Top NBA Players Born on November 30

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

Below are the most notable NBA players born on Nov 30. 

Paul Westphal (1950):

Westphal is one of the few guys who was successful as a player and a coach throughout his NBA career. Westy was selected 10th overall in the 1972 NBA Draft and broke out in 1975 when he joined the Phoenix Suns. Westphal made six All-Star appearances over the next seven seasons, making his final one in his debut season with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1980. During those seven years, Westphal averaged 22.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He retired from playing in 1984 and became a head coach for the Suns in 1992. Westphal won the Western Conference Finals behind a 62-20 record in his first season as their head coach. He coached for 10 seasons and was inducted into the Hall-of-Fame in 2019. 

Jim Chones (1949):

Bunny spent his first two seasons in the ABA with the New York Nets and Carolina Cougars, finishing fifth in Rookie of the Year voting in 1972. He joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1974 and received MVP votes in his first two years with the Cavs. That was Chones’ best stretch of his career, averaging 14.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 blocks in his five years with Cleveland. He closed his career by playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Bullets, retiring in 1983. Chones biggest accomplishment was winning a championship with the Lakers in 1980. 

Want to see every NBA player born on November 30? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

Richie Regan (November 30, 1930)

Steve Hamilton (November 30, 1934)

Dan Tieman (November 30, 1940)

Tom Kondla (November 30, 1946)

Joel Kramer (November 30, 1955)

Linton Townes (November 30, 1959)

Darren Dave (November 30, 1960)

David Wood (November 30, 1964)

Anthony Taylor (November 30, 1965)

John Turner (November 30, 1967)

Mark Blount (November 30, 1975)

Andres Nocioni (November 30, 1979)

Jordan Farmar (November 30, 1986)

Grant Williams (November 30, 1998)