Lee Mayberry
Orva Lee Mayberry Jr. (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)[1]
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| Born | June 12, 1970 Tulsa, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 172 lb (78 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Will Rogers (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | |||||||||||||||||||
| College | Arkansas (1988–1992) | |||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23rd overall | |||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1992–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1996 | Milwaukee Bucks | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Vancouver Grizzlies | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Points | 2,546 (5.1 ppg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 642 (1.3 rpg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 1,767 (3.6 apg) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early career
Mayberry played high school basketball at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, where he led them to a state championship in 1988.
Mayberry played collegiately at the University of Arkansas and scored 1,940 points for the Razorbacks. Mayberry was a teammate of Todd Day and Oliver Miller, who also had lengthy NBA careers, and helped lead Arkansas to the 1990 Final Four in Denver, Colorado, where they lost in the national semifinals to Duke.
Professional career
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft, Mayberry played from 1992–1999 for the Bucks and Vancouver Grizzlies, averaging 5.1 points per game. For the first four years of his career, he played in 328 consecutive games, never missing a regular season game.
Mayberry also played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[2]
Post NBA
In 2012 Mayberry was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.[3] In an interview posted on January 10, 2012 Mayberry reviewed his playing days with the Razorbacks.
The article also disclosed that Mayberry was currently "...living in Tulsa, scouting for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA"
In 2014, Mayberry was hired by the University of Arkansas as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team, for head coach Mike Anderson, who was an assistant coach during Mayberry's playing days at Arkansas. After the 2017 season, Mayberry left the University of Arkansas, and accepted an assistant head coaching position at Watson Chapel High School, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Personal life
Mayberry's daughter, Taleya Mayberry, played college basketball for Tulsa University and professionally in Europe.[4]
References
- "VHS tape provided education on Hogs". Arkansas Online. August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- 1990 USA Basketball Archived June 7, 2002, at the Wayback Machine
- Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
- Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (January 2, 2015). "Dóttir fyrrum NBA-leikmanns spilar með kvennaliði Vals". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 28, 2017.