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.
A.C. Green Retired 16-Year Veteran and Holder of the NBA's Consecutive Games Played Streak
A.C. Green is a retired professional basketball player who spent 16 years playing the sport he loved, at the highest level. Before his career took off, A.C. spent 4 years at Oregon State University an... Read More
Alex English Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer
Alex English was a Hall of Fame forward that spent the best years of his career with the Denver Nuggets. An eight-time All-Star, English averaged 21.5 points per game over 16 seasons. He made the play... Read More
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... Read More
Austin Carr Former NBA All-Star
Austin Carr had a very successful basketball career in the pro and college arenas. Carr played nine of his ten seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was a 1974 All-Star and a 1972 All-Rookie select... Read More
Al Jefferson Professional Basketball Player
Al Jefferson was one of the most productive NBA big men of his era. He may have had his best season in 2014, lifting the Charlotte Bobcats, to the playoffs. Jefferson averaged 21.8 points and 10.8 reb... Read More
Allan Houston New York Knicks Legend
Notorious for big game heroics, Allan Houston became one of the most well known and highest paid NBA players in the 1990s and 2000s Houston averaged 17.3 points per game during his 12 year career with... Read More
Alvin Gentry New Orleans Pelicans Head Coach
Alvin Gentry is a long time NBA basketball coach and currently employed as the head coach with the New Orleans Pelicans. Gentry has previously been the head coach of the Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, L... Read More
Ann Meyers Drysdale Retired Basketball Player and Phoenix Suns Vice President
Ann Meyers Drysdale was one of the early stars of women’s college basketball and a 1993 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. She stared at UCLA and was the first ever woman to be a four year scholarship... Read More
Anthony Grant Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Dayton
Anthony Grant is the head coach of the University of Dayton men's basketball team. He was previously head coach at the University of Alabama. In over five years at the helm of the Crimson Tide, Grant... Read More
Antoine Walker Former NBA All-Star
Antoine Walker was a three-time NBA All-Star, NBA champion with the Miami Heat in 2006, and a national champion at Kentucky in 1996. Walker gained great notoriety as a rookie in 1996-97 with the Bosto... Read More