NBA Birthday Spotlight: Players Born on November 15th

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Here are some of the top NBA players who were born on November 15th:

Karl-Anthony Towns (1995): Towns was one of the best collegiate players in the country at Kentucky in 2014, earning him the top overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. The Minnesota Timberwolves made him the face of their franchise with that pick, and Towns came out the gates hot with a Rookie of the Year award. The big man followed that up with four All-Star appearances but was traded to the New York Knicks during the 2024 offseason. Towns’ has averaged 22.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in his 10-year career and won the 2022 Three-Point Shooting Contest, too.

Bob Dandridge (1947): Dandridge was the 45th pick in the 1969 NBA Draft but carved out a Hall of Fame career. The small forward spent his first nine seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, making three All-Star appearances during that span. He then signed with the Washington Bullets in 1977 and made his final All-Star appearance the year after that. Dandridge also finished fifth in MVP voting that season and helped the Bullets win a championship in 1979. He also won a ring with the Bucks in 1971 and retired from that organization in 1982 and eventually entered the Hall of Fame in 2021.

Want to see every NBA player born on November 15? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:

Lionel Malamed (November 15, 1924)Mark Acres (November 15, 1962)Joao Vianna (November 15, 1966)Greg Anthony (November 15, 1967)Sasha Pavlovic (November 15, 1983)Jermareo Davidson (November 15, 1984)Sindarius Thornwell (November 15, 1994)Jontay Porter (November 15, 1999)TyTy Washington Jr. (November 15, 2001)