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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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  • Pete Gillen — Former College Basketball Coach

    Pete Gillen is a well-known former college basketball head coach who parlayed that success into a broadcasting career. Gillen is currently an analyst for CBS Sports Network. Previously, he was a hea

  • Billy Gillispie — Head Men's Basketball Coach at Ranger College

    Billy Gillispie started his coaching career while still in college as a graduate assistant for the basketball team at Southwest Texas State University. After graduating Billy decided that he needed to

  • Artis Gilmore — Basketball Hall of Famer

    Artis Gilmore was one of the stars of the high-flying American Basketball Association and later brought that same excitement to the NBA. Gilmore’s 18 year basketball career got him elected to the Nais

  • Manu Ginobili — Basketball Hall of Fame Guard for the San Antonio Spurs

    Manu Ginobili is one of the most successful foreign-born players in NBA history. The Argentinian has won four NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs. Ginobili is also one of two players who have

  • Jack Givens — Kentucky Basketball Legend

    Jack Givens is an icon at the University of Kentucky. He helped lead the Wildcats to the 1978 NCAA Championship and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. That year, Givens was also a

  • Mike Glenn — Former NBA Player

    Mike Glenn graduated from Coosa High School in Rome, Geogia in 1973 and went on to star on the basketball court at Southern Illinois University after scoring 2,400 career points during his high school

  • Mike Gminski — Retired NBA Player

    Mike Gminski was born and raised in Monroe, Connecticut and signed on to play basketball at Duke University after a stellar prep career at Masuk High School, where he starred on the basketball team an

  • Rudy Gobert — Three-Time NBA Defensive Player of the Year

    Rudy Gobert is one of the best defensive players of his generation. Gobert currently is a star center for the Minnesota Timberwolves after a successful nine-year tenure with the Utah Jazz. With the Ja

  • Gail Goestenkors — Retired Women's Basketball Coach

    Gail Goestenkors is a women’s basketball coach who coached in college and the WNBA. Goestenkors started her basketball career as a point guard at Saginaw Valley College, playing with the team for four

  • Jack Gohlke — College Basketball Star for Oakland University

    Jack Gohlke captured the attention of college basketball fans everywhere during the 2024 NCAA Tournament. While playing for Oakland University, he hit ten three-pointers on the way to 32 points in the

  • Todd Golden — Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Florida

    Todd Golden is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Florida. Golden came to the Gators after three seasons as the head coach at San Francisco. In his final year with the Dons, they mad

  • Rosalyn Gold-Onwude — ESPN Host and Basketball Analyst

    Rosalyn Gold-Onwude is one of the most popular women’s basketball analysts in the country. She attended Stanford University where she was a fierce defender for the Lady Cardinals basketball team, earn

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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