , he played as a center and power forward. With the LNB club Atenas, in his native Argentina, Oberto began p ...
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Daniel Ochefu
Daniel Ochefu (born December 15, 1993) is an American-born Nigerian professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats, and had a short stint in ...
Greg Oden
Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Oden, a 7'0" (2.13m) center (basketball), center, played college basketball at Ohio State University for 2006–07 Ohio State Buckeyes men's bask ...
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Lamar Odom
Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he won championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixt ...
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Bud Ogden
Carlos C. "Bud" Ogden, Jr. (born December 29, 1946) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Although Ogden played for two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, he is best re ...
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Ralph Ogden
Ralph A. Ogden (born January 25, 1948) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ogden played for one season with the San Francisco Warriors. He recorded career totals of 42&n ...
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Alan Ogg
Raymond Alan Ogg (July 5, 1967 – November 1, 2009) was an American professional basketball player who spent three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers' career shot-blockin ...
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Don Ohl
Donald Jay Ohl (born April 18, 1936) is an American former professional basketball player who spent 10 seasons (1960–1970) in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nickname was ''Waxie'' because of his crew cut.
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Tim Ohlbrecht
Tim Ohlbrecht (born August 30, 1988) is a retired German professional basketball player. He won 84 caps for the German men's national team, competing in the 2008 Olympic Games, the 2010 World Championships as well as the European Championships in ...
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Semi Ojeleye
Jesusemilore Talodabijesu "Semi" Ojeleye ( ; born December 5, 1994) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for both Duke ...
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Emeka Okafor
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okafor (born September 28, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut, where in 2004 he won a national champ ...
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Jahlil Okafor
Jahlil Obika Okafor (pronounced ; born December 15, 1995) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League. He played his freshman season of college basketball for the 2014–15 D ...
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Chuma Okeke
Chukwuma Julian "Chuma" Okeke (born August 18, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Okeke played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers before being drafted 16th ...
KZ Okpala
Chikezie Jake "KZ" Okpala (born April 28, 1999) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.
Early life
Okpa ...
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Mehmet Okur
Mehmet Murat Okur (born 26 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Listed at , he played as a power forward and center.
Okur is known for his three-point shooting and ability to space the floor. In his seven seasons with ...
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Victor Oladipo
Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo (born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012-2013 sea ...
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Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (; ; born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian Americans, Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played Center (basketball), center in the National Basketball Ass ...
Frank Oleynick
Frank "Magic" Oleynick (born February 20, 1955) is an American retired professional basketball player.
Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he played collegiately for Seattle University.
He played for the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Ch ...
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John Olive
John Olive (born March 1, 1955) is a former American basketball player and coach. Olive attended Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, in Pennsauken, New Jersey, then played collegiate basketball at Villanova University, where he graduated in 1977 ...
Cameron Oliver
Cameron Oliver (born July 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack.
High school career
Olive ...
Kevin Ollie
Kevin Jermaine Ollie (born December 27, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former player. Kevin is the head coach for Overtime Elite, a professional basketball league co-founded by Dan Porter and Zack Weiner for top players between 16 and ...
Michael Olowokandi
Michael Olowokandi (born 3 April 1975) is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in London, he played collegiately for the Pacific Tigers in Stockton, California. Nicknamed "The Kandi Man," Olowokandi ...
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Bud Olsen
Enoch Eli "Bud" Olsen III (July 25, 1940 – March 12, 2018) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'8" center from the University of Louisville, Olsen was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the second round of the 1962 NBA dr ...
Kelly Olynyk
Kelly Tyler Olynyk ( ; born April 19, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, where he earned NCAA All-American ho ...
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Eugene Omoruyi
Eugene Omoruyi (born February 14, 1997) is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Oregon Ducks. ...
Arinze Onuaku
Arinze Christopher Onuaku (born July 13, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Syracuse University.
High school career
Onuaku attended DuVal High School in Lanham, Maryland before transferr ...
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Chinanu Onuaku
Chinanu Michael Onuaku (born November 1, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. In 2021–22, he led the Israeli Basketball Pre ...
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Bernard Opper
Bernard Opper (September 1, 1915 – February 24, 2000) was an All-American basketball player at Kentucky and then professional player in the National Basketball League and American Basketball League.
Early life
Opper was a native of the Bron ...
