Ronnie Lester was born on January 1,1959 and is a retired American basketball player and basketball executive.
38 Facts About Ronnie Lester
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Ronnie Lester was a member of the 1979 USA Basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1979 Pan-American Games.
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Ronnie Lester was the No 10 overall selection in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft.
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Ronnie Lester averaged ten points and ten assists per game in his junior campaign.
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Ronnie Lester ultimately chose Iowa after being recruited by Arizona, Creighton, Louisville, Nebraska and Texas-El Paso.
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Ronnie Lester made a recruiting visit to the University of Arizona "It was after the visit here and he had already made up his mind that is where he wanted to go to school," Olson recalled.
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Ronnie Lester started as a freshman and played a key role in Iowa's successes over his four seasons.
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At Iowa, Ronnie Lester would earn All-American honors in 1979, First Team All-Big Ten honors in 1978 and 1979, lead the Iowa Hawkeyes to a share of the 1979 Big Ten title and to the Final Four of the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
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Ronnie Lester averaged 10.7 points in the tournament, scoring 20 points against the Virgin Islands and 14 against Cuba.
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Ronnie Lester averaged 14.8 points and 4.2 assists on the season, in which his talents and subsequent injuries were on display.
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Ronnie Lester's knee improved and he returned for the end of the regular season, with Iowa having lost three of its previous four games.
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Ronnie Lester had eight points and nine assists, taking just seven shots, with his playmaking and distribution helping Iowa to shoot 31 of 51 for the game, along with making 19 of 20 free throws.
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When Olson was asked about Iowa's chances to win the NCAA Tournament had Ronnie Lester not been injured, "My feeling was yes, I feel we could have won," Olson said.
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Ronnie Lester could stop on a dime and shoot a jumper.
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Ronnie Lester was drafted in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Ronnie Lester was immediately traded to the Chicago Bulls, where he played four seasons.
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In 1985 and 1986 Ronnie Lester was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, winning an NBA championship in the first of those two seasons.
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On June 10,1980, Ronnie Lester was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1980 NBA draft.
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Ronnie Lester returned at the end of the regular season, and played in eight games overall.
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Ronnie Lester averaged 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists in the Celtics series.
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Ronnie Lester played in 65 games, averaging 8.1 points, 5.1 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 22.1 minutes.
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On November 16,1984, Ronnie Lester was waived by the Chicago Bulls.
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On November 28,1984, Ronnie Lester signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Ronnie Lester would spend the next 24 seasons with the Lakers organization in various capacities, being a part of seven NBA Championships: one as a player, three as a scout, and three as assistant general manager.
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Ronnie Lester played in 27 games, averaging 2.5 points, 2.0 assists in 8.2 minutes.
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Ronnie Lester was waived by the Super Sonics on October 25,1986.
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Ronnie Lester was the Lakers' assistant general manager from 2001 to 2011 under general manager Mitch Kupchak, a span in which they won four NBA championships.
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Ronnie Lester previously served as a scout for the Lakers from 1987 to 2001.
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Ronnie Lester was a scout and "master evaluator" for the Phoenix Suns from 2011 to 2015.
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Ronnie Lester purchased a condominium for his mother when he first signed with the Chicago Bulls.
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In 2009, Ronnie Lester donated $100,000 to the University of Iowa Foundation.
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Ronnie Lester requested that the training room in Carver-Hawkeye Arena be named after longtime Iowa athletic trainer John Streif.
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Ronnie Lester has worked tirelessly to support me and numerous other athletes for over four decades now.
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Ronnie Lester was friendly not only with me, the trainer, but with the student managers.
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Streif noted that Ronnie Lester was responsible for one of the most emotional experiences of his life.
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Ronnie Lester found a condominium and, out of the blue, called me.
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In 2017, Ronnie Lester was named one of the "100 Best Illinois High School Basketball Players Ever" by the Chicago Tribune.
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In 2005, Ronnie Lester flew to Chicago and drove Arnold to a 25-year reunion event in Iowa City.