Photo: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Brendan Haywood is the kind of player whose value never showed up cleanly in a highlight reel, and I respect that. At 213 cm out of North Carolina, he did the unglamorous work in the paint that championship teams quietly depend on, culminating in his 2011 title with Dallas. What I find most interesting is his second act. Plenty of big men fade after retirement, but Haywood reinvented himself as a sharp broadcaster on CBS and SiriusXM. That ability to translate the game into language tells me he always understood basketball more deeply than his frame suggested.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brendan Haywood
- Name (Japanese)
- ブレンダン・ヘイウッド
- Reading
- ぶれんだん・へいうっど
- Born
- November 27, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 213 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- James B. Dudley High School
- University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Brendan Haywood born?
Born November 27, 1979 (age 46).
Where is Brendan Haywood from?
Brendan Haywood is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Brendan Haywood do?
Brendan Haywood works as basketball player.
How tall is Brendan Haywood?
Brendan Haywood is 213 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.