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 March 27.

Danny Fortson (1976)

A solid player with a great nickname, the “Big Daddy from Cincinnati” is a great player to highlight for today’s birthdays. This big man was the 10th overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. A draft day trade sent him to the Denver Nuggets, with Fortson playing his first two years in the Mile High City. He joined the Boston Celtics in 1999, but he had a career year when he was traded to the Golden State Warriors the following year.

Fortson averaged 16.7 points and 16.3 rebound

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