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Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball, also known as Purdue University men's basketball, is Purdue's Big Ten program, with 26 conference titles, Final Fours in 1969, 1980, and 2024, and coach Matt Painter.
Quentin Grimes
Quentin Grimes, born 2000, is an NBA shooting guard from The Woodlands, Texas; Houston AAC Player of the Year, 2021 first-round pick (25th, Clippers/Knicks), later Pistons, Mavericks, 76ers, and a 2026 Lakers signing.
Quentin Jouffroy
Quentin Jouffroy (born 1993, Grenoble) is a French volleyball middle blocker, 2.02 m, Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024 and Volleyball Nations League champion 2022 and 2024; clubs include Tours VB, Plessis-Robinson, Suwalki, and Montpellier.
Quentin Millora-Brown
Quentin Millora-Brown (born 2000) is a Filipino-American basketball forward/center from Lorton, Virginia; played college ball at Rice, Vanderbilt, and The Citadel, went undrafted in 2024, plays in Japan's B.League, and represents the Philippines national team.
Quentin Richardson
Quentin Richardson (Quentin Lamar Richardson, "Q-Rich"), born 1980, American NBA forward, 2000-2013 with Clippers, Suns, Knicks, Heat, Magic; 2005 Three-Point Contest champion; later Pistons player development director.
Quin Snyder
Quin Snyder, American basketball coach; head coach of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks since February 26, 2023 after eight seasons (372-264) with the Utah Jazz and a Missouri college tenure.
Quinn Buckner
Quinn Buckner (William Quinn Buckner), born 1954 in Phoenix, Illinois, is a former NBA point guard for the Bucks, Celtics, and Pacers; 1984 NBA champion, 1976 Olympic gold medalist, 1976 undefeated NCAA champion at Indiana, later Mavericks head coach and Pacers executive.
Quinn Cook
Quinn Cook, born 1993, is an American guard from Duke who went undrafted, won NBA titles with the 2018 Warriors and 2020 Lakers, and later played overseas, including in Israel.
R. C. Pitts
R. C. Pitts (Robert C. Pitts, 1919-2011), American basketball player, 1948 Olympic gold medalist with the United States; Arkansas All-SWC guard and Phillips 66ers AAU All-America who won three AAU titles.
R. J. Hampton
R.J. Hampton (Roderick Hampton Jr., born 2001, Dallas) is an American NBA guard, 24th pick of the 2020 draft by Milwaukee; played for Denver, Orlando, Detroit, and Miami, now an unrestricted free agent.
R. J. Hunter
R.J. Hunter (Ronald Jordan Hunter, born 1993) is a former NBA guard and Georgia State scoring leader (1,819 points) famous for the 2015 Baylor shot; now a Tulane assistant coach under his father Ron Hunter.
Race and ethnicity in the NBA
Race and ethnicity in the NBA: the league integrated in 1950 via Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd, and Nat Clifton, is now about 75% Black among players, with research on pay, coaching, and hiring gaps and rising international representation.
Raegan Beers
Raegan Beers (born 2003) is an American center from Littleton, Colorado; Pac-12 Freshman of the Year at Oregon State, All-SEC at Oklahoma, 2025 AmeriCup gold medalist, now with the Connecticut Sun.
Rafael Castro
Rafael Castro (born 2003, Dover, New Jersey) is an NBA center with the Los Angeles Lakers, an undrafted 2026 rookie from George Washington who set the program's 64.4% career field-goal record.
Rafer Alston
Rafer Alston, aka Skip to My Lou, born 1976, American point guard from Rucker Park streetball and AND1 Mixtape fame; drafted 39th in 1998 by Milwaukee, played 2000-2010, reached 2009 NBA Finals with Orlando, now coaches in Houston.
