NBA Stars Born on October 19th: Celebrating Birthdays in the Basketball World

With over 5,000 players in NBA history, there is at least one player born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap-day ballers. Our detailed breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on October 19:

Brad Daugherty (1965)

Daughterty was the top pick in the 1986 NBA Draft out of North Carolina, and he carved out an amazing career before some injuries shortened what could have been a Hall-of-Fame run. The big man was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers and he made five All-Star teams through his first seven seasons in the league. The eighth year is when things fell apart because Daugherty was suffering from a debilitating back issue. That limited him to 50 games, and he could never take the court after that, eventually retiring in 1996. It was a sad development for the 7-foot center, averaging 19 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks on 53 percent shooting throughout his career. He also received MVP votes in three separate seasons and would have been on the Hall-of-Fame trajectory if it weren’t for that back problem. 

Lionel Hollins (1953)

Hollins is more well-known for being a head coach these days, but this guy was a baller in the 70s and 80s. This guard was the sixth overall pick in the 1975 NBA Draft, being selected by the Portland Trail Blazers. He finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting and made his only All-Star appearance in his third season. While he only spent five years with the Blazers, he averaged 13.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.9 steals in Portland. That was the best stretch of his career, spending time with the San Diego Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets after that. He retired in the 1985 season and won a title with Portland in 1977. He was a head coach for over a decade and is now an assistant with the Rockets. 

Want to see every NBA player born on October 19? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

Howie Janotta (October 19, 1924)Bill Melchionni (October 19, 1944)Bill Franklin (October 19, 1949)Luke Witte (October 19, 1950)Mike Barr (October 19, 1950)Joe Bryant (October 19, 1954)Lonnie Shelton (October 19, 1955)Jim Thomas (October 19, 1960)Brian Howard (October 19, 1967)Mindauhas Kuzminskas (October 19, 1989)