Enrique Freeman is among players born on July 29.
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 29.
Scott Wedman (1952)
Wedman is considered one of the greatest players to come out of the University of Colorado. He was the sixth overall pick in the 1974 NBA Draft by the Kansas City-Omaha Kings following a stellar collegiate career. Wedman finished third in Rookie of the Year voting in a remarkable rookie campaign and followed that up with an All-Star appearance in his second season. Wedman went on to make another All-Star appearance in 1980, averaging a career-high 19 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He finished Second-Team All-Defense that year as well.
Wedman played just one more season in Kansas City before spending the next two seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He closed his career with five years in Boston and officially retired in 1987. Wedman averaged 13.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.9 steals per game. His most prized achievements were winning titles with the 1984 and 1986 Celtics.
Want to see every NBA player born on July 29? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Sonny Hertzberg (July 29, 1922)
- Arnie Ferrin (July 29, 1925)
- Barney Cable (July 29, 1935)
- Al Jackson (July 29, 1943)
- Gene Moore (July 29, 1945)
- Larry Bunce (July 29, 1945)
- Neal Walk (July 29, 1948)
- Terry Duerod (July 29, 1956)
- Mike McGee (July 29, 1959)
- Tony Brown (July 29, 1960)
- Ronnie Murphy (July 29, 1964)
- Henry James (July 29, 1965)
- Ansu Sesay (July 29, 1976)
- Ronald Murray (July 29, 1979)
- Pero Antic (July 29, 1982)
- Rodney McGruder (July 29, 1991)
- Enrique Freeman (July 29, 2000)