Rafiga Shabanova
Rafiga Shabanova (Rəfiqə Şabanova, born 1943, Baku) is an Azerbaijani-Soviet handball player who won gold with the USSR in the first Olympic women's handball tournament at Montreal 1976, played 94 USSR internationals, won the 1983 IHF Cup with Avtomobilist Baku, and later coached Azerbaijan and led its handball federation.
Ragnhild Aamodt
Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt (born 1980, Sarpsborg) is a Norwegian former handball right wing, 133 caps and 314 goals for Norway, Olympic gold 2008, European champion 2004, 2006, 2008, World silver 2007; clubs Skjeberg, GOG Svendborg, Ikast/Midtjylland, Sarpsborg.
Rainer Hoft
Rainer Hoft (Rainer Höft), born 1956 in Berlin, East German handball left wing; 96 caps, 169 goals; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold (23-22 OT vs USSR), 1978 World bronze; later a Berlin tax consultant.
Raisa Kurv ' Iakova
Raïsa Kurv'iakova (Раїса Василівна Курв'якова, Raisa Vasilyevna Kurvyakova), born 1945 in Kazakhstan, is a Ukrainian former basketball forward who won 1976 Olympic gold with the Soviet Union and was a two-time world and three-time European champion.
Raja Bell
Raja Bell (born 1976) is a former NBA shooting guard from the U.S. Virgin Islands, undrafted, known as a 3-and-D specialist with the Phoenix Suns, two All-Defensive selections, and a Kobe Bryant feud; now co-hosts The Ringer's Real Ones.
Rajko Žižić
Rajko Žižić (Рајко Жижић, 1955–2003), Yugoslav basketball center from Nikšić, Montenegro; Olympic gold 1980, silver 1976, bronze 1984; 188 national-team games; clubs Sutjeska, OKK Beograd, Crvena Zvezda, Reims.
Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo, born 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky, is an American former basketball player who won NBA titles with the Celtics in 2008 and the Lakers in 2020.
Rakeem Christmas
Rakeem Christmas is an American and U.S. Virgin Islands basketball player who broke out as a Syracuse senior, then played for the NBA's Indiana Pacers from 2015 to 2017.
Ralph Beard
Ralph Beard (1927-2007), American basketball guard: 1948 Olympic gold medalist, three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at Kentucky, two-season All-NBA guard for the Indianapolis Olympians, banned from the NBA for life in the 1951 point-shaving scandal.
Ralph Bishop
Ralph English Bishop (1915-1974), American basketball center from the University of Washington; only collegian on the 1936 U.S. Olympic team, winning gold at Berlin 1936; later Denver Nuggets AAU player and coach, 1947 Chicago Stags draft pick.
Ralph Sampson
Ralph Sampson (born 1960, Harrisonburg, Virginia) is a 7'4" Hall of Fame center, three-time national player of the year at Virginia, 1983 first overall pick, 1984 NBA Rookie of the Year, and half of Houston's Twin Towers with Hakeem Olajuwon.
Ran Takahashi (高橋藍)
Ran Takahashi (髙橋藍), born 2001, Japanese volleyball outside hitter, 188 cm, for Suntory Sunbirds Osaka and Japan's national team; 7th at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, ex-Padova and Monza in Italy.
Raptors 905
Raptors 905, the Toronto Raptors' NBA G League affiliate based in Mississauga at Paramount Fine Foods Centre; founded 2015-16, won the 2017 D-League championship with a 39-11 record and Finals MVP Pascal Siakam.
Rashad McCants
Rashad McCants (born 1984, Asheville, NC) is a former NBA guard, 2005 UNC national champion, 14th pick by Minnesota, known for 2014 UNC paper-class academic fraud allegations and BIG3 Trilogy title.
Rashard Lewis
Rashard Lewis (born 1979), NBA forward 1998-2014, prep-to-pro draftee of the Seattle SuperSonics, two-time All-Star and 2013 champion with Miami; pioneer of the stretch four, 1,787 career threes, and the six-year $118 million Orlando contract.