Jamaal Magloire is among the players born on May 21.
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 May 21.
Jamaal Magloire (1978)
Magloire was the No. 19 pick in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets. A trade to the New Orleans Hornets in 2003 led to a breakout season for Magloire, making his one and only All-Star appearance in 2004. Yes, he played for both iterations of the Hornets.
The big man set career-highs across the board in that All-Star campaign, averaging 13.6 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. Magloire had one-year stints with the Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks before joining the Miami Heat in 2008. He spent three seasons in South Beach before retiring with the Toronto Raptors in 2012. Magloire averaged 7.2 ppg and 6.5 rpg in his 12-year career.
Want to see every NBA player born on May 21? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Leo Klier (May 21, 1923)
- Jim Neal (May 21, 1930)
- Ron Watts (May 21, 1943)
- Foots Walker (May 21, 1951)
- Dennis Boyd (May 21, 1954)
- Mark Landsberger (May 21, 1955)
- James Bailey (May 21, 1957)
- Predrag Savovic (May 21, 1976)
- Zarko Cabrakapa (May 21, 1981)
- Isaiah Canaan (May 21, 1991)
- Devin Cannady (May 21, 1996)
- Alex Reese (May 21, 1999)
- Ousmane Dieng (May 21, 2003)
