 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kusiyana neAmerican football muNational Football League NFL, vatambi vasina kunyorwa kazhinji havazove nyeredzi dzinozivikanwa muNBA. Mutambi mumwe chete wemazuva ano asina kunyorwa ndiye akasarudzwa kuNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Ben Wallace muna 2021. Mutambi wekutanga asina kunyorwa kuti ave mutambi weNBA All-Star kutanga muna 2003, Wallace akatamba mitambo yakawanda yebasa kune chero mutambi asina kunyorwa nemitambo 1,088 yakatambwa mumwaka gumi nemashanu, akahwina mukwikwidzi weNBA, aive All-Star kanokwana kana, uye aive mukundi wenguva ina yeNBA Defensive Player yeGore Mubairo. Vamwe vatambi vasina kunyorwa vakaita mipiro mikuru. John Starks akanga ari mutambi wokutanga asina kunyorwa munguva yemazuva ano kuti ave All-Star muna 1994. Udonis Haslem akava wokutanga undrafted mutambi kutungamirira kodzero Miami mu basa rebounds muna 2012, uye akanga ari nhengo mumwe nomumwe Heat kuti nhatu Championship zvikwata. Mike James anobva ku1998 draftndiye mutambi wekutanga asina kunyorwa kuti awane 20 points mumwaka 20.3 muna 2006. Jorge Garbajosa ndiye akatanga kunzi All-Rookie First Team muna 2007. Troy Hudson, uyo akafarikanya makore gumi nerimwe ebasa reNBA mushure mokunge apfuurwa muhurongwa hwe1997, akataura nezvekuwedzera kwake mubhuku rake ra2007 Undrafted. D.J. Mbenga akahwina mikombe miviri neLos Angeles Lakers. Asina kunyorwa mu2016 dhizaini, Toronto Raptors Fred VanVleet akarova mapoinzi mazhinji mumutambo weasina kunyorwa mutambi, achiwana mapoinzi makumi mashanu nemana muna Kukadzi 2, 2021. 