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The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played in the
National Basketball Association (NBA). The list includes players who played for the
Basketball Association of America (BAA) before it was renamed NBA in 1949, as well as the
National Basketball League (NBL), which was absorbed by the NBA in 1949, and the original
American Basketball Association (ABA), which was
merged with the NBA in 1976.
Father
Son(s)
Notes
Ref.
Greg Anthony
Cole Anthony
Rick Barry
Jon Barry
Brent Barry
Drew Barry
• Rick and Brent are the second father-son duo to win
NBA championships as players • Rick, Jon and Brent all played for and ended their playing career with the
Houston Rockets • Rick, Jon and Drew all played for the
Golden State Warriors
[1]
Henry Bibby
Mike Bibby
• Both played for the
New York Knicks
[2]
Manute Bol
Bol Bol
Melvin Booker
Devin Booker
• Both played against
Kobe Bryant and
Kevin Garnett during their respective careers
[3]
Ron Brewer
Ronnie Brewer
• Both played for the
Chicago Bulls
[4]
Rick Brunson
Jalen Brunson
• Both played for the
New York Knicks . • Rick serves as a Knicks assistant coach, while Jalen plays for New York.
[5]
Joe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
[6]
Wayne Chapman
Rex Chapman
• Wayne played in the
ABA
[2]
Charles Claxton
Nic Claxton
Richard Coffey
Amir Coffey
Norm Cook
Brian Cook
[2]
Corey Crowder
Jae Crowder
• Both played for the
Utah Jazz
[7]
Dell Curry
Stephen Curry
Seth Curry
Both Dell and Seth played for the
Charlotte Hornets
[8]
Dale Davis
Trayce Jackson-Davis
• Both played for the
Golden State Warriors
[9]
[10]
Mark Davis
Johnny Davis
[11]
Terry Davis
Ed Davis
[12]
Darren Daye
Austin Daye
[2]
Larry Drew
Larry Drew II
[13]
Rich Dumas
Richard Dumas
• Rich played in the
ABA
[2]
Mike Dunleavy Sr.
Mike Dunleavy Jr.
• Both played for the
Milwaukee Bucks • Mike Sr. & Mike Jr. are the second father/son coach/player pairing to compete against each other in an NBA game
[14]
Bill Edwards
Vincent Edwards
LeRoy Ellis
LeRon Ellis
[2]
Patrick Ewing
Patrick Ewing Jr.
[15]
Bob Ferry
Danny Ferry
[2]
Winston Garland
Darius Garland
Dick Garrett
Diante Garrett
[16]
Harvey Grant
Jerami Grant
Jerian Grant
• Harvey Grant's identical twin brother,
Horace Grant , also played in the NBA
[16]
Sidney Green
Taurean Green
[2]
Adrian Griffin
AJ Griffin
Matt Guokas Sr.
Matt Guokas Jr.
• Matt Sr. and Matt Jr. are the first father-son duo to win
NBA championships as players
[17]
Tim Hardaway
Tim Hardaway Jr.
• Both played for the
Dallas Mavericks and became teammates with
Dirk Nowitzki during their careers.
[18]
Ron Harper
Ron Harper Jr.
Gerald Henderson
Gerald Henderson Jr.
[2]
Carl Henry
Xavier Henry
Earle Higgins
Sean Higgins
• Earle played in the
ABA
[2]
Rod Higgins
Cory Higgins
[19]
Tito Horford
Al Horford
[2]
Bill Hosket Sr.
Bill Hosket Jr.
• Bill Sr. played in the
NBL
[2]
Juwan Howard
Jett Howard
Jaren Jackson
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Wali Jones
Askia Jones
[2]
George Karl
Coby Karl
• George & Coby are the third father/son coach/player pairing to compete against each other in an NBA game
[20]
Frank Kornet
Luke Kornet
[21]
Stan Love
Kevin Love
[2]
John Lucas Jr.
