Jerry Lucas is among the players born on March 30.
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 March 30.
Jerry Lucas (1940)
Lucas was the sixth overall pick in the 1962 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals but didn’t debut until 1963. His first season was a standout one, though, as the Ohio State product won Rookie of the Year. He also finished ninth in MVP voting that year, averaging 17.7 points and 17.4 rebounds in one of the greatest rookie seasons in NBA history. That was no fluke, though, with “Mr Memory” making seven All-Star appearances in total.
Lucas also finished All-NBA five times, averaging a career-best 21.5 points and 21.1 rebounds in 1966. He joined the San Francisco Warriors in 1969 and made his final All-Star appearance the following season. Lucas closed his career by playing for the New York Knicks for three years before officially retiring in 1974. He did win a title with the Knicks in 1973 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980. The big man averaged 17 points and 15.6 rebounds throughout his 11-year career, with that rebounding total ranking fourth in NBA history.
Want to see every NBA player born on March 30? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Ossie Schetman (March 30, 1919)
- Shaler Halimon (March 30, 1945)
- LaRue Martin (March 30, 1950)
- Ron Baker (March 30, 1993)
- Admiral Schofield (March 30, 1997)
- Jaylen Hoard (March 30, 1999)
- RayJ Dennis (March 30, 2001)
- Karlo Matkovic (March 30, 2001)
