NBA birthday: players born on January 23rd

With over 5,000 players in the history of the NBA, at least one player was born every day of the calendar year – including three ballers for towing. Our daily breakdown of the players who were born every day of the year continues.

Below you will find the most remarkable NBA players who were born on January 23.

Larry Hughes (1979)

With a nickname like “Smooth” it felt that Hughes would turn into a solid NBA -Hooper. This winger was the eighth overall election in the NBA design of 1998 and only spent two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers. He really broke out when he came to the Golden State Warriors in 1999 and scored an average of 22.7 points per game after this period.

Hughes played for the Warriors for three years and then fit for the Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic. While he has never played for a team for more than three seasons, Hughes still worked a 13-year career. His best season was in 2004 with Washington with an average of 22 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.9 steals, while he took sixth place in the sixth man of the year. These 2.9 steals led the league and he also took part in the Slam Dunk competition 2000.

Would you like to see every NBA player born on January 23? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

• Joe Colone (January 23, 1924)
• John Pritchhard (January 23, 1927)
• Tom Hoover (January 23, 1941)
• Bob Mcintyre (January 23, 1944)
• Lonnie Wright (January 23, 1945)
• Stan Washington (January 23, 1952)
• Frankie Sanders (January 23, 1957)
• Haywoode Workman (January 23, 1966)
• Keita Bates-Diop (January 23, 1996)
• Dejon Jarreau (January 23, 1998)
• Jordan Miller (January 23, 2000)
• Armel Traore (January 23, 2003)