Dino Meneghin is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto. On 20 November 1966, when he was 16 years old, he played in his first game in the Italian League, with Ignis Varese. He played the last game of his career at the age of 45.
Sergei Alexandrovich Monia is a Russian former professional basketball player. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers, in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft. At a height of 2.02 m tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions.
The Estonia men's national basketball team represents Estonia in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association. The team competed in their first international tournament at the 1936 Olympic Games. Estonia has also qualified for the EuroBasket six times overall, with their best results coming in 1937 and 1939. However, after 1939, Estonia halted national team activities due to the occupation of the Baltic states during World War II. Estonia would later rejoin FIBA in 1991, after regaining independence from the Soviet Union.
Gert Kullamäe is an Estonian basketball coach and a former professional basketball player who currently coaches Estonian team BC Pärnu Sadam. Kullamäe mostly played at the shooting guard position and was a great 3-point shooter. As a player he is a seven-time Estonian Champion and also a Soviet Union, Lithuanian, Belgian and Dutch champion.
Valmo Kriisa is an Estonian former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Kriisa started his senior club career with "KK Tartu" team in 1990 and after 96–97 season he moved to "Nybit". He spent the 2000–01 season in Sweden with Södertälje BBK. Then Kriisa returned to Estonia, signed for two seasons with "BC Kalev" and won the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. On seasons 2003–2006 he played for the Dutch Eredivisie team Hanzevast Capitals. During this period he won the Dutch Championship in 2004. After three seasons in The Netherlands, Kriisa came back to Estonia and joined BC Kalev/Cramo. He spent three seasons with Kalev winning one Estonian Championship. In 2007 he was named the Estonian Basketball Player of the Year. Kriisa spent the 2009-10 season with BC Rakvere Tarvas helping the team to the Estonian league finals for the first time. Though Tarvas lost to Tartu Ülikool/Rock, Kriisa was named the KML Most Valuable Player. In the 2010-11 season Kriisa played for TTÜ/Kalev. Since 1995, Kriisa is a member of the Estonia national basketball team and was also a member of the Estonian EuroBasket 2001 squad. He is the father of West Virginia University men's basketball player Kerr Kriisa.
Tanel Sokk is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for TalTech Basketball Team of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Standing at 1.88 m, he plays at the point guard position. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.
Raitis Grafs is a former Latvian professional basketball player. He played at the center position. Grafs represented the senior men's Latvian national team. He was a FIBA EuroStar in 2007.
Aivar Kuusmaa is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard position.
Sten-Timmu Sokk is an Estonian professional basketball player for Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. of the Greek A2 Basket League. He is a 1.84 m tall point guard. He represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally.
Motti Aroesti, is a retired Israeli professional basketball player and coach.
Heino Enden is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the shooting guard position.
Rain Veideman is an Estonian professional basketball player for BC Tallinna Kalev of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing at a height of 1.92 m, he primarily plays the shooting guard position.
Andres Sõber is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional player.
Andre Pärn is an Estonian former basketball player.
Jaak Salumets is a retired Estonian professional basketball player and coach who played mostly at the forward position. Salumets is also a former Estonian Reform Party politician who was a member of the Riigikogu from 2007 to 2011.
Rauno Pehka is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position.
Margus Metstak is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the center position.
Toomas Kandimaa is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach for University of Tartu of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Kandimaa represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally.
Kristian Kullamäe is an Estonian professional basketball player for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 1.94 m, he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Saimon Sutt is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for Pärnu Sadam of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. Standing at 2.00 m, he plays at the shooting guard position.
