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Ben Gordon - #7 (SG)
Height: 6 ft 3 inWeight: 200 lbsDOB: April 4, 1983
Only player to receive NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award as a rookie
On January 9, 2010, Gordon scored the 10-millionth point in NBA history
Because of his birth and duel citizenship, Gordon will represent Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics
Caron Butler - #4 (SF)
Height: 6 ft 7 inWeight: 228 lbsDOB: March 13, 1980
Started on the US team and won gold in the 2001 FIBA World Championship for Young Men
Named as reserve to the 2007 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team
Owns 6 fast food restaurants after working at Burger King in his youth
Charlie Villanueva - #31 (PF)
Height: 6 ft 11 inWeight: 232 lbsDOB: August 24, 1984
Played for the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2009 FIBA Americas Championship Team MBP and Second Team All-Big East in 2005 All-NBA Rookie First Team in 2006 Latin Pride National Awards Outstanding Athlete in 2008 Has alopecia univesalis, an autoimmune skin disease, that results in hair loss on his body
Clifford Robinson - #30 (F/C)
Height: 6 ft 10 inWeight: 225 lbsDOB: December 16, 1966
Has played 1,370 NBA games, the 7th most all time
Played in NBA Playoffs in all but one of his 18 seasons
Was tallest player to make more than 1,000 three-pointers before being surpassed by Dirk Nowitzki
Emeka Okafor - #50 (C/PF)
Height: 6 ft 10 inWeight: 255 lbsDOB: September 28, 1982
First member of his family born in the United States
Academic All-American of the Year in 2004 NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player in
2004 NBA Rookie of the Year Award in ‘04-’05 season Bronze medal with Team USA in ’04 Olympics
Jake Voskuhl - #43 (C/PF)
Height: 6 ft 11 inWeight: 255 lbsDOB: November 1, 1977
Wears size 17 sneakers Starting center for UCONN on NCAA National
Championship team in 1999 Drafted 33rd overall in 2000 NBA Draft
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel - #5 (F)
Height: 6 ft 7 inWeight: 210 lbsDOB: December 11, 1989
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts Won National Championship Tournament with
UCONN for 2011 season
Jeremy Lamb - #3 (SG)
Height: 6 ft 5 inWeight: 185 lbsDOB: May 30, 1992
Second-leading scorer on the 2011 Huskies team that won the National Championship
Averaged 16.2 points per game in the 2011 NCAA tournament
Josh Boone - #2 (PF)
Height: 6 ft 10 inWeight: 245 lbsDOB: November 21, 1984
Currently playing basketball in China Named to the Big East All-Rookie Team Big East Defensive Player of the Year a sophomore
in college
Kemba Walker - #15 (PG)
Height: 6 ft 0 inWeight: 172 lbsDOB: May 8, 1990
Finalist for College Basketball Player of the Year for ’10-’11 season
Led team to win Big East Championship and NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship
NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Paul Pierce - #34 (SF)
Height: 6 ft 7 inWeight: 235 lbsDOB: October 13, 1977
Nickname: The Truth Nine-time All-star Four-time All-NBA team NBA champion and Finals MVP in 2008 Has scored over 20,000 points with the
Celtics Was stabbed 11 times in the face, neck,
and back
Rajon Rondo - #9 (PG)
Height: 6 ft 1 inWeight: 171 lbsDOB: February 22, 1986
According to ESPN, Rondo had the third best selling jersey in the league behind Kobe and Lebron in 2010-2011 season
Won NBA championship in 2008
Ray Allen - #20 (SG)
Height: 6 ft 5 inWeight: 205 lbsDOB: July 20, 1975
Ten-time NBA All-Star Olympic gold medalist in 2000 Co-star of Spike Lee film He Got Game NBA’s all-time leader in regular season
three-point field goals made
Richard Hamilton - #32 (SG/SF)
Height: 6 ft 7 inWeight: 193 lbsDOB: February 14, 1978
1999 NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and Champion
Hometown: Coatesville, PA 3-time NBA All-Star
Rudy Gay - #22 (SF)
Height: 6 ft 8 inWeight: 230 lbsDOB: August 17, 1986
Selected to Big East First Team Selected 8th overall in 2006 NBA draft Selected to NBA dunk contest twice
Jim Calhoun
Led three teams to National Championships Seven-time Big East tournament Champion Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005 Won over 850 games as a coach
Andy Joseph - CEO
Height: 5 ft 8 inWeight: 140 lbsDOB: October 15, 1993
Enjoys spending his free-time eating cheeseburgers Knows more about baseball than Ryan Hissey Only supports baseball teams brought up through the farm system