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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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  • Nick Calathes — Guard for the Memphis Grizzlies

    Nick Calathes is a is a Greek-American professional basketball player who plays point guard/ shooting guard for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Calathes accepted an athle

  • Jose Calderon — Guard for the Detroit Pistons

    Jose Calderon played professionally in Spain for five years before joining the Toronto Raptors in 2005 as a non-drafted free agent. During his first season with the Raptors he ranked third among all r

  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope — Two-Time NBA Champion and Guard for the Memphis Grizzlies

    Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is a guard for the Memphis Grizzlies. The Detroit Pistons originally made Caldwell-Pope the eighth overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. During his first four seasons in Detroit

  • Jim Calhoun — Retired Three-Time National Champion UConn Basketball Coach

    Jim Calhoun is the former head basketball coach at the University of Connecticut and one of the greatest coaches of all-time.  Calhoun won three national championships and his teams played in four Fin

  • John Calipari — Head Basketball Coach for the University Of Arkansas

    University of Arkansas head basketball coach John Calipari is a master of modern-day college basketball. Calipari has taken three different schools to the Final Four. With Kentucky, he won the 2012 NC

  • Liz Cambage — Former WNBA All-Star and International Basketball Player

    Liz Cambage is one of the WNBA's best players and currently suits up for the Las Vegas Aces. Cambage garnered headlines when she set the league single-game scoring record in 2018 with 53 points in a g

  • Marcus Camby — Retired NBA Player

    Marcus Camby is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UMass Minutemen and he won th

  • Donnie Campbell — Jason Sudeikis' High School Basketball Coach Who Helped Inspire Ted Lasso

    Donnie Campbell has been inspiring people for years even before he became attached to the internationally-beloved character, Ted Lasso. Campbell was the high school basketball coach at Shawnee Mission

  • Clint Capela — Atlanta Hawks Forward

    Clint Capela is a forward for the Atlanta Hawks. Capela began his career in France and was the LNB Pro A Best Young Player and Most Improved Player in 2014. The Houston Rockets went on to select him i

  • Kamilla Cardosa — WNBA Center for the Chicago Sky & NCAA Champion with South Carolina

    Kamilla Cardoso stands as the dominant 6'7″ center who plays for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. At age 15 she moved to Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Tennessee to earn McDonald’s All-America reco

  • Vernon Carey — Forward for the Washington Wizards

    Vernon Carey was a star in his one college season at Duke. Carey averaged 17.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game on the way to being named USBWA National Freshman of the Year and a consensus second-tea

  • P.J. Carlesimo — Former NBA Coach and Broadcaster

    PJ Carlesimo was born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania and played his prep basketball at Scranton Prep before heading to Fordham University to play ball from 1968 to 1971.  After earning his degre

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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