John Lucas III
• Both played for the
Houston Rockets
[22]
Ed Manning
Danny Manning
[2]
Pace Mannion
Nico Mannion
Press Maravich
Pete Maravich
[23]
Roy Marble
Devyn Marble
[24]
Kenyon Martin
Kenyon Martin Jr.
Wes Matthews
Wesley Matthews
• Both played for the
Los Angeles Lakers
[25]
Scott May
Sean May
[2]
Al McGuire
Allie McGuire
• Both played for the
New York Knicks
[2]
George Mikan
Larry Mikan
[2]
Pete Mount
Rick Mount
• Pete played in the
NBL
[2]
Jay Murphy
Erik Murphy
[26]
Larry Nance
Larry Nance Jr.
Pete Nance
• All 3 played for
Cleveland Cavaliers
Ruben Nembhard
RJ Nembhard
Sonny Parker
Jabari Parker
[16]
Jim Paxson Sr.
Jim Paxson Jr.
John Paxson
[27]
Gary Payton
Gary Payton II
• Both played for the
Milwaukee Bucks and
Los Angeles Lakers • Payton and Payton II are the fifth father-son duo to win
NBA championships as players
[28]
[29]
Curtis Perry
Byron Houston
[30]
Scottie Pippen
Scotty Pippen Jr.
Paul Pressey
Phil Pressey
[31]
Walt Piatkowski
Eric Piatkowski
• Walt played in the
ABA
[2]
Tony Price
A. J. Price
[32]
Leo Rautins
Andy Rautins
[33]
Glen Rice
Glen Rice Jr.
[18]
Doc Rivers
Austin Rivers
• Doc & Austin are the fourth father/son coach/player pairing to compete against each other in an NBA game • Austin is the first son to play for his father in an NBA game
[34]
[35]
Glenn Robinson
Glenn Robinson III
[16]
Walker Russell Sr.
Walker Russell Jr.
• Both started their playing career with the
Detroit Pistons
[36]
Arvydas Sabonis
Domantas Sabonis
Al Salvadori
Kevin Salvadori
• Al played in the
ABA
[2]
Dolph Schayes
Danny Schayes
[2]
James Silas
Xavier Silas
[37]
Derek Smith
Nolan Smith
[38]
Jabari Smith
Jabari Smith Jr.
John Stockton
David Stockton
• Both played for the
Utah Jazz
[39]
Walter Szczerbiak
Wally Szczerbiak
• Walter played in the
ABA
[2]
Jeff Taylor
Jeffery Taylor
[40]
Collis Temple
Garrett Temple
• Collis played in the
ABA • Both played for the
San Antonio Spurs
[41]
Mychal Thompson
Mychel Thompson
Klay Thompson
• Mychal and Klay are the fourth father-son duo to win
NBA championships as players
[42]
Gary Trent
Gary Trent Jr.
• In 1998, Gary Trent was traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Toronto Raptors 41 games into his third season. • 23 years later, Gary Trent Jr. was also traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Toronto Raptors 41 games into his third season
[43]
Butch van Breda Kolff
Jan van Breda Kolff
• Butch & Jan are the first father/son coach/player pairing to compete against each other in an NBA game
[14]
[44]
Ernie Vandeweghe
Kiki Vandeweghe
• Both played for the
New York Knicks
[2]
David Vaughn Jr.
David Vaughn III
• David Jr. played in the
ABA
[2]
Brett Vroman
Jackson Vroman
[2]
Milt Wagner
Dajuan Wagner
[2]
Jimmy Walker
Jalen Rose
[45]
Samaki Walker
Jabari Walker
[11]
Bill Walton
Luke Walton
• Bill and Luke were the third father-son duo to win
NBA championships as players, and the first to win multiple titles each.
[46]
[47]
Chris Washburn
Julian Washburn
Duane Washington
Duane Washington Jr.
Mitchell Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins
[16]
Gerald Wilkins
Damien Wilkins
• Gerald Wilkins' brother,
Dominique Wilkins , also played in the NBA.
[2]
Rickie Winslow
Justise Winslow
Michael Young
Joe Young
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