Chuck Hayes is among the players born on June 11.
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 is the most notable NBA player born on June 11.
Chuck Hayes (1983)
On a light day for birthdays, let’s showcase a big man who carved out a solid 11-year career in the NBA. Despite going undrafted out of Kentucky University, Hayes was signed by the Houston Rockets in 2005. That proved to be a solid signing because he spent the first six years of his career there, recording averages of 4.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.9 steals per game. Hayes’ best season in Houston came in 2010-11, finishing 12th in Defensive Player of the Year voting after averaging 7.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.1 spg and 0.7 bpg.
Hayes spent time with the Sacramento Kings and Toronto Raptors after that before officially retiring with the Rockets in 2016. That showed just how much he meant to that organization, and he carried that over into a management role. Hayes took over as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Golden State Warriors in 2023 and still holds that role today.
Want to see every NBA player born on June 11? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Mike Todorovich (1923)
- Waly Piatkowski (1945)
- Ron Sanford (1946)
- Luther Rackley (1946)
- Earnie Killum (1948)
- Butch Carter (1958)
- Craig Dykema (1959)
- Melvin Newbern (1967)
- Ira Bowman (1973)
- Stephen Graham (1982)
- Joey Graham (1982)
- Chuck Hayes (1983)
- Eric Maynor (1987)
- Davon Reed (1995)
- Sharife Cooper (2001)
