lorenzen wright

Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright (November 4, 1975 - c. July 28, 2010) was an American able basketball player. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and aloft abreast Oxford, MS, Wright played all levels of basketball in Memphis - top school, bookish and professional. Wright was called a Third Team All- America by the Associated Press as a green at the University of Memphis.

After getting called seventh all-embracing by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1996 NBA Draft out of the University of Memphis, Wright confused on to the Atlanta Hawks in 1999. He was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, but alternate to the Hawks in 2006. On February 16, 2008, he was complex in a multi-player trade, traveling from Atlanta to Sacramento for Mike Bibby.[1]

He captivated career averages of 8.0 credibility and 6.4 rebounds per game.

Personal life

Wright founded the Sierra Simone Wright Scholarship Fund afterwards the afterlife of his baby babe in March 2003. During the summer of 2003, he alternate to the University of Memphis to
finish his degree. His ancestor Herb was a able basketball amateur who competed in Finland.

During his aboriginal assignment in Atlanta, Wright and three added Memphis-native NBA players (Todd Day, Penny Hardaway and Elliot Perry) provided banking abetment to Travis Butler, a Memphis orphan whose adverse adventure garnered civic attention. [2]

Wright was a affiliate of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated; accomplished Spring 1996 to the Kappa Beta Chapter (The 12 Disciples of the Diamond).

Disappearance and death

Wright was endure apparent animate on July 18, 2010 and was appear missing on July 22, 2010.[3][4] He was begin asleep July 28, 2010 in a abounding breadth in southeast Memphis. It
appears, sources say, he had been attempt assorted times.



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