1. Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright was an American professional basketball player for thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association.
18 Facts About Lorenzen Wright
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Lorenzen Wright was drafted seventh overall in the 1996 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers and played for the Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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In December 2017, his ex-wife Sherra Lorenzen Wright-Robinson was charged with facilitating his murder; a year and a half later, she pleaded guilty.
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Lorenzen Wright's father, Herb, was a professional basketball player who competed in Finland, and once had a tryout with the Utah Jazz.
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When Lorenzen Wright was seven years old, Herb was working for the Memphis Police Department when he was paralyzed by a gunshot to the back.
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Lorenzen Wright was recognized as a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press as a sophomore at the University of Memphis.
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Lorenzen Wright was selected seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1996 NBA draft out of the University of Memphis.
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Lorenzen Wright was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on June 27,2001.
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Lorenzen Wright held career averages of 8.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, playing in 778 NBA games over 13 seasons.
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Lorenzen Wright founded the Sierra Simone Lorenzen Wright Scholarship Fund after the death of his infant daughter in March 2003.
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In 2003, Lorenzen Wright returned to the University of Memphis to finish his degree.
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On July 18,2010, Lorenzen Wright left his ex-wife's home in Collierville, Tennessee.
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Lorenzen Wright's family filed a missing-persons report on July 22,2010.
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Lorenzen Wright's body was found 6 days later in a wooded area on Callis-Cutoff Road, just west of Hacks Cross Road.
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Lorenzen Wright's body is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.
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On November 9,2017, the gun believed to have been used to murder Lorenzen Wright was found in a lake in Walnut, Mississippi.
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In 2014, Lorenzen Wright-Robinson agreed to a confidential settlement of a dispute in circuit court over how she spent the $1 million of insurance money meant to benefit their six children.
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On July 25,2019, Wright-Robinson pleaded guilty to facilitation of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Lorenzen Wright and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.