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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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  • DeJuan Blair — Professional Basketball Player

    DeJuan Blair is a University of Pittsburgh product and earned consensus First-Team All-American and Big East Co-Player of the Year honors in 2009 while playing for the Panthers. After averaging 15.7 p

  • Steve Blake — Guard for the Los Angeles Lakers

    A current member of the NBA, Steve Blake has been a lover of the game of basketball all his life. Growing up in Hollywood, Florida, Blake starred on his high school teams at both Miami Killian High Sc

  • David Blatt — Legendary European Coach Who Also Led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals

    David Blatt grew up in Massachusetts and played his college basketball at Princeton University from 1977 to 1981.  In 1981 he was selected to play for the USA National Team and helped the stars and st

  • Carol Blazejowski — Former President and General Manager of the New York Liberty

    Carol Blazejowski is a retired professional women s basketball player. Blazejowski was one of the greatest scorers in the history of women s basketball even though she did not begin intense competitio

  • Eric Bledsoe — Portland Trail Blazers Guard

    A highly touted recruit coming out of high school, Eric Bledsoe chose to accept a scholarship to play college basketball for John Calipari at the University of Kentucky. Bledsoe spent one year with th

  • Lisa Bluder — Retired Women's Basketball Coach at Iowa Who Coached Caitlin Clark

    Lisa Bluder had an amazing coaching career spanning over two decades at Iowa. Her women's basketball teams made 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. Bluder ended her career in a big way, leading the H

  • Jim Boeheim — Legendary Hall of Fame Basketball Coach at Syracuse

    As one of the true legends of college basketball, Jim Boeheim has the second most wins in NCAA Division 1 basketball history. Boeheim was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Col

  • Bogdan Bogdanovic — Atlanta Hawks Guard

    Bogdan Bogdanovic is a shooting guard for the Atlanta Hawks. Bogdanovic began his professional career in Belgrade and Turkey. He quickly established himself as one of the top players in Europe and was

  • Bojan Bogdanovic — Brooklyn Nets Swingman

    Bojan Bogdanovic is a star swingman for the Brooklyn Nets. Bogdanovic spent many years overseas playing for teams in Spain, Turkey and Croatia before coming to the NBA. He was originally signed by the

  • Muggsy Bogues — Legendary NBA Guard Who Was the Shortest Player in League History

    Muggsy Bogues is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. Muggsy began his career early while still in high school where he led his team to a 29-0 record in 1982

  • Andrew Bogut — Former Number One Overall Pick and All-NBA Performer

    Andrew Bogut is an Australian basketball legend who played 14 seasons in the NBA. Bogut originally arrived in the United States to play college basketball at Utah. He played two seasons for the Utes a

  • Ruthie Bolton — Former WNBA Champion and All Star

    Alice Ruth Bolton, much more commonly known as Ruthie, is a former professional women s basketball player in the WNBA and Olympic gold medalist. Standing 5 9 , Bolton played professionally as a shooti

Basketball 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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