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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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  • DeMarcus Cousins — Milwaukee Bucks Center

    DeMarcus Cousins joined the Sacramento Kings as a first-round pick in 2010 after a stellar career at the University of Kentucky. Cousins signed with Kentucky out of LeFlore Magnet High School in Mobil

  • Bob Cousy — 13 Time NBA All Star

    Bob Cousy is a retired NBA point guard. His career began in high school where he took up basketball at the age of 13. While his success was not immediate, he began to develop his skills and gained exp

  • Dave Cowens — Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer

    Dave Cowens played in the NBA for 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks from 1970 to 1983. During his epic playing career he led the Celtics to two NBA Championships in 1974 and 1976

  • Lauren Cox — American WNBA Player

    Lauren Cox is a star for the WNBA's Indiana Fever. The Fever originally selected Cox with the third overall pick of the 2020 WNBA Draft out of Baylor. She led the Bears to the NCAA Championship as a j

  • Aaron Craft — Ohio State University Basketball Great

    Aaron Craft was a standout student-athlete on and off the court at Ohio State. Craft led the Buckeyes to four NCAA Tournament appearances and a Final Four. He was also a two-time All-Big 10 pick as a

  • Jamal Crawford — Former Standout NBA Guard and Three-Time Sixth Man of the Year

    <p>Jamal Crawford was one of the best ball-handlers and scorers in his era of the NBA. Crawford was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the eighth overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft andwent on to w

  • Jordan Crawford — NBA Guard

    Jordan Crawford is a Chatham, Virginia native and played his collegiate basketball at the University of Indiana and Xavier University. After a standout prep career at Hargrave Military Academy he head

  • Joey Crawford — Retired NBA Referee

    Joey Crawford served as an NBA referee from 1977-2016. Crawford comes from a decorated family of officials, with his father having served as an umpire in Major League Baseball from 1956 to 1975 and hi

  • Tom Crean — Former Head Men's Basketball Coach at Marquette, Indiana and Georgia

    Tom Crean knows his basketball, and since his days as an assistant at Michigan State University he has always been successful at both teaching the game and making men out of his players. From 1989 to

  • Bobby Cremins — Legendary College Basketball Coach from Appalachian State, Georgia Tech and College of Charleston

    Bobby Cremins was born and raised in The Bronx, New York and played his college basketball at the University of South Carolina from 1967 to 1970. While playing for the Gamecocks he helped lead his te

  • Jim Crews — Former College Basketball Head Coach

    Jim Crews is a former head basketball coach at Saint Louis University, Army and Evansville. Crews stepped in at St. Louis on an interim basis when former Billikens’ coach Rick Majerus got sick. He the

  • Pat Croce — Former President for the Philadelphia 76ers

    Pat Croce is an American entrepreneur and former owner of the NBA s Philadelphia 76ers. Originally hired as a physical therapist by the 76ers, Croce would go on to start the Sports Physical Therapists

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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