Marc Gasol is among the players born on Jan. 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 Jan 29.
Marc Gasol (1985)
Gasol spent 13 seasons in the NBA and made a name for himself with the Memphis Grizzlies, spending his first 11 seasons with Memphis while making three All-Star appearances during that span.
Gasol was Defensive Player of the Year in 2013, averaging 15.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.5 blocks per game throughout his Grizzlies career. The Spaniard closed his career with two seasons in Toronto and one season with the Lakers before retiring in 2021.
Greg Ballard (1955)
“Billards” was selected fourth overall in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets, but didn’t truly find his rhythm until his third season. The big man averaged at least 13 points per game across the next six seasons, averaging 15.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game in that span. Ballard’s time in Washington ended in 1985, when he joined the Golden State Warriors for two seasons before wrapping up his career and retiring with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1989. He won an NBA championship with the Bullets in 1978.
Want to see every NBA player born on January 29? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Bob Hogsett (January 29, 1941)
- Tom Hagan (January 29, 1947)
- Marv Roberts (January 29, 1950)
- Nate Barnett (January 29, 1953)
- Eddie Jordan (January 29, 1955)
- Stacey King (January 29, 1967)
- Dexter Cambridge (January 29, 1970)
- Markel Brown (January 29, 1992)
- Maxi Kleber (January 29, 1992)
- Shawn Long (January 29, 1993)
- Ade Murkey (January 29, 1998)
- JaQuori McLaughlin (January 29, 1998)
