On This Date: August 5

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• Sunday, August 5, 2001

  2-time NBA All-Star Anthony Edwards was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

• Sunday, August 5, 1962

  11-time NBA All-Star Patrick Ewing was born in Kingston, Jamaica.

  1-time NBA All-Star Otis Thorpe was born in Boynton Beach, Florida.

• Tuesday, August 5, 1958

  Clyde Lovellette was traded from the Cincinnati Royals to the St. Louis Hawks.