NBA Birthdays: Celebrating Players Born on September 22nd

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 comprehensive breakdown highlights the players born on each day of the year.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on Sept 22. 

Gary Trent (Sept. 22, 1974):

Selected with the 11th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft by Milwaukee and traded to Portland on draft night, Trent played nine NBA seasons for four teams – the Trail Blazers (1995-98), Raptors (1998), Mavericks (1999-2001) and Timberwolves (2001-04). The 6-foot-8, 250-pound forward – known as the Shaq of the MAC during his college years at Ohio University – accumulated 4,366 points (8.6 ppg) and 2,276 rebounds (4.5) over 506 career NBA games before finishing his career overseas. His son, Gary Trent Jr., was drafted with the 37th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and enters the 2024-25 season with the Milwaukee Bucks. In a bit of deja vu, both Gary Trent Sr. and Jr. were traded to Portland on draft night and subsequently traded from Portland to Toronto exactly 41 games into their third respective seasons.

Want to see every NBA player born on Sept. 22?

Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

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