NBA birthday: players born on January 21st

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 21.

Hakeem Olajuwon (1963)

To describe someone as the best big man always sounds like exaggeration, but Olajuwon definitely takes into account. “The Dream” was the top election in the NBA design of 1984, and he finished second in the Rookie of the Year and voted in an all-star rookie season. This was the first of 12 all-star appearances for the Big Man, who decreased in 1993. He also led the league into rebounds twice and led the NBA to blocks three times.

Above all, Olajuwon won two championships with the Houston Rockets and won the final MVP in both runs. The big man played 17 of his 18 seasons with the Rockets before he went back with the Toronto Raptors in 2002. The dream achieved an average of 21.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 3.1 blocks in his career in the Hall-of-Fame career.

Detlef Schrempf (1963)

Not many players came before Schrempf from Germany, but many believe that he contributed to the creation of a basketball culture in Germany. He had an outstanding career at Washington University before he was selected the eighth overall in the 1985 draft draft. Schrempf fought the Dallas Mavericks in his first four seasons, but a move to Indiana in 1988 started an impressive career. In 1990 and 1991 he won a consecutive sixth man of the year, who took the first of three all-star appearances in 1992. Schrempf continued his fantastic form in 1993 when he came to the Seattle-Superps with an average of 16.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 0.9 this decade with Indiana and Seattle. He closed his career in Portland at the age of two and retired in 2001.

Would you like to see every NBA player born on January 21st? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

• Jack Eskridge (January 21, 1924)
• Tom Stight (January 21, 1939)
• Chuck Osborne (January 21, 1939)
• Kenny Mcintosh (January 21, 1949)
• Clifford Ray (January 21, 1949)
• Sidney Lowe (January 21, 1960)
• Doug Edwards (January 21, 1971)
• Howard Nathan (January 21, 1972)
• Michael Ruffin (January 21, 1977)
• Alex Acker (January 21, 1983)
• Mike Taylor (January 21, 1986)
• Mamadi Diakite (January 21, 1997)
• Jules Bernard (January 21, 2000)
• Moussa Diabate (January 21, 2002)