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Pro athlete is a person who plays a sport professionally. This is a general type to be used on conjunction with other types (basketball player, football player) and is primarily used to capture where the player was drafted.Other possibly properties to capture: salary information
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| x Kobe Bryant |
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13 | Charlotte Hornets |
Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978(1978-08-23)) is an American shooting guard who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career and made instant headlines...
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| x Michael Jordan |
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3 | Chicago Bulls | University of North Carolina System |
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest...
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| x Adrian Peterson |
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Adrian Nicholas Peterson (born July 1, 1979 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American football player. He is currently a running back and specialist for the Chicago Bears. He is an alumnus of Georgia Southern University, where he set numerous school,...
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| x Sidney Rice | 44 | Minnesota Vikings | |||
| x Dwyane Wade |
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5 | Miami Heat |
Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. (born January 17, 1982), nicknamed "Flash" or "D-Wade", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wade was named 2006 Sportsman of the...
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| x Adrian Peterson |
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7 | Minnesota Vikings | University of Oklahoma |
Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985 in Palestine, Texas), nicknamed "A.D."(for "All Day") or "Purple Jesus", is a professional football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Peterson was selected by the...
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| x Marcus Camby |
Marcus D. Camby (born March 22, 1974 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award during the 2006–07 NBA...
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| x Walt Bellamy |
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Walter Jones Bellamy (born July 24, 1939 in New Bern, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player.
Walt, known as "Big Bell", left Indiana University with the most rebounds in a career with 1,088 in only 70 games, while...
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| x Bob Pettit |
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Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit (born December 12, 1932, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954-1965). He was the first...
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| x Monta Ellis |
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40 | Golden State Warriors |
Monta Ellis (born October 26, 1985, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player, who plays the point guard and shooting guard positions for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.
Ellis' attended Lanier High School in...
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| x John Havlicek |
John J. Havlicek (born April 8, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons.
In the...
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| x Damon Stoudamire |
Damon Lamon Stoudamire (born September 3, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player, who is currently an assistant coach for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. The 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 171 lb (78 kg; 12.2 st) point guard was selected with...
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| x Jamaal Wilkes | 11 | Golden State Warriors | University of California, Los Angeles |
Jamaal Wilkes (born Jackson Keith Wilkes on May 2, 1953 in Berkeley, California) is a retired American basketball player who played the small forward position and won four NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors....
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| x Larry Bird |
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Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a retired American NBA basketball player. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming with legendary center...
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| x Tracy McGrady |
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Tracy Lamar McGrady, Jr., (born May 24, 1979, in Bartow, Florida) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing at shooting guard for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He can also play as a small...
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| x Tom Heinsohn |
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Thomas William "Tom" Heinsohn (born August 26, 1934 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former professional basketball player, known for his time as a player on the Boston Celtics National Basketball Association (NBA) team. He also coached the team...
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| x Rony Seikaly |
Ronald Fred "Rony" Seikaly (Arabic: رونالد ﺼيقلي; born May 10th, 1965) is a retired Lebanese-born American professional basketball player.
Seikaly was born in Beirut, Lebanon. At the age of 9 years old, Rony Seikaly moved from Beirut where he...
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| x Don Meineke |
Don "Monk" Meineke (born October 30, 1930 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former professional basketball player.
Meineke received the National Basketball Association's first Rookie of the Year Award after the 1952-53 NBA season while playing for the Fort...
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| x Derrick Coleman |
Derrick D. Coleman (born June 21, 1967, in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. Coleman grew up and attended high school in Detroit, Michigan and attended college at Syracuse University. He was selected first overall...
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| x Bill Russell |
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William Felton "Bill" Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A five-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player...
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| x Wilt Chamberlain |
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Golden State Warriors | University of Kansas |
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the...
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| x Mark Eaton |
Mark E. Eaton (born January 24, 1957, in Inglewood, California) is a retired American professional basketball player who was a member of the NBA's Utah Jazz from 1982 to 1994. He was famous for his giant frame (7-foot-4, 290 pounds) and his strong...
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| x Terry Dischinger |
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Terry Gilbert Dischinger (born November 14, 1940 in Terre Haute, Indiana) is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He currently practices orthodontics.
The son of a football coach and a great all-around athlete, Dischinger earned All...
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| x Dana Barros |
Dana Bruce Barros (born April 13, 1967, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American professional basketball player from the NBA. Before the NBA he played at Boston College, finishing as one of the school's all-time leading scorers.
The 5' 11" (1...
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| x Chris Paul |
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4 | New Orleans Hornets | Wake Forest University |
Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association. He serves as team captain of the franchise.
Paul was born and raised in Winston-Salem,...
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| x Ralph Sampson |
Ralph Lee Sampson, Jr. (born July 7, 1960 in Harrisonburg, Virginia) is a retired American college and professional basketball player.
A 7-foot-4 phenom, three-time College Player of the Year, and No. 1 pick in the 1983 NBA Draft, Sampson brought...
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| x Moses Malone |
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Moses Eugene Malone (born March 23, 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia) is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association.
A three-time NBA MVP and one of...
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| x Dell Curry |
Wardell Stephen Curry (born June 25, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player at the shooting guard and the small forward positions who received his education from Fort Defiance High School in Virginia and Virginia Tech. He then...
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| x Ernie DiGregorio |
Ernest (Ernie) DiGregorio (born January 15, 1951, in North Providence, Rhode Island) is a retired American National Basketball Association player.
