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Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
Basketball Player / 1963 -
Michael Jordan is a former American basketball player who led the Bulls to six national championships and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award five times.
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Kobe Bryant
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- Olympic Basketball Players
- Olympic 2012 Athletes
- Famous Black Athletes
Kobe Bryant
Basketball Player / 1978 -
Kobe Bryant is an NBA athlete who's one of the leading players in career points, having earned multiple championship rings. He has also won two Olympic gold medals with the U.S. basketball team.
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LeBron James
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- Olympic Basketball Players
- Olympic 2012 Athletes
- Famous Black Athletes
LeBron James
Basketball Player / 1984 -
LeBron James, one of the NBA's leading players, is the youngest player to win the Rookie of the Year Award, among several other distinctions. He led the Miami Heat to an NBA champion victory in 2012.
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Magic Johnson
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- Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
- Famous Black Athletes
Magic Johnson
Basketball Player, Entrepreneur / 1959 -
For 12 years, Earvin "Magic" Johnson dominated the court as one of America's best basketball players. In 1991, he announced that he had the AIDS virus.
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Wilt Chamberlain
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- Famous Black Athletes
- Famous Leos
Wilt Chamberlain
Basketball Player / 1936 - 1999
Wilt Chamberlain was the first NBA player to score more than 30,000 cumulative points over his career, and the first and only player to score 100 points in a single game.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- Famous Arians
- Famous Black Athletes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball Player / 1947 -
Hall of Fame basketball center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. He won six NBA titles, five with the Los Angeles Lakers, over 20 years.
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