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"career achievements include three NBA MVP Awards, nine NBA Finals appearances, twelve All-Star games, and ten All-NBA First and Second Team nominations. He led the league in regular-season assists four times, and is the NBA's all-time leader in average assists per game, at 11.2."
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Magic Johnson
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"He was selected 10th overall by the Nets in the 2008 NBA draft, after playing two years of college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. In 2013, _____ was selected to play in his first NBA All-Star Game."
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Brook Lopez
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"He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. On December 19, 2017, with 22 assists he tied the NCAA single-game record, shared by Syracuse's Sherman Douglas (1989), Southern's Avery Johnson (1988) and Charleston Southern's Tony Fairley (1987)."
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Trae Young
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"who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star forward, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Nicknamed AD, he finished ninth on the all-time NBA scoring list at the time of his retirement. In 2010, he was appointed acting head coach of the Denver Nuggets in the absence of stricken head coach George Karl."
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Adrian Dantley
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"Following a one-year stint with the Lakers, he played for the Houston Rockets, the Atlanta Hawks, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Washington Wizards."
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Dwight Howard
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"was elected one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. Since April 2001, a statue of ______ shooting his trademark hook shot graces the entrance of the Timberwolves' Target Center."
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George Mikan
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"a four-time All-Star with two All-NBA First Team selections. Nicknamed the "Claw", for his ball-hawking skills"
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Kawhi Leonard
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"led the league in assists and free throw percentage at various points in his career. He is also ranked as one of the top players in NBA league history in three-point shooting, free throw shooting, total assists, and assists per game."
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Steve Nash
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"A Raleigh, North Carolina native and former Kentucky Wildcat, _____ plays the point guard position and is a five-time NBA All-Star. He was named to his first All-NBA Team in 2017."
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John Wall
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"Despite his accomplishments, his career was overshadowed by a 1997 incident in which he choked coach P. J. Carlesimo during a practice, which ultimately resulted in a 68-game suspension."
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Latrell Sprewell
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elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019, he was known for his trademark reverse pivot and step back behind-the-head jumper, coined as the "_____ move", along with his distinctive curly, blond hair during his playing days. During his thirteen-year career, he reached the playoffs eleven times and anomalously established himself as an accurate-shooting center."
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Jack Sikma
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"The two-time NBA All-Star played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, and then spent his last season playing overseas with the Guangdong Southern Tigers."
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Carlos Boozer
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At 6 ft (1.83 m) tall, he was best known for his crossover dribble which was dubbed the "UTEP Two-step" by television analysts.
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Tim Hardaway
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He is the only player in NBA history to play 22 seasons and in four different decades"
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Vince Carter
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"averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. In 1996, ______ was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History."
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George Gervin
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