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Eddie Oram
Edwin C. Oram (October 5, 1914 – December 18, 2004) was an American basketball player. He was an All-American college player at the University of Southern California
, mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it"
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Louis Orr
Louis McLaughlin Orr (May 7, 1958 – December 15, 2022) was an American basketball player and coach. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and became a college basketball coach. Orr was the head coach at Bowling G ...
Daniel Orton
Daniel Joseph Orton (born August 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6-foot 10-inch, 265-pound Center (basketball), center who played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, University of Kentuck ...
Cedi Osman
Cedi Osman (born 8 April 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the small forward position.
Early years
Osman was born in Ohrid, Macedonia, modern-da ...
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Wally Osterkorn
Walter Raymond Osterkorn (July 6, 1928 – January 11, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'5" forward from the University of Illinois, Osterkorn began his pro career with the St. Paul Lights of the National Professional ...
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Greg Ostertag
Gregory Donovan Ostertag (born March 6, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent most of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at the University of Kan ...
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Matt Othick
Matthew Brian Othick (born March 18, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player, independent film producer, and restaurateur.
Biography
Born in Clovis, New Mexico, Othick played basketball at Bishop Gorman high school in Las Vega ...
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Don Otten
Donald Frederick Otten (April 18, 1921 – September 18, 1985) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'10" center from Bellefontaine High School (Ohio) and Bowling Green State University, Otten began his professional career in 1946 wi ...
Daniel Oturu
Akinfayoshe Daniel Oturu (born September 20, 1999) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
High school career
Oturu playe ...
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Frank Otway
Frank Hamilton Otway (March 1, 1923 – April 21, 2022) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago American Gears in the National Basketball League for one game during the 1944–45 season.
Otway was in the Marine ...
Bo Outlaw
Charles "Bo" Outlaw (born April 13, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. Outlaw was known for his athleticism, tenacious defensive approach and sub-par free-throw shooting (.521 for his career).
Career
High school
He was ...
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Travis Outlaw
Travis Marquez “Bonesaw” Outlaw (born September 18, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player.
High school career
Outlaw attended Starkville High School, where he played for the Starkville Yellowjackets high school basketbal ...
Doug Overton
Douglas M. Overton (born August 3, 1969) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach.
Playing career
Prior to his NBA career, Overton spent a season with the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian NBL. He credits his experience ...
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Andre Owens
Andre Owens (born October 31, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach.
High school and college basketball
A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard, he played competitively at Perry Meridian High School where he was an Indiana All-S ...
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Billy Owens
Billy Eugene Owens (born May 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Syracuse, where he was an All-American and th ...
Jim Owens
James Donald Owens (March 6, 1927 – June 6, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Washington from 1957 to 1974, compiling a record of in 18 seasons.
Owens played college football at the U ...
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Keith Owens
Keith Kensel Owens (born May 31, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association. The forward (basketball), forward played one season with the Lakers in the 1991–92 Los ...
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Larry Owens
Larry Owens (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Yavapai College and Oral Roberts University.
College career Yavapai College (2001–2003)
Owens averaged 22.7 points and 10.6 reb ...
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Red Owens
James L. "Red" Owens (September 2, 1925 – October 11, 1988) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'3" guard/forward from Baylor University, Owens played two seasons (1949–1950 and 1951–1952) in the NBA as a member of ...
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Tariq Owens
Tariq Amir Owens (born June 30, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and St. John's having transferred after his ...
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Tom Owens
Thomas William Owens (born June 28, 1949) is an American retired professional basketball player.
Early life
A 6'9" center from the Bronx, New York, Owens played for LaSalle Academy and the University of South Carolina.
Career
Owens playe ...
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Ray Owes
Raymond Owes (born December 11, 1972 in San Bernardino, California) is an American former professional basketball player. He was listed at 204 cm 102 kg. He played small forward and for the University of Arizona (1991–95), and was nam ...
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Olumide Oyedeji
Olumide Oyedeji (born 11 May 1981) is a Nigerian professional basketball center who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for three seasons.
Professional career
Oyedeji played at the 1999 and 2000 Nike Hoop Summits. He was select ...
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Jack Ozburn
John Andrew Ozburn (January 4, 1913 – February 14, 1969) was an American basketball player who played five seasons in the American National Basketball League (NBL), a precursor to the modern NBA.
Ozburn starred in basketball and track at Monmo ...