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Meanings of professional basketball player in English

Russian
баскетболист
Portuguese
jogador de basquetebol
Spanish
jugadora de basquetbol
Catalan
jugadora de basquetbol

Sportsperson taking part in basketball competitions.

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баскетболист
Usage of professional basketball player in English
1
He is a professional basketball player, so one would expect that he can jump.
Wired
2
He was a professional basketball player in France, she was a professional footballer in England.
The Irish Times
3
The second man was slimmer, built more like a professional basketball player than a weightlifter.
Narcissus in Chains
4
Her father, Andrew, is a Shell executive and her mother, Kathy, was a professional basketball player.
The Guardian
5
They worked, said Damen Bell-Holter, a professional basketball player from Alaska who now plays overseas in Finland.
Reuters
6
EBONY: Growing up in Arkansas, did you always believe you were going to become a professional basketball player?
Ebony
7
Steve Nash, a former Canadian professional basketball player, played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The South African
8
The mayor, a former professional basketball player and steel executive, said on Thursday he would work with the new emergency manager.
Reuters
9
This counts as old for a professional basketball player, but, at that age, many great directors were only getting into their strides.
The Irish Times
10
Initially he wanted to become a professional basketball player having loved the sport as a child and represented East London at regional level.
The Guardian
11
His hands were strong and as large as the hands of a professional basketball player; he looked capable of slam-dunking anyone who gave him trouble.
Phantoms
12
At five foot three, Father Jonas Mejares readily admits that his chances of being a professional basketball player were always going to be a challenge.
BBC
13
Imagine a household in which half the men are professional basketball players and half are professional jockeys.
Disintegration: the splintering of black america
14
There's a headline about the salaries of professional basketball players and one about wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.
The nobodies album
15
The airline is under fire once again, this time for kicking two Black professional basketball players off a plane in Dallas.
Ebony
16
Professional basketball player Steven Adams in his new book says Basketball NZ didn't help him when he was trying to make it so he… Audio
Radio NZ