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 each day of the year continues.
Below are the most notable NBA players born on Dec. 21.
Terry Mills (1967): Mills was a standout when he played his college ball at Michigan University, earning him the 16th overall pick in the 1990 NBA Draft. “Three Mills” struggled early on but found his stroke when he joined the Detroit Pistons in 1992. Over the next five seasons with the Pistons, Mills averaged 13.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.6 steals per game. He closed his career by playing for the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat before retiring in 2001. Mills was one of the first true three-point shooters of his era, leading the league in three-pointers made per possession in 1996.
Want to see every NBA player born on December 21? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Wat Misaka (December 21, 1923)
- Herb Scherer (December 21, 1928)
- Corky Devlin (December 21, 1931)
- Ervin Johnson (December 21, 1967)
- Sheldon Mack (December 21, 1992)
- B.J. Johnson (December 21, 1995)
- Xavier Sneed (December 21, 1997)
