Noah Clowney is among NBA players born on July 14.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including four 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 July 14.
Erick Dampier (1975)
Dampier was a standout at Mississippi State and was the 10th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. He spent just one season in Indy before being traded to the Golden State Warriors the following year. Dampier spent seven seasons with the Warriors, averaging 11.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in his first year in Golden State. His best season was his final one with the Dubs (2003-04), when he averaged a career-high 12.3 points and 12.0 rebounds, including a league-leading 4.6 offensive boards, with 1.9 blocks in 82 starts.
Dampier spent the next six seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, finishing 20th in Sixth Man of the Year voting in 2006. He closed his career with one-year stints in Miami and Atlanta before officially retiring in 2012. Dampier averaged 7.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 1.4 bpg throughout his 16-year career.
Want to see every NBA player born on July 14? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Wah Wah Jones (1926)
- Johnny Mathis (1943)
- Bernard Toone (1956)
- Stan Pietkiewicz (1956)
- Wallace Bryant (1959)
- Harold Pressley (1963)
- Mark Strickland (1970)
- Lou Roe (1972)
- Erick Dampier (1975)
- Renaldo Balkman (1984)
- Jeff Foote (1987)
- James Nunnally (1990)
- Shabazz Napier (1991)
- Marshall Plumlee (1992)
- Jacob Gilyard (1998)
- Oso Ighodaro (2002)
- Noah Clowney (2004)
