Retired Panamanian-American basketball player Rolando Blackman first soared to fame with Kansas State and then had an illustrious career with NBA teams such as the Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks. A 4-time NBA All-Star, he is also associated with charitable initiatives and is a Kappa Alpha Psi member.
Retired Panamanian-American basketball player Ed Cota has a Centrobasket gold medal in his kitty. Though he went undrafted by the NBA due to his lack of height, he began his senior career with the American club Gary Steelheads. He later played for clubs such as BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg and Barcelona.
Javier Carter, also known as Air to his fans, is a Panamanian basketball player who now competes for the Japanese club Passlab Yamagata Wyverns. The US-born power forward/center has also played for the Panama national team. He has also played for clubs from Chile, Argentina, Israel, and Uruguay.
Panamanian basketball player Jaime Lloreda went undrafted by the NBA and began his senior career with the Turkish club Karşıyaka. He has won both a bronze and a gold at the Centrobasket and a silver at the Central American and Caribbean Games. He was also the 2011 FIBA Americas League Top Scorer.
Panamanian professional basketball player Josimar Ayarza played for Panama's national basketball team at 2015 FIBA COCABA Championship that was held in San José, Costa Rica, in September that year. The team emerged as champions in the tournament securing gold medal. Ayarza played for the Argentine professional basketball team Atletico Echague Parana that competes in the Liga Nacional de Básquet.
Former Panamanian basketball player Calixto Malcom represented his country at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He later gained fame as a lawyer and a judge. Malcolm also served as a presiding magistrate of the Maritime Appeals Court and gained immense respect as a teacher.