Quincy Olivari is among the NBA players born on May 27.
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 May 27.
Dave Greenwood (1957)
Greenwood was a two-time All-American at UCLA, earning him the second overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft. In that inaugural season with the Chicago Bulls, Greenwood averaged 16.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 blocks per game. That was Greenwood’s most successful season, but he did record double-double averages in 1984 (12.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game). The following year was his final season in Chicago, spending the next three seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. Greenwood closed his career with one-year stints in Denver, Detroit and San Antonio, officially retiring with the Spurs in 1991. The big man won a title with the Pistons in 1990, averaging 10.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.9 blocks throughout his 12-year career,
Want to see every NBA player born on May 27? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Dick Schnittker (May 27, 1928)
- Julian Hammond (May 27, 1943)
- Joe Reaves (May 27, 1950)
- Allen Leavell (May 27, 1957)
- Stuart Gray (May 27, 1963)
- Erick Leckner (May 27, 1966)
- Doug West (May 27, 1967)
- George McCloud (May 27, 1967)
- Travis Williams (May 27, 1969)
- Corey Beck (May 27, 1971)
- Dedric Willoughby (May 27, 1974)
- Chris McCray (May 27, 1984)
- Blake Ahearn (May 27, 1984)
- Jalen Jones (May 27, 1993)
- Willy Hernangomez (May 27, 1994)
- Quincy Olivari (May 27, 2001)
