NBA Players Born on September 13: Celebrating Their Birthdays

With a history of over 5,000 players in the NBA, there is at least one player born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap-day ballers. Check out our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year below.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on Sept. 13. 

Nene (Sept. 13, 1982):

The 6-foot-11 center became the first Brazilian drafted into the NBA when the Knicks selected him seventh overall in the 2002 NBA Draft. He was traded to Denver, where he spent the first decade of his 17-year NBA career. In 2012, Nene was traded to Washington, where he played four-plus seasons, before ending his career with a three-year run in Houston. In 965 career games, Nene amassed 10,909 points (11.3 ppg) and 5,828 rebounds (6.0 rpg), while shooting 54.8% from the field – the 21st-highest field goal percentage ever (min. 7.0 FGA per game).

Want to see every NBA player born on Sept. 13?

Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

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(Sept. 13, 1996)