Mr.Stern
07-12-2010, 10:50 AM
Interesting list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Muslims#NBA
Rasheed Wallace of the Boston Celtics
Shaquille O'Neal - Player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, also a rapper and actor
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Converted to Islam from Catholicism in 1971.
Tariq Abdul-Wahad - Former French player, and formerly name was Olivier Saint-Jean (converted in 1997)
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - Former player for Denver Nuggets (converted in 1991, formerly Chris Jackson)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim - Retired player, named NBA All-Star in 2001-02 season
Larry Johnson - Retired player, played for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks
Nazr Mohammed - Player for the Charlotte Bobcats
Mehmet Okur - Turkish player of the Utah Jazz
Hakeem Olajuwon
Hassan Adams - Player for the KK Vojvodina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Muslims#NBA
Rasheed Wallace of the Boston Celtics
Shaquille O'Neal - Player for the Cleveland Cavaliers, also a rapper and actor
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Converted to Islam from Catholicism in 1971.
Tariq Abdul-Wahad - Former French player, and formerly name was Olivier Saint-Jean (converted in 1997)
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - Former player for Denver Nuggets (converted in 1991, formerly Chris Jackson)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim - Retired player, named NBA All-Star in 2001-02 season
Larry Johnson - Retired player, played for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks
Nazr Mohammed - Player for the Charlotte Bobcats
Mehmet Okur - Turkish player of the Utah Jazz
Hakeem Olajuwon
Hassan Adams - Player for the KK Vojvodina