The NBA is globally one of the most popular sports in the world, which make basketball speakers in-demand talent. Corporate groups, charities, universities, faith-based groups, and other organizations understand the value of having a current or retired NBA player, coach, or broadcaster at their event. Basketball speakers impart lessons from their careers at in-person speaking engagements, virtual events, and other types of meetings. The topics they speak on most often include leadership, teamwork and overcoming adversity.
Earl Monroe Hall Of Fame Guard for the New York Knicks
Earl Monroe is a retired NBA shooting guard who played 14 seasons in the league with the Washington Bullets and the New York Knicks. Prior to his time in the NBA, Monroe played collegiately at Winston... Read More
Elvin Hayes Hall Of Fame Forward for the Houston Rockets
Elvis Hayes, one of the first two African American players at the University of Houston, helped lead the Cougars to several NCAA Division 1 tournaments and ended the UCLA Bruins 47-game winning streak... Read More
Elton Brand Philadelphia 76ers General Manager
As New York's Mr. Basketball and one of the top basketball recruits in the high school, Elton Brand accepted a scholarship to attend the storied basketball program at Duke University. After a sophomor... Read More
Enes Kanter Freedom Basketball Star and Pro-Democracy Activist
Enes Kanter had a successful youth basketball career and was offered numerous contracts to play professionally in Europe but he turned them down to play basketball in the United States with the dream... Read More
Elissa Epel Associate Professor at UCSF and Leading Authority on Stress, Wellbeing and Optimal Aging
Elissa Epel is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a psychologist who studies the subtleties and depths of the mind-body relationship. She discovered that per... Read More
Erik Spoelstra Head Coach of the Miami Heat
Erik Spoelstra graduated from the University of Portland and went over to Germany to be a play/coach in a German basketball league. When Spoelstras back injury no longer allowed him to play, he began... Read More
Ernie Johnson NBA on TNT Broadcaster
Ernie Johnson is currently a sportscaster for Turner Sports where he holds the lead voice T.V. voice for Major League Baseball on TBS, hosts Inside the NBA for TNT, as well as contributing to the NCAA... Read More
Eddie House Former Guard for the Miami Heat
Eddie House began his major basketball career at Arizona State University where he holds the record for most career points with 2,044, including another school record of 61 points in a game in 2000. H... Read More
Eddie Jones Retired Three-Time NBA All-Star
After a three year career with Temple University, capped with an Atlantic-10 Player of the Year senior season, Eddie Jones was selected 10th overall in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. Th... Read More
Eddie Jordan Charlotte Hornets Assistant Coach
As a player at Rutgers University, Eddie Jordan holds school records for number of career assists (585) and steals (220). Jordan went on to have a 7 year career in the NBA, including an NBA Championsh... Read More