Who wore number 51 in NBA?

A jersey is part of the NBA uniform. Everyone wears one, and every NBA player has a number that helps teammates, opponents, referees, and fans identify them.

Reggie King

Reginald Biddings King is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he was a 6’6″ and 225 lb forward and played college basketball at the University of Alabama. He had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 to 1985. King’s nickname in college was “the Mule”.

King was selected 18th overall by the Kansas City Kings in the 1979 NBA draft. He spent four seasons with the Kings, and his final 2 NBA seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics. His best season was in 1980–81 as a member of the Kings when he averaged a career high 14.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and shot a career-best 54.4% from the field.

Lawrence Funderburke

Lawrence Damon Funderburke is an American former professional basketball player.

Funderburke was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 2nd round (51st overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft, honing his game in Europe (with Greece’s Ampelokipoi and PAOK and French outfit Pau-Orthez) for three years before joining the Kings in 1997.

Funderburke averaged 9.5 points and 4.5 rebounds as a rookie and played a role for the Kings during their successful seasons spanning from 1999–2003 as a backup to Chris Webber. After serving mainly as a reliable backup for Webber for six seasons, Funderburke missed the entire 2003–04 season, ultimately being waived in March 2004.

After appearing in two games for the Chicago Bulls, Funderburke retired in June 2005, holding NBA career averages of 6.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.

Boban Marjanovic

Boban Marjanović is a Serbian professional basketball player known for playing with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also decided to play for the Serbian national basketball team in international competitions. In 2015, he earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection.

Ryan Arcidiacono

Ryan Curran Arcidiacono is an Italian-American professional basketball player known for playing with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “The Arch of Dimes”, he has represented Italy in international competition. He attended Neshaminy High School, where he averaged 20.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as a junior to lead Neshaminy to the PIAA playoffs. As a freshman at Villanova, he was named to the Big East Conference All-Rookie Team. Arcidiacono, as a junior, was co-winner of the conference’s Player of the Year award. As part of Villanova’s 2016 national championship team, Arcidiacono was awarded the Most Outstanding Player award and assisted on the game-winning basket to Kris Jenkins as time expired in the championship game.

Ken Bannister

Kenneth Darnell Bannister is a retired American professional basketball player, from Baltimore, Maryland. At 6′ 9″ tall he was a power forward-center.

Bannister was selected by the New York Knicks, in the 7th round (156th overall), of the 1984 NBA Draft. Bannister played in 5 NBA seasons. He played for the Knicks, from 1984 to 1986, and the Los Angeles Clippers, from 1988 to 1991. In his NBA career, Bannister played in 253 games, and scored a total of 1,501 points. His best season as a professional came during the 1985-86 NBA season, as a member of the Knicks, appearing in 70 games, and averaging 8.6 points per game.

During the 1986–87 season, he played in Israel, with Hapoel Holon.

Bannister served as player-coach for the Treasure Coast Tropics of the United States Basketball League (USBL) in 1996.

Adrian Caldwell

Adrian Bernard Caldwell is a retired American professional basketball player, who had a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1989 to 1997.

An undersized center (2.05 m), Caldwell attended Southern Methodist University and Lamar University, both in Texas.

Undrafted in 1989, he then played professionally for five NBA teams including the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Dallas Mavericks.

Charles Claxton

Charles Claxton Jr. is a former American professional basketball player.

Born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, he attended Miami Carol City High School in Miami, Florida, and played collegiately for the University of Georgia.

He was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round (50th pick overall) of the 1994 NBA draft.

He played for the Boston Celtics (1995–96) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 3 games. He also was under contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers (October 1995) and Utah Jazz (October 1996), but did not play in any regular season NBA games for those teams.

His son Nic Claxton is a professional basketball player.

John Coker

John Michael Coker is an American professional basketball player born in Richland, Washington.

Playing at center at 7’0″, he has played in the NBA for multiple teams and also in the Continental Basketball Association with the Idaho Stampede. He has also been under contract with the Toronto Raptors (1997), Houston Rockets (1999) and Minnesota Timberwolves (2000).

William Cunningham

William Cunningham is an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

A 6’11” center from Temple University, Cunningham played in 16 games for four different NBA teams from 1998 to 1999, He has played for the Utah Jazz (1998), Philadelphia 76ers (1998), Toronto Raptors (1999) and New Jersey Nets (1999). He was taken in the 1996 USBL Draft. He has also played professionally in China, Russia, Egypt, Uruguay.

Michael Doleac

Michael Scott Doleac is an American former professional basketball player.

Doleac was selected 12th overall in the 1998 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic. He graduated from Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon in 1994 before going on to play college basketball at the University of Utah. As a senior at Utah, Doleac helped lead the team to the 1998 NCAA National Championship game, in which they lost to the University of Kentucky in Doleac’s hometown of San Antonio, Texas. After four years at Utah, he established himself among the program’s all-time greats, finishing in the Top 10 in career statistical 3 categories: 10th in scoring (1,519 points), 8th in rebounds (886) and 4th in free throws made (472).

In 1998, the Orlando Magic drafted Doleac with the 12th pick in the 1st round. As a rookie in 1999, Doleac was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. In 2001, Doleac was traded from the Magic to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Brendan Haywood. Doleac later played for the New York Knicks (2002-2004), Denver Nuggets (2004), Miami Heat (2004-2007), and Minnesota Timberwolves (2007-2008). The highlight of his career was in 2005-2006, when he won an NBA title with the Miami Heat as the team’s backup center behind the Hall of Famer, Shaquille O’Neal.

Doleac retired after a 10-year NBA career after the 2007–2008 NBA season. He retired as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who acquired him, along with Antoine Walker and Wayne Simien, in a deal that brought Mark Blount and Ricky Davis to the Heat.

After retirement, Doleac returned to the University of Utah initially planning to pursue a medical degree, but switched to studying for his masters in physics. In 2009, Doleac became a graduate manager for the University of Utah men’s basketball team.

Doleac had several songs created for him on ESPN’s The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz.

Doleac taught physics, and coached the boys’ varsity basketball team at Park City High School in Park City, Utah.

Keyon Dooling

Keyon Latwae Dooling is an American retired professional basketball guard, also known as a player development coach of the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attended the University of Missouri. Before joining the Grizzlies in 2013, he played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics.

Jim Eakins

James Scott Eakins is a retired American professional basketball player and two-time American Basketball Association champion.

A 6’11” center from Brigham Young University, Eakins was selected in the fifth round of the 1968 NBA draft by the San Francisco Warriors and in the 1968 ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks.

Known as “Jimbo”, Eakins played eight seasons (1968–1976) in the ABA as a member of the Oakland Oaks, Washington Caps, Virginia Squires, Utah Stars, and New York Nets. He won ABA championships in 1969 with the Oakland Oaks and in 1976 with the New York Nets. Eakins also represented Virginia in the 1974 ABA All-Star Game.

After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, Eakins played in the NBA until 1978 as a member of the Kansas City Kings, San Antonio Spurs, and Milwaukee Bucks. In his ABA/NBA career, he scored 8,255 points and grabbed 5,578 rebounds.

Henry James

Henry Charles James is an American retired professional basketball player out of St. Mary’s University, Texas. He played parts of seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as in several other leagues.

The 6’8″ small forward signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 1990–91 season and in 37 games, averaged 8.1 points per game. He played with six other teams throughout his career, and once in 1996-97 as a member of the Atlanta Hawks, hit a then-record tying seven three-pointers in a quarter. He also had a career in the Philippine Basketball Association and spent parts of several seasons in the Continental Basketball Association for the Wichita Falls Texans and Sioux Falls Skyforce.