John Amaechi

ABOUT JOHN AMAECHI

Longtime English NBA power forward and one of first NBA players to publicly declare his homosexuality.

He moved from England to play high school basketball for St. John's Jesuit High School in Ohio.

He began working as a sports broadcaster and psychology lecturer after retirement.

He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was teammates with Yao Ming on the Houston Rockets in 2003.