After playing for the Providence College Friars, DiGregorio was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels of...
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| x Emeka Okafor |
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2 | Charlotte Bobcats | University of Connecticut |
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor, abbreviated as Emeka Okafor (eh-meh-KAH oh-KAH-FOR) (born September 28, 1982), is a Nigerian-American basketball player playing at power forward and center for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball...
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| x Jalen Rose |
Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' "Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King...
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| x Brandon Roy |
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6 | Minnesota Timberwolves | University of Washington |
Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He was selected sixth in the 2006 NBA Draft, having completed four years playing for the...
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| x Magic Johnson |
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and...
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| x Bobby Jackson |
Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973 in East Spencer, North Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player.
Bobby Jackson attended Western Nebraska Community College and the University of Minnesota before being selected by the Seattle...
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| x Buck Williams |
Charles Linwood Williams (born March 8, 1960 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina), better known as "Buck", is a retired American professional basketball player. He was well known for his rebounding ability and trademark goggles.
Williams, 6 ft 8 in (2.03...
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| x Ray Felix |
Raymond Darlington Felix (December 10, 1930 – July 28, 1991) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in New York City.
A 6' 11" center from Long Island University, Felix was selected by the Baltimore Bullets with the first pick...
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| x Isaac Austin |
Isaac Edward "Ike" Austin (born August 18, 1969 in Gridley, California) is a retired American professional basketball player.
A 6' 10" (2.08 m) center from Kings River Community College and Arizona State University, Austin was selected by the Utah...
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| x Elton Brand |
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Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979 in Cortlandt Manor, New York) is an American All-Star professional basketball player and film producer who currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Brand is one of four active players to have...
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| x Chris Webber |
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Mayce Edward Christopher Webber, III (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer,...
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| x Danny Manning |
Daniel Ricardo "Danny" Manning (born May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is an assistant basketball coach at his alma mater, the University of...
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| x Wes Unseld |
Westley Sissel "Wes" Unseld (born March 14, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American former basketball player. He spent his entire NBA career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in...
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| x Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
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1 | Milwaukee Bucks | University of California, Los Angeles |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis 'Lew' Alcindor on April 16, 1947) is an American retired basketball player. During his 20-year professional career in the NBA, from 1969 to 1989, he scored the highest points total of any player in league...
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| x Julius Erving |
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Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim.
Erving helped legitimize the...
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| x Hakeem Olajuwon |
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Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born on January 21, 1963) is a retired Nigerian American professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He led...
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| x Allen Iverson |
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Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies.
Iverson was selected with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He was...
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| x Don MacLean |
Donald James MacLean (born January 16, 1970 in Palo Alto, California) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA, as well as holding the distinction of being the all-time scoring leader at UCLA.
After graduating from Simi Valley...
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| x Jerry West |
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Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include "Mr. Clutch" for his ability to make...
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| x Ron Artest |
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Ronald William "Ron" Artest, Jr. (born November 13, 1979) is an American professional basketball player who is currently with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. Artest gained a reputation as one of the league's premier defenders as he won the NBA...
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| x Michael Cooper |
Michael Jerome Cooper (born April 15, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional basketball player, and currently the head coach of the NCAA's USC Women of Troy basketball team. He is a former NBA player who spent his entire...
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| x Boris Diaw |
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21 | Atlanta Hawks | Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez |
Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod, better known as Boris Diaw (born April 16, 1982 in Cormeilles, France), is a French professional basketball player for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. After being traded in a multi-player deal with his former team, the...
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| x Tim Duncan |
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Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is a Virgin Islander American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m), 260-pound (118 kg) power forward...
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| x Rodney Rogers |
Rodney Ray Rogers (born June 20, 1971, in Durham, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player who last played power forward for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
Rogers was the fourth and youngest child born to Willie Wadsworth and Estella...
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| x Toni Kukoč |
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Toni Kukoč (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈkʊkɔtʃ]) (born September 18, 1968 in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural...
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| x Willis Reed |
Willis Reed Jr. (born June 25, 1942) is a retired American basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982.
Reed was born in Hico, Louisiana....
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| x Dave Cowens |
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David William Cowens (born October 25, 1948, in Newport, Kentucky) is a retired American professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At 6'9", he played the center position. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. He was...
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| x Kevin Garnett |
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5 | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Kevin Garnett was born in May 19, 1976 in Maulding, SC. He's a professional basket player for the NBA's Boston Celtics Team. His career began when he was drafted (5th Draft) by the Minnesota Timberwolves after he finished high school in 1995. Named...
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| x Shaquille O'Neal |
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1 | Orlando Magic | Louisiana State University |
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), frequently referred to simply as "Shaq", is an American professional basketball player, rapper, and actor. He is widely perceived as one of the most dominant players in the history of the NBA. Standing...
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| x Bill Walton |
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William Theodore "Bill" Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is a retired American basketball player and current television sportscaster. The “Big Red-Head”, as he was called, achieved superstardom playing for John Wooden's powerhouse UCLA Bruins in...
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| x Jo Jo White |
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Joseph Henry "Jo Jo" White (born November 16, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player.
White was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He played college basketball at the University of Kansas, entering the NCAA Tournament and losing a...
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| x Scott Skiles |
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Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and former American professional basketball player. He also is the former head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns. Skiles holds the...
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