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NBA Birthdays: Players born on Nov. 29

Check out the 15 NBA players born on Nov. 29.

NBA.com Staff

November 21, 2024 9:43 PM

Julius Randle is 1 of 15 NBA players born on Nov. 29.

With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap-day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on Nov 29.

Julius Randle (1994): Julius Randle was the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, selected by the Los Angeles Lakers. After playing in just one game during his rookie campaign, Randle showed consistent improvement throughout all his four seasons in Los Angeles. The Lakers traded Randle to the New Orleans Pelicans as part of the Anthony Davis blockbuster deal in 2018, where he spent just one season. Randle signed with the New York Knicks ahead of the 2019-20 season where he quickly established himself as a key player, winning the NBA’s Most Improved Player award in 2021. He also earned his first of three All-Star appearances that same year. Randle was part of another blockbuster trade in the 2024 offseason that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York and Randle to Minnesota. He’s averaging 19.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists throughout his 11-year career.

Jamal Mashburn (1972): Jamal Mashburn was drafted fourth overall in the 1993 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks where he finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. In his four years with the Mavs, he averaged 19.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals. Mashburn spent the next four seasons with the Miami Heat before finishing his career with four years split between the Charlotte and New Orleans Hornets. He made his only All-Star appearance in 2002, averaging 21.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.

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