List of second-generation NBA players

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

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		[3]
Melvin Booker	Devin Booker	• Both played against Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett during their respective careers	[4]
Ron Brewer	Ronnie Brewer	• Both played for the Chicago Bulls	[5]
Rick Brunson	Jalen Brunson	• Both played for the New York Knicks.  • Rick serves as a Knicks assistant coach, while Jalen plays for New York.	[6]
Joe Bryant	Kobe Bryant		[7]
Anthony Carter	Devin Carter
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	[8]
Dell Curry	Stephen Curry Seth Curry	• Both Dell and Seth played for the Charlotte Hornets	[9]
Dale Davis	Trayce Jackson-Davis	• Both played for the Golden State Warriors	[10][11]
Mark Davis	Johnny Davis		[12]
Terry Davis	Ed Davis		[13]
Darren Daye	Austin Daye		[2]
Larry Drew	Larry Drew II		[14]
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	[15]
Bill Edwards	Vincent Edwards
LeRoy Ellis	LeRon Ellis		[2]
Patrick Ewing	Patrick Ewing Jr.	• Patrick Jr. played a total of seven preseason games for the New York Knicks, his father's old team, but never played a regular season game with them.	[16]
Bob Ferry	Danny Ferry		[2]
Winston Garland	Darius Garland
Dick Garrett	Diante Garrett		[17]
Harvey Grant	Jerami Grant Jerian Grant	• Harvey Grant's identical twin brother, Horace Grant, also played in the NBA	[17]
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	[18]
Tim Hardaway	Tim Hardaway Jr.	• Both played for the Dallas Mavericks and became teammates with Dirk Nowitzki during their careers.	[19]
Ron Harper	Ron Harper Jr.
Gerald Henderson	Gerald Henderson Jr.	• Both played for the Philadelphia 76ers.	[2]
Carl Henry	Xavier Henry
Earle Higgins	Sean Higgins	• Earle played in the ABA	[2]
Rod Higgins	Cory Higgins		[20]
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.
LeBron James	Bronny James	• LeBron and Bronny are the first ever father/son duo to play together in an NBA game.  • Highest-scoring father-son duo in NBA history.	[21][22]
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	[23]
Frank Kornet	Luke Kornet		[24]
Stan Love	Kevin Love		[2]
John Lucas Jr.	John Lucas III	• Both played for the Houston Rockets	[25]
Ed Manning	Danny Manning		[2]
Pace Mannion	Nico Mannion
Press Maravich	Pete Maravich		[26]
Roy Marble	Devyn Marble		[27]
Kenyon Martin	Kenyon Martin Jr.
Wes Matthews	Wesley Matthews	• Both played for the Los Angeles Lakers	[28]
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		[29]
Larry Nance	Larry Nance Jr. Pete Nance	• All 3 played for Cleveland Cavaliers
Ruben Nembhard	RJ Nembhard
Sonny Parker	Jabari Parker		[17]
Jim Paxson Sr.	Jim Paxson Jr. John Paxson		[30]
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	[31][32]
Curtis Perry	Byron Houston		[33]
Scottie Pippen	Scotty Pippen Jr.	• Scottie and Scotty are the first father-son duo to each record a triple-double.
Paul Pressey	Phil Pressey		[34]
Walt Piatkowski	Eric Piatkowski	• Walt played in the ABA	[2]
Tony Price	A. J. Price		[35]
Leo Rautins	Andy Rautins		[36]
Glen Rice	Glen Rice Jr.		[19]
Doc Rivers	Austin Rivers	• Both played for the Los Angeles Clippers  • 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	[37][38]
Glenn Robinson	Glenn Robinson III		[17]
Walker Russell Sr.	Walker Russell Jr.	• Both started their playing career with the Detroit Pistons	[39]
Arvydas Sabonis	Domantas Sabonis
Al Salvadori	Kevin Salvadori	• Al played in the ABA	[2]
Dolph Schayes	Danny Schayes		[2]
Jeff Sheppard	Reed Sheppard
James Silas	Xavier Silas		[40]
Derek Smith	Nolan Smith		[41]
Jabari Smith	Jabari Smith Jr.
John Stockton	David Stockton	• Both played for the Utah Jazz	[42]
Walter Szczerbiak	Wally Szczerbiak	• Walter played in the ABA	[2]
Jeff Taylor	Jeffery Taylor		[43]
Collis Temple	Garrett Temple	• Collis played in the ABA  • Both played for the San Antonio Spurs	[44]
Mychal Thompson	Mychel Thompson Klay Thompson	• Mychal and Klay are the fourth father-son duo to win NBA championships as players • Mychel and Klay's brother, Trayce Thompson, played as an outfielder for five Major League Baseball teams	[45]
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	[46]
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	[15][47]
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		[48]
Samaki Walker	Jabari Walker		[12]
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.	[49][50]
Chris Washburn	Julian Washburn
Duane Washington	Duane Washington Jr.
Mitchell Wiggins	Andrew Wiggins		[17]
Gerald Wilkins	Damien Wilkins	• Gerald Wilkins' brother, Dominique Wilkins, also played in the NBA.	[2]
Rickie Winslow	Justise Winslow
Michael Young	Joe Young

Grandfather–grandson

Grandfather	Grandson(s)	Notes	Ref.
John Barber	Jason Sasser Jeryl Sasser		[51]
Joe Caldwell	Marvin Bagley III Marcus Bagley		[52]
Bruce Hale	Jon Barry Brent Barry Drew Barry	• Bruce Hale's son-in-law is Rick Barry	[53]
Maurice King	Ish Wainright
Ronnie Shavlik	Shavlik Randolph		[54]
John Townsend	Eric Montross	• Townsend played in the NBL	[55]

See also

• List of professional sports families
• List of family relations in American football
  • List of second-generation National Football League players
• List of association football (soccer) families
  • List of African association football families
  • List of European association football families
    • List of English association football families
    • List of former Yugoslavia association football families
    • List of Scottish football families
    • List of Spanish association football families
  • Category:Association football families
• List of Australian rules football families
• List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
• List of boxing families
• List of chess families
• List of International cricket families
• List of family relations in the National Hockey League
• List of family relations in rugby league
• List of international rugby union families
• List of professional wrestling families