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.
Grandfather | Grandson(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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John Barber | Jason Sasser Jeryl Sasser |
[48] | |
Joe Caldwell | Marvin Bagley III | [49] | |
Bruce Hale | Jon Barry Brent Barry Drew Barry |
• Bruce Hale's son-in-law is Rick Barry | [50] |
Maurice King | Ish Wainright | ||
Ronnie Shavlik | Shavlik Randolph | [51] | |
John Townsend | Eric Montross | • Townsend played in the NBL | [52] |