Basketball players from Brooklyn

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the wealthiest athlete of all time, and one of the world's richest celebrities, with a $4.3 billion net worth as of 2026.

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Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Koufax was the first three-time winner of the Cy Young Award, each time winning unanimously and the only pitcher to do so when a single award was given for both leagues; he was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in 1963. Retiring at age 30 due to chronic pain in his pitching elbow, Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 at age 36, the youngest player ever elected.

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basketball player (1915–1974)

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American-born Montenegrin basketball player (born 1982)

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Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1998)

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American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1924-2016)

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Guyanese-American basketball player (born 1983)

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