NBA Stars Celebrating Birthdays on November 18th

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

Below are the most notable NBA players born on Nov. 18. 

Sam Cassell (1969)

Cassell made a name as one of the greatest trash talkers in NBA history, but he always backed it up. The 15-year vet started his career when he was taken 24th overall in the 1993 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. “Sam I Am” spent his first three seasons in Houston and really blossomed in his final year there before spending one season apiece with the New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks. He notably had a five-year stint with the Milwaukee Bucks, including making his sole All-Star appearance in 2004 and finishing 10th in MVP voting that year, averaging 19.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 1.3 steals. He closed his career with small stints for the Minnesota Timberwolves, LA Clippers and Boston Celtics before retiring in 2008. Throughout his 15-year career, Cassell played for eight teams and won three championships, averaging 15.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game.  

Jason Williams (1975)

Williams has one of the best mixtapes of any player in NBA history, mixing the flashiness of streetball with an amazing NBA career. Nicknamed “White Chocolate,” the point guard was the seventh pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, spending his first three seasons in Sacramento. He finished second in Rookie of the Year voting, averaging 12.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.9 steals. Williams was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, averaging a career-high 14.8 points in his first season with Memphis. He spent the next five seasons with the Grizzlies and closed his career with the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic, before retiring with Memphis in 2011. J-Will also won a championship with Miami in 2006.

Want to see every NBA player born on November 18? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

Dick Fitzgerald (November 18, 1920)

Ray Ellefson (November 18, 1922)

Irv Bemoras (November 18, 1930)

John Dickson (November 18, 1945)

Garfield Smith (November 18, 1945)

Billy Shepherd (November 18, 1949)

Demetrius Calip (November 18, 1969)

Matt Fish (November 18, 1969)

Julius Hodge (November 18, 1983)

Marcus Williams (November 18, 1986)

Arnett Moultrie (November 18, 1990)

Zach Lofton (November 18, 1992)

Quincy Miller (November 18, 1992)

Patrick Baldwin Jr (November 18, 2002)

Jalen Duren (November 18, 2003)