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May 8

Players born on this date and historic games played on May 8 across NBA, EuroLeague, ABA and other tracked leagues.

26 players born 40 games on record

Born on May 8

26 players
2000s · 3
Quentin Grimes 2000 · 26 yrs · Guard · USA 11.1 PPG Paulius Danusevicius 2001 · 25 yrs · Lithuania 9.4 PPG Goktug Bas 2001 · 25 yrs · Turkey
1990s · 11
Kemba Walker 1990 · 36 yrs · Guard · USA 17.9 PPG Dzanan Musa 1999 · 27 yrs · Small Forward · Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8 PPG Khyri Thomas 1996 · 30 yrs · Guard · USA 9.8 PPG Aubrey Dawkins 1995 · 31 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA 9.7 PPG Cole Swider 1999 · 27 yrs · Forward · USA 9.4 PPG Jeremy Morgan 1995 · 31 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA 9.4 PPG Vladimir Brodziansky 1994 · 32 yrs · Power Forward · Slovakia 9.3 PPG Jakub Niziol 1996 · 30 yrs · Small Forward · Poland 9.2 PPG Alexis Jones 1994 · 32 yrs · Point Guard · USA TR Tomeu Rigo 1997 · 29 yrs · Shooting Guard · Spain Chucky Jeffery 1991 · 35 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA
1980s · 5
Marcus Ginyard 1987 · 39 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA 10.8 PPG Keyon Dooling 1980 · 46 yrs · Guard · USA 7.2 PPG Sasha Kaun 1985 · 41 yrs · Center · Russia 6.6 PPG Garrett Temple 1986 · 40 yrs · Guard-Forward · USA 6.0 PPG PK Panagiotis Kafkis 1980 · 46 yrs · Point Guard · Greece
1970s · 5
Speedy Claxton 1978 · 48 yrs · Guard · USA 9.6 PPG SM Stipe Modric 1979 · 47 yrs · Power Forward · Slovenia 7.5 PPG Theodoros Papaloukas 1977 · 49 yrs · Greece 5.9 PPG Pepe Sanchez 1977 · 49 yrs · Guard · Argentina VS Vladimir Stepania 1976 · 50 yrs · Center · Georgia
1950s · 1
Mike D'Antoni 1951 · 75 yrs · Guard · USA
1940s · 1
DH Dennis Hamilton 1944 · 82 yrs · Power Forward · USA

Games on May 8

40 games
2020s · 28
2010s · 12