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Keith Lee

Keith DeWayne Lee

Position: Forward-Center
Height: 6-10    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: December 28, 1962 in West Memphis, Arkansas
High School: West Memphis in West Memphis, Arkansas
College: University of Memphis

Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall) of the 1985 NBA draft.

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 23 CLE NBA 58 38 1197 177 380 .466 2 9 .222 75 96 .781 116 235 351 67 29 37 78 204 431
1986-87 24 CLE NBA 67 1 870 170 374 .455 0 1 .000 72 101 .713 93 158 251 69 25 40 85 147 412
1988-89 26 NJN NBA 57 4 840 109 258 .422 0 2 .000 53 71 .746 73 186 259 42 20 33 53 138 271
Career NBA 182 43 2907 456 1012 .451 2 12 .167 200 268 .746 282 579 861 178 74 110 216 489 1114

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 23 CLE NBA 58 38 20.6 3.1 6.6 .466 0.0 0.2 .222 1.3 1.7 .781 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 3.5 7.4
1986-87 24 CLE NBA 67 1 13.0 2.5 5.6 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.5 .713 1.4 2.4 3.7 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.3 2.2 6.1
1988-89 26 NJN NBA 57 4 14.7 1.9 4.5 .422 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .746 1.3 3.3 4.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.9 2.4 4.8
Career NBA 182 43 16.0 2.5 5.6 .451 0.0 0.1 .167 1.1 1.5 .746 1.5 3.2 4.7 1.0 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.7 6.1

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1985-86 23 CLE NBA 58 38 1197 5.3 11.4 .466 0.1 0.3 .222 2.3 2.9 .781 3.5 7.1 10.6 2.0 0.9 1.1 2.3 6.1 13.0
1986-87 24 CLE NBA 67 1 870 7.0 15.5 .455 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.2 .713 3.8 6.5 10.4 2.9 1.0 1.7 3.5 6.1 17.0
1988-89 26 NJN NBA 57 4 840 4.7 11.1 .422 0.0 0.1 .000 2.3 3.0 .746 3.1 8.0 11.1 1.8 0.9 1.4 2.3 5.9 11.6
Career NBA 182 43 2907 5.6 12.5 .451 0.0 0.1 .167 2.5 3.3 .746 3.5 7.2 10.7 2.2 0.9 1.4 2.7 6.1 13.8

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1985-86 23 CLE NBA 58 1197 12.0 .510 .468 10.7 21.7 16.2 7.7 1.1 1.8 15.6 17.1 102 106 0.5 1.4 1.9
1986-87 24 CLE NBA 67 870 13.8 .492 .455 11.6 19.5 15.6 12.2 1.4 2.6 16.9 23.2 98 104 -0.3 1.3 1.1
1988-89 26 NJN NBA 57 840 10.8 .468 .422 9.4 25.4 17.1 7.0 1.1 2.3 15.5 16.7 97 107 -0.2 1.0 0.8
Career NBA 182 2907 12.2 .493 .452 10.6 22.1 16.3 8.8 1.2 2.2 16.0 18.8 99 106 0.0 3.7 3.7

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1981-82 19 MEMPHIS 29 1041 199 370 134 178 320 68 28 102 112 93 532 .538 .753 35.9 18.3 11.0 2.3
1982-83 20 MEMPHIS 31 1109 220 438 141 172 336 60 30 96 90 93 581 .502 .820 35.8 18.7 10.8 1.9
1983-84 21 MEMPHIS 33 1139 245 453 117 151 357 70 27 76 75 107 607 .541 .775 34.5 18.4 10.8 2.1
1984-85 22 MEMPHIS 35 1141 266 536 156 200 323 52 23 46 91 123 688 .496 .780 32.6 19.7 9.2 1.5
Career 128 4430 930 1797 548 701 1336 250 108 320 368 416 2408 .518 .782 34.6 18.8 10.4 2.0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Honors

1981-82 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1982-83 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1983-84 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1984-85 NCAA AP All-America (1st)

Transactions

June 18, 1985: Traded by the Chicago Bulls with Ennis Whatley to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Charles Oakley and Calvin Duncan.

June 18, 1985: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1985 NBA Draft.

October 8, 1987: Traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers with John Bagley to the New Jersey Nets for James Bailey and Darryl Dawkins.

June 15, 1989: Drafted by the Orlando Magic from the New Jersey Nets in the NBA expansion draft.

Salaries

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Season Team Lg Salary
1985-86 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $271,666
1986-87 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA *$286,666
1987-88 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $301,666
1988-89 New Jersey Nets NBA $400,000
Career (may be incomplete) $1,259,998
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*).

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