The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from U.S. Virgin Islands
This page contains a list of the greatest Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 2 of which were born in U.S. Virgin Islands. This makes U.S. Virgin Islands the birth place of the 50th most number of Basketball Players behind Lebanon, and Sudan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Tim Duncan (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 56.75, Tim Duncan is the most famous Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 60 different languages on wikipedia.
Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely considered the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA history, and was a central contributor to the franchise's success during the 2000s and 2010s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020 and named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. Born and raised on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Duncan initially aspired to be a competitive swimmer, but took up basketball at 14 after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island's only Olympic-sized pool. In high school, he played basketball for St. Dunstan's Episcopal. In college, Duncan played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and in his senior year, he received the John Wooden Award and was named the Naismith College Player of the Year and the USBWA College Player of the Year. After graduating from college, Duncan was the NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by San Antonio with the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. In his second season, he became the third player (alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to win NBA Finals MVP in his first two seasons after being drafted, guiding the Spurs to the 1999 NBA title. Known as a strong post defender, Duncan was selected to one of the two All-Defensive teams each of the first 13 seasons of his career, an NBA record. As part of the Spurs' Big Three with guards Tony Parker and Manu Ginóbili, Duncan won four additional NBA championships and collected three Finals MVP trophies. He primarily played the power forward position and also played center throughout his career. He is a five-time NBA champion, a two-time NBA MVP, a three-time NBA Finals MVP, a 15-time NBA All-Star, and the only player to be selected to both the All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams for 13 consecutive seasons.
2. Raja Bell (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 38.36, Raja Bell is the 2nd most famous Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Raja Dia Bell (born September 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats, and Golden State Warriors. He was twice named to the NBA All-Defensive Team. Bell spent the 2014–15 season as the director of player development for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is now a podcast host for The Ringer.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as basketball players born between 1976 and 1976. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living basketball players include Tim Duncan, and Raja Bell. As of April 2024, 2 new basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Tim Duncan, and Raja Bell.
