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December 8

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

26 players born 40 games on record

Born on December 8

26 players
2000s · 1
Josh Christopher 2001 · 24 yrs · Guard · USA 11.0 PPG
1990s · 7
MS Milorad Sutulovic 1990 · 35 yrs · Shooting Guard · Montenegro 10.8 PPG William Christmas 1996 · 29 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA 9.9 PPG Sam Hauser 1997 · 28 yrs · Forward · USA 8.3 PPG HC Harrison Cleary 1997 · 28 yrs · Point Guard · Lithuania 7.8 PPG Gabriel Chachashvili 1999 · 26 yrs · Center · Israel 6.2 PPG Shenise Johnson 1990 · 35 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA 5.1 PPG GP Gleb Plotnikov 1991 · 34 yrs · Russia
1980s · 10
Dwight Howard 1985 · 40 yrs · Center-Forward · USA 15.6 PPG Rasko Katic 1980 · 45 yrs · Center · Serbia 12.3 PPG Andrew Nicholson 1989 · 36 yrs · Forward · Canada 11.7 PPG Christian Drejer 1982 · 43 yrs · Small Forward · Denmark 10.1 PPG Matthew Otten 1981 · 44 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA 9.5 PPG Oleksiy Pecherov 1985 · 40 yrs · Forward-Center · Ukraine 7.1 PPG Jermaine Taylor 1986 · 39 yrs · Guard · USA 6.9 PPG FK Fanis Koumpouras 1983 · 42 yrs · Point Guard · Greece Sugar Rodgers 1989 · 36 yrs · Shooting Guard · USA Will Conroy 1982 · 43 yrs · Point Guard · USA
1970s · 1
Chris Ensminger 1973 · 52 yrs · Center · USA 10.8 PPG
1960s · 2
AH Alvin Heggs 1967 · 58 yrs · Forward · USA SH Skeeter Henry 1967 · 58 yrs · Small Forward · USA
1950s · 2
EL Ed Lawrence 1952 · 73 yrs · Center · USA LH Lindsay Hairston 1951 · 74 yrs · Power Forward · USA
1940s · 2
Bob Love 1942 · 83 yrs · Forward · USA 17.7 PPG Ken Durrett 1948 · 77 yrs · Forward · USA
1930s · 1
Johnny Green 1933 · 92 yrs · Forward · USA 11.0 PPG

Games on December 8

40 games
2020s · 40