Petur Karl Gudmundsson an Icelandic Center who played for the Trail Blazers, Lakers and Spurs.
First one I can find was drafted in 1981.
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Earl Lloyd was first black NBA player, Chuck Cooper was the first black player to be drafted, and Nat Clifton was the first black player to sign a contract with an NBA team.
John Amaechi became the first NBA player to admit that he was gay in 2007. Amaechi retired from the NBA in 2003.
Manu Ginobli
first and fifteenth
There is no NBA Hall of Fame. George Mikan was the first NBA player inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. Bill Russell was inducted in 1975.
There were many "First" people to play, i can tell you the first MVP... Bob Pettit in 1956
Bill Russell
Jeff Cross
Avery Stricker
Dennis Rodman
Jeff Cross