The Top NBA Players Born in August

The Top NBA players Born in August includes some of the best players in the league today. Find out who made the list and why they are considered to be some of the Top Players in the NBA.

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Kyam Anthony (born May 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been named an All-Star eleven times and an All-NBA team member six times. He won an NBA Championship with the Miami Heat in 2012.

While playing for Melo Trimble’s travel basketball team Anthony was discovered by one of Baltimore’s premier youth basketball coaches, Marty Conlon. When Conlon began coaching at Towson Catholic High School (now defunct), he invited Anthony to play for his team. In his junior year of high school Anthony led Towson Catholic to a 26–1 record and the Baltimore Catholic League championship, averaging 20 points per game The following year, Anthony was named by The Washington Post as Maryland’s “Co-Player of the Year”, alongside Edgar Richardson Jr., after averaging 22 points per game During his senior year at Towson Catholic high school Anthony averaged 27 points per game and was named Baltimore Catholic League Player of the Year and Baltimore Sun Metropolitan Player of the Year. He was named to The Washington Post All-Metropolitan first team that same year.

In July 2002, Anthony played for the United States men’s national Basketball team (known as “Team USA”) at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis. Team USA won eight games and lost five to finish in sixth place in the tournament; thus failing to qualify for either the medal round or a spot in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece scheduled for later that year. In nine games played during the tournament, Anthony averaged 11 points per game and led Team USA in steals with 2.3 per game.

In September 2003, following a sterling junior campaign at Syracuse which saw him average 22.2 points and 10 rebounds per game (both tops on his team), leading Syracuse to their first ever NCAA appearance in Carmelo’s freshman season and being named Big East co-Player of the Year (alongside Connecticut’s Emeka Okafor) as a sophomore; Carmelo declared himself eligible for entry into the 2003 NBA draft where he would eventually be selected 3rd overall by Denver Nuggets

LeBron James

Lebron James is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent He has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. James has been selected to thirteen NBA All-Star teams, twelve All-NBA teams and six All-Defensive Teams and is the only player in NBA history to be named to all three teams in the same season. He has also been voted onto the All-Star game starting lineup thirteen times and won four NBA MVP Awards, two Finals MVP Awards two Olympic gold medals an NBA Championship and countless other accolades.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American former Professional Basketball player. He played his entire 20-season career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. nt Won many accolades during his career, including five NBA championships 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA team and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons and ranks fourth on the league’s all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists.

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade was born on January 17, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Harold L. Richards high school in Oak Lawn, Illinois, where he played basketball and football. Wade then went on to play college basketball at Marquette University After two years of college basketball Wade declared for the 2003 NBA Draft and was selected by the Miami Heat with the fifth overall pick.

Wade quickly became one of the best players in the NBA, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2004. He would go on to play for the Miami Heat for his entire NBA Career winning three NBA Championships with the team. Overall, Wade is a 12-Ime Nba All-Star and has been named to the All-NBA First Team on five occasions. He has also won an NBA Scoring Title and was named the 2006 NBA Finals MVP. In 2010, he was named one of the top 50 players in NBA history by ESPN.

Chris Paul

Chris Paul was born on August 6, 1985, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina He is a point guard for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. Paul was drafted fourth overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Hornets. He has been selected to nine All-Star teams, eight All-NBA Teams and nine NBA All-Defensive teams. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a two-time NCAA champion.

Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard born in 1985, is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Howard was a three-time All-Star and won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2009. He was also a member of the gold medal winning USA men’s basketball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Amar’e Stoudemire

Amar’e Stoudemire is a retired American professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the NBA. He was born on November 16, 1982, in Lake Wales, Florida. Stoudemire was drafted ninth overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2002 NBA draft He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 and was named to the All-Rookie First Team. He was named to six All-Star Teams, five All-NBA teams and four times he was named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Month. His best season came in 2006-07 when he averaged 26.0 Points per game 8.9 rebounds per game and 2.6 blocks per game. He retired in 2016 after stints with the Suns, New York Knicks Dallas Mavericks Miami Heat and New York Knicks

Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin was born on August 16, 1989, in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. He is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played College Basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners and was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft A five-time NBA All-Star Griffin was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2010 and has been both a First Team and a Second Team All-NBA selection. He has also been selected to five All-Star Teams, winning two All-Star MVP Awards in 2015 and 2019.

Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving born on March 23, 1992, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has played in seven NBA All-Star Games, won the NBA Championship in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers and was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2016.

Russell Westbrook

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook was born on November 12, 1988 in Long Beach California.

Westbrook played College Basketball at UCLA, where he was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10. He was drafted fourth overall by the Thunder in the 2008 NBA Draft

Westbrook has been named an All-Star eight times, and he was the league MVP in 2017. He is a five-time All-NBA selection, and he has won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA