Same birth year, very different paths: All-Star scorers, sixth men, shooters and journeymen who stuck around for a decade or more.
1Danny GrangerBorn April 20, 1983, the Indiana Pacers forward averaged 25.8 points in 2008–09, the season he was an All-Star and Most Improved Player.1000pts
2Devin HarrisMilwaukee native born February 27, 1983, who played 985 NBA games and was voted an All-Star with the New Jersey Nets in 2009.1000pts
3Jarrett JackGeorgia Tech point guard born October 28, 1983, who played 867 NBA games in 13 seasons with teams including Portland, Golden State and Cleveland.764pts
4Delonte WestCombo guard born July 26, 1983, who averaged 9.7 points over eight seasons, mostly with the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers.764pts
5David LeeFlorida big man born April 29, 1983, who made All-Star teams with the Knicks (2010) and Warriors (2013) and won the 2015 championship.647pts
6Channing FryeStretch big born May 17, 1983, an All-Rookie First Team pick with the Knicks in 2006 who won the 2016 title with Cleveland.647pts
7Randy FoyeVillanova guard born September 24, 1983, drafted seventh in 2006, who logged 752 games over 11 NBA seasons.647pts
8Carl LandryPurdue forward born September 19, 1983, a 31st overall pick in 2007 who averaged 10.8 points over nine seasons with clubs like Houston and Sacramento.647pts
9Ben GordonLondon-born guard (April 4, 1983) who won Sixth Man of the Year as a Chicago Bulls rookie in 2005 and averaged 14.9 points over 11 seasons.647pts
10T. J. FordTexas point guard born March 24, 1983, the 2003 Naismith College Player of the Year, who averaged 5.8 assists in eight NBA seasons.503pts
11Steve NovakMarquette sharpshooter born June 13, 1983, who led the NBA in three-point percentage with the New York Knicks in 2011–12.503pts
12Kevin MartinShooting guard born February 1, 1983, who scored 17.4 points per game across 12 seasons, with his best years in Sacramento and Houston.0pts
13Nenad KrstićCenter born July 25, 1983, in Kraljevo, Serbia, who spent seven NBA seasons with the Nets, Thunder and Celtics.0pts
14Josh ChildressStanford forward born June 20, 1983, the sixth pick in 2004, who left the Atlanta Hawks for Greece's Olympiacos in 2008 before returning to the NBA.0pts
Photo credits
- Danny Granger — Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Devin Harris — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jarrett Jack — Chrishmt0423, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Delonte West — Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- David Lee — Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Channing Frye — Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0
- Randy Foye — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Carl Landry — J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ben Gordon — Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- T. J. Ford — Tj_ford_zzz.jpg: Chensiyuan derivative work: Luxic (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Steve Novak — scott mecum, CC BY 2.0
- Nenad Krstić — J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Josh Childress — Chrisjnelson at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0
