The Top NBA Players Born in October

As the NBA season gets underway, let’s take a look at the Top Players born in October. These guys have what it takes to dominate on the court and are sure to be exciting to watch this year.

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Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony was born on October 29, 1984, in Brooklyn, New York. He is a former professional basketball player who played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2011 to 2017. Anthony also played for the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder He is a ten-time NBA All-Star and has won three Olympic gold medals

LeBron James

Lebron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio. He is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. LeBron has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers Miami Heat and the Lakers. He has won four NBA championships four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, two Olympic gold medals and an NBA Finals MVP Award

Dwyane Wade

Dwyane Wade (born January 17, 1982) is an American Professional Basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has established himself as one of the league’s most well-rounded players and as one of its most explosive scorers. He is a eight-Ime Nba All-Star, averaging 22.0 points per game 5.4 assists per game and 4.7 rebounds per game throughout his career.

Chris Paul

Chris Paul who was born on October 6, 1985, is widely considered one of the best NBA players of all time. He has been named an All-Star nine times and has won two Olympic gold medals. He is currently a member of the Houston Rockets

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers winning five NBA Championships He was an 18-time All-Star and a 15-time member of the All-NBA team He led the league in scoring twice and won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA

Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was drafted out of High School by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft but he was immediately traded to the Lakers. He started his rookie season off slowly, but he quickly emerged as one of the best players in the league.

From 2000 to 2002, Bryant teamed up with Shaquille O’Neal to form one of the most dominant duos in NBA history They won three straight championships together before O’Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004.

Bryant continued to be the Lakers’ go-to guy, leading them to two more championships in 2009 and 2010. In 2012, he surpassed Michael Jordan’s record for most points scored in a single season. He retired in 2016 as the third leading scorer in NBA history

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a nine-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA All-Star game Most Valuable Player (MVP), winning consecutive awards in 2015 and 2016. He is also a eight-time All-NBA team member, and led the league in scoring in 2014–15 and 2016–17.

Kevin Durant

Kevin Durant was born on September 29, 1988, in Washington, D.C. He played one season of college basketball at the University of Texas before being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) in the 2007 NBA Draft Durant quickly established himself as one of the best players in the league, winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2008 and becoming a two-time NBA All-Star by 2010.

In 2012, Durant became a member of Team USA and helped them win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics The following year, he won his first NBA Scoring Title and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player Durant has continued to be one of the league’s top scorers and most valuable players; he was named to his eighth consecutive All-Star Game in 2019.

Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving was born on March 23, 1992, in Melbourne, Australia to parents Drederick and Elizabeth Irving. Kyrie’s father Drederick was a professional basketball player who had a stint with the Boston Celtics Kyrie’s family moved to the United States when he was two years old and settled in West Orange, New Jersey. His mother Elizabeth died from an illness when Kyrie was four years old. Kyrie has three sisters: Asia, London, and Bria.

Kyrie Irving played high school basketball at St. Patrick high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey. As a senior, he averaged 26.5 points, 5.8 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game while leading his team to a 30-3 record and the Union County Tournament title. He was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), as well as first-team All-State and All-County by The Star-Ledger. He finished his high school career as St. Patrick’s All-time leading scorer with 1,522 points.

Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard born October 15, 1990, is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association He played college basketball for Weber State University earning third-team All-American honors in 2012. After being selected by Portland with the sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft Lillard was unanimously voted the NBA Rookie of the Year. He has earned two All-Star selections and is one of only two players in Trail Blazers history to make more than 1,000 three-pointers.

Joel Embiid

Joel Hans Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia
76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball
with the Kansas Jayhawks he was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA
draft by the 76ers. However, multiple foot and Knee injuries delayed his debut until 2016–17.
He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team that year. The following season, he became
an All-Star for the first time and was named to the All-NBA Second Team