A
- Forest Able (AKA “Frosty”)
- Pero Antic (once played for Lokomotiv Kuban)
- Quincy Acy
- Arron Afflalo
- Al Attles (also a successful manager)
- Martynas Andriuskevicius (7’2”)
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (“The Greek Freak”)
- Alaa Abdelnaby
B
- Butch Beard (also a head coach)
- Wesley Bialosuknia (“The Mad Bomber”)
- Mookie Blaylock (also the original name of Pearl Jam)
- Butch Booker (real name Harold)
- Bob Boozer (Gold Medal winner)
- Ticky Burden (real name Luther)
- Vander Blue
- Rasual Butler
- Zelmo Beaty (“The Big Z”)
- Leandro Barbosa (“The Brazilian Blur”)
- Chauncey Billups (5-time All Star)
- Otis Birdsong
- Brian Brunkhorst (“Bronk”)
- Bucky Bockhorn
- Orbie Bowling ("Orb")
- Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (pre-med major at Georgetown)
- Bismack Biyombo (siblings include Billy, Biska, Bikim, Bimeline, Bikelene, and Bimela)
- Uwe Blab
C
- Demetrius Calip
- Bruno Caboclo (once played for the Ft. Wayne Mad Ants)
- Vonteego Cummings (middle name is Marfeek)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8th pick overall in 2013)
- Corky Calhoun (Penn grad)
- Cornelius Cash
- Rastko Cvetkovic
- Zarko Cabarkapa
- Bob Cluggish
- Chubby Cox (Kobe Bryant’s uncle)
Bob Cluggish
D
- Dick Dickey (once played for the Anderson Packers)
- Dick Duckett
- Zabian Dowdell (once played for SLUC Nancy Basket)
- Dell Demps (current GM of the Pelicans)
- DeSagana Diop (speaks 5 languages, including Wolof)
- Predrag Drobnjak
- Fennis Dembo (the last of 12 children, his first name is a play on the French finis)
E
- Cleanthony Early
- Festus Ezeli (full name is Ifeanyi Festus Ezeli-Ndulue)
- Ndudi Ebi (once played for Basket Rimini Crabs)
- Ledell Eackles
- Bulbs Ehlers (played for John Wooden – in high school!)
F
- Herm Fuetsch
- Adonal Foyle (sole NBA player from St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Frido Frey (1st German-born player in the NBA)
- World B. Free (born Lloyd, he officially changed his name)
Herm Fuetsch
G
- Marcin Gortat
- Manu Ginobili (Gold Medal winner)
- Bato Govedarica (real 1st name Zdravko)
- Pau Gasol (former #3 pick in draft)
- Mickell Gladness (former teams include Matrixx Magixx and Townsville Crocodiles)
- Litterial Green
- Gorham Getchell (also played in the NFL)
Marcin!
H
- Anfernee Hardaway (“Penny”)
- Herm Hedderick (career totals include 4 points, 4 rebounds & 2 assists)
- Kleggie Hermsen
- Montrezl Harrell (siblings include Cadarius and Quatauis)
- Nene Hilario (birth name was Maybyner)
Of Canisius College, that is
I
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas
- Didier Ilunga-Mbenga (speaks 5 languages, including Lingala and Tshiluba)
- Royal Ivey
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
J
- Noble Jorgensen
- Sarunas Jasikevicius (a brother, Vytenis, also played professional basketball)
- Othyus Jeffers (once played for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
- Wah Wah Jones (came from younger sister's attempt to say Wallace / only individual to play for both Adolph Rupp and “Bear” Bryant)
- Cheese Johnson (real name was Lynbert)
Wah Wah Jones
K
- Herm Klotz (“Red”)
- Lonnie Klutz (3 games, 0 points, 5 rebounds)
- Nenad Krstic (“Curly”)
- Ibo Kutluay (5 games, 0 points, 1 rebound)
- Ognjen Kuzmic
- Curtis Kitchen
- Kerry Kittles
- Kosta Koufos
- Herb Krautblatt
- Goo Kennedy (real name Eugene)
- Pickles Kennedy
Ognjen Kuzmic
L
- Priest Lauderdale (holds dual American/Bulgarian citizenship)
- Manny Leaks
- Fat Lever (real name is Lafayette)
M
- Martin Muursepp (only NBA player from Estonia)
- Arvydas Macijauskas
- Cuttino Mobley (“The Cat”)
- Jamario Moon
- Bill Mlkvy (dentist after his basketball career was over)
- O.J. Mayo (full name is Ovinton J’Anthony Mayo)
- Luc Mbah a Moute (is a genuine Cameroonian prince)
- Monk Meineke
- Fab Melo (short for Fabricio)
- Pops Mensah-Bonsu (full name is Nana Papa Yaw Dwene Mensah-Bonsu)
Bill Mlkvy (“The Owl Without a Vowel”)
N
- Moochie Norris (named after the Cab Calloway song "Minnie the Moocher")
- Jusuf Nurkic
- Rasho Nesterovic (short for Radoslav)
- Ivano Newbill
- Cotton Nash (also played major league baseball)
- Swen Nater (spent part of his youth in an orphanage)
- Nerlens Noel (6th pick in the 2013 draft)
- Boniface N'Dong (Senegalese/German dual national)
O
- Bo Outlaw (somehow managed to play 10 years in the NBA with a .521 FT average)
- Alan Ogg (7’2”)
- Mark Olberding
- Olumide Oyedeji (has played in the US, the UK, Russia, Germany, Greece, China, Japan, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Spain, Nigeria, Italy, Jordan, and Kuwait)
- Kostas Papanikolaou
- Easy Parham (real name Estes)
- Med Park (real name Medford)
- Olden Polynice
- Zaza Pachulia (real name Zaur)
- Togo Palazzi (5th pick overall in NBA draft ... in 1954)
- Smush Parker (has played in the US, China, Russia, Greece, Venezuela, Croatia, Tunisia, Morrocco, the Dominican Republic, Iran, and Mongolia)
- Zarko Paspalj
- Pavel Podkolzin (former teams include Sibitelecom Lokomotiv and Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
- Marlbert Pradd (all-time leading scorer at Dillard Univ.)
- Kristaps Porzingis
Easy Parham
R
- Zeljko Rebraca
- Efthimi Rentzias (once played for Ulkerspor)
- Pooh Richardson (1st pick ever of the Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Tree Rollins (born Wayne Monte Rollins)
- Rajon Rondo (4-time All Star)
S
- Wally Szczerbiak (his dad Walt also played, in the ABA)
- Odie Spears (born Marion Odicea Spears)
- Soumaila Samake (has played for the Cincinnati Stuff, Greenville Groove, Geoplin Slovan, Detal Inowroclaw, and Mornar Bar)
- Otto Schnellbacher (also 2-time NFL Pro Bowler)
- Thabo Sefolosha
- Tornike Shengelia (“Toko”)
- Cheikh Samb
- Uros Slokar
- Diamond Stone
- Stan Stutz (led the NCAA in scoring for 3 straight years)
- Belus Smawley (one of the inventors of the jump shot)
- Pape Sow (pronounced “pop sow”)
- Tiago Splitter
- Whitey Skoog (born Myer Upton Skoog)
- Predrag Savovic
- Detlef Schrempf (also the title of a song by the group Band of Horses)
- God Shammgod (is actually a Jr. / also went by the name Shammgod Wells)
Wally Szczerbiak
T
- Terry Teagle
- Hasheem Thabeet (sole NBA player from Tanzania)
- John Tschogl
- Corny Thompson (real name Cornelius)
- Sedale Threatt (once played for Paris Basket Racing)
- Lou Tsioropoulos
- Mirsad Turkcan (born Mirsad Jahovic)
- Hedo Turkoglu (currently an advisor to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan )
- Zan Tabak
- Dragan Tarlac
- Yuta Tabuse (sadly does not rhyme with "caboose" / the “Michael Jordan of Japan”)
John Tschogl
U
- Ekpe Udoh (born Ekpedeme Friday Udoh)
- Ime Udoka (1st professional team was the Fargo-Moorhead Beez)
- Roko Ukic (middle name is Lenny)
V
- Ratko Varda (played 1 NBA game, for 6 minutes, scoring 5 points)
- Stojko Vrankovic (7'2")
- Butch Van Breda Kolff (Princeton grad)
- Whitey Von Nieda (real name Stanley)
- Kiki Vandeweghe (born Ernest Maurice VanDeWeghe III / his dad played in the NBA & his mom was a Miss America)
Butch Van Breda Kolff was also manager of the New Orleans Jazz
W
- Elnardo Webster
- Bonzi Wells (nickname shortened from original nickname “Bonbon”)
- Taurean Waller-Prince
- Clarence Weatherspoon (“Baby Barkley”)
- Win Wilfong (born Alva Winfred Wilfong)
- Von Wafer (born Vakeaton Quamar Wafer / AKA “The Dutch Cookie”)
- Harthorne Wingo
- Metta World Peace (born Ron Artest, he officially changed his name)
Elnardo Webster
Y
- Charlie Yelverton
- Korleone Young (born Suntino Korleone Young)
Korleone Young
Z
- Paul Zipser (born Paul Viktor Louis Zipser)
- Ivica Zubac (once played for Mega Leks)
- Zeke Zawoluk (real name Robert)
Cough, please
(Zeke Zawoluk, 1951)
