James Lee (basketball)

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James Lee
Personal information
Born	(1956-01-17) January 17, 1956 (age 68) Lexington, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Henry Clay (Lexington, Kentucky)
College	Kentucky (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978: 2nd round, 39th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Position	Small forward
Career history
1978–1979	Tucson Gunners
1980–1981	Lehigh Valley Jets
1981–1982	Maine Lumberjacks
1982–1983	Lancaster Lightning
1983–1984	Louisville Catbirds

Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (1978)

Stats at Basketball Reference

James Lee (born January 17, 1956) is a retired American basketball player. He won an NCAA championship at the University of Kentucky and was a second-round draft pick in the 1978 NBA draft.

Lee, a 6'5" swingman from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky, played college basketball for his hometown Kentucky Wildcats. He was a key player for four years and averaged 11.3 points per game on 56% shooting as the sixth man on the Wildcats' 1978 national championship team.^[1]

Coming off a championship year, Lee was drafted in the second round of the 1978 NBA Draft (39th pick overall) by the Seattle SuperSonics, but never played in the NBA. Lee played for the Western Basketball Association's Tucson Gunners for one season, then played several years in the Continental Basketball Association. His best year came during the 1980–81 CBA season where Lee averaged 22.3 points per game for the Lehigh Valley Jets.^[2]

References

^ James Lee - The Draft Review, accessed September 4, 2011
^ 1983–84 Continental Basketball Association official guide, pg. 125

v t e Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball 1977–78 NCAA champions
4 Kyle Macy 20 Dwane Casey 21 Jack Givens MOP 22 Truman Claytor 32 James Lee 50 Chuck Aleksinas 53 Rick Robey 55 Mike Phillips Head coach Joe B. Hall Assistant coaches Leonard Hamilton Dick Parsons

v t e 1978 NBA draft
First round	Mychal Thompson Phil Ford Rick Robey Micheal Ray Richardson Purvis Short Larry Bird Ron Brewer Freeman Williams Reggie Theus Butch Lee James Hardy George Johnson Winford Boynes Roger Phegley Mike Mitchell Jack Givens Rod Griffin Dave Corzine Marty Byrnes Frankie Sanders Mike Evans Raymond Townsend
Second round	Terry Tyler Keith Herron Rick Wilson Ron Carter Wayne Radford Buster Matheney John Long Jeff Judkins Marvin Johnson John Rudd Harry Davis Greg Bunch Tommie Green Maurice Cheeks Terry Sykes Lew Massey James Lee Wayne Cooper Jerome Whitehead Keven McDonald Glenn Hagan Clemon Johnson

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