Based on the research that I've done Al Cueto of Tulsa University was the first Latino to be drafted by an NBA team, but he would never play in the NBA. He played two seasons in the ABA. The first Latino to play in the NBA is a Puerto Rican named Alfred "Butch" Lee who played for Marquette University.
There was not a first person to play NBA basketball ,ritard, basketball is played in teams.
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the first Asian Basketball player was alejandra Luna
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Chuck Cooper was one of the first African-American males in the NBA.
Paul Gasol is a Spanish athlete. He is a professional basketball player having played for the NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers.
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That would be Mr. Jason Collins. Jason Paul Collins is an American professional basketball center with the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association. He is noted for being the first Pro Basketball player to come out publicly.
Chris Wright is a basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is most known for being the first known player in all of the NBA to have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS).