Basketball Speakers — Book Athlete Speakers

The NBA is globally one of the most popular sports in the world, which make basketball speakers in-demand talent. Corporate groups, charities, universities, faith-based groups, and other organizations understand the value of having a current or retired NBA player, coach, or broadcaster at their event. Basketball speakers impart lessons from their careers at in-person speaking engagements, virtual events, and other types of meetings. The topics they speak on most often include leadership, teamwork and overcoming adversity. 

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• Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf — Former NBA Player and Well-Known Muslim Rights Advocate

  Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had a nine-year NBA career and is know for being one of the most accurate free throw shooters in league history. He finished just one free throw short of the single-season record i

• Steven Adams — Center for the Houston Rockets

  Steven Adams, a New Zealand native, currently stands seven feet tall as a center for the Houston Rockets. As the youngest of his father’s eighteen children, Adams' entire family is known for their exc

• Alvan Adams — Retired NBA All-Star

  Alvan Adams is an American former professional basketball player. After playing college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, the power forward/center was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 4th pick

• Bam Adebayo — Miami Heat Big Man

  Bam Adebayo has been a revelation for the Miami Heat since they selected him with the 14th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. Adebayo has gradually improved during his time in Miami and helped anchor their d

• Arron Afflalo — Former NBA Player

  Arron Afflalo played in the NBA for 11 seasons and was always a reliable contributor. Afflalo started 72 games for the Orlando Magic during the 2013-14 season, averaging a career-high 18.2 points per

• Arthur Agee — Star of the Film Hoop Dreams

  The 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams made us familiar with Chicago native Arthur Agee. The film followed Agee and another high school basketball player, William Gates, as they followed their dreams of mak

• Mark Aguirre — Retired NBA All-Star

  Mark Aguirre is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association. Aguirre was chosen as the first overall pick of the 1981 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks after playing th

• Danny Ainge — Utah Jazz CEO of Basketball Operations

  Danny Ainge is a retired NBA shooting guard, former President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics and the current CEO of the Utah Jazz. As a player, Ainge got his start at Brigham Young Un

• Bella Alarie — WNBA Star for the Dallas Wings

  Bella Alarie is a standout for the Dallas Wings who was selected with the fifth pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft. In college, Alarie was a three-time Ivy League Player of the Year at Princeton. Overall, sh

• Marv Albert — Sportscaster

  Often referred to as “the voice of basketball,” Marv Albert is a sportscaster. Marv started out as a ball boy for the New York Knicks before he got his first big break and began working on Knicks radi

• Cole Aldrich — Professional Basketball Player

  Cole Aldrich is a professional basketball player who has laced it up for several NBA teams. Aldrich was born in the late 1980’s in Minnesota, where he grew up playing the game of basketball all his li

• LaMarcus Aldridge — Retired Seven-Time NBA All-Star

  LaMarcus Aldridge was one of the better big men in the NBA during a 15-year career that saw him become a seven-time NBA All-Star. Aldridge attended college at the University of Texas where he spent tw