Metta World Peace is one of 19 current and former NBA players born on November 13.
With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues.
Below are the most notable NBA players born on November 13.
Metta World Peace/Ron Artest (1979): Metta World Peace was known as one of the fiercest competitors in his time in the NBA, establishing himself as one of the greatest defenders of this century. It started when he was taken 16th overall in the 1999 NBA Draft, spending his first three years with the Chicago Bulls. He was traded to Indiana in 2001 and finished top 5 in Defensive Player of the Year voting in three of his five seasons with the Pacers. He also won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2003 while making his one and only All-Star appearance that year. After that, he spent time with the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers, winning a ring with the Lakers in 2010. The defensive stud averaged 13.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.7 steals throughout his 17-year career and retired in 2017.
Jack George (1928): The Philadelphia Warriors selected George in the 13th round of the 1953 NBA Draft. He spent his first six seasons with the Warriors, making two All-Star appearances during that stretch. He closed out his career by playing three seasons with the New York Knicks, retiring in 1961. In his time with the Warriors, George averaged 10.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. He also won a championship with them in 1956.
Want to see every NBA player born on November 13? Here is the rest of the list in chronological order:
- Don Putman (November 13, 1922)
- George Ratkovicz (November 13, 1922)
- Willie Worsley (November 13, 1945)
- Luther Green (November 13, 1946)
- Mark Sibley (November 13, 1950)
- Sam Cash (November 13, 1950)
- Lorenzo Romar (November 13, 1958)
- Hank McDowell (November 13, 1959)
- Blair Rasmussen (November 13, 1962)
- Kevin Gamble (November 13, 1965)
- Rumeal Robinson (November 13, 1966)
- Stanley Brundy (November 13, 1967)
- Steve Hamer (November 13, 1973)
- Shabazz Muhammad (November 13, 1992)
- Trayvon Palmer (November 13, 1994)
- Jermaine Samuels (November 13, 1998)
- Andre Jackson Jr. (November 13, 2001)
