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Lamond Murray
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Murray in Afghanistan in 2013
Personal information
Born (1973-04-20) April 20, 1973 (age 51)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
High school John F. Kennedy
(Fremont, California)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College California (1991–1994)
NBA Draft 1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers
Pro career 1994–2012
Career history
1994–1999 Los Angeles Clippers
1999–2002 Cleveland Cavaliers
2002–2005 Toronto Raptors
2005–2006 New Jersey Nets
2007 Guangdong Southern Tigers
2007 Long Beach Breakers
2008 Guangdong Southern Tigers
2008 Los Angeles Lightning
2008–2009 Guangdong Southern Tigers
2009 Los Angeles Lightning
2009–2010 Al-Muharraq
2010 Los Angeles Lightning
2010–2011 Al-Muharraq
2011–2012 Los Angeles Slam
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus second-team All-American (1994)
  • 2× first-team All-Pac-10 (1993, 1994)

Lamond Maurice Murray Sr. (born April 20, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player.

Murray was selected seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1994 NBA draft after a college career at the University of California at Berkeley, during which he teamed with Jason Kidd. He has played for the Clippers, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Toronto Raptors, and the New Jersey Nets throughout his 12-year, 736-game NBA career, averaging 11.3 points per game. After one season with the Nets, he re-signed with the Clippers in October 2006 and was released several days later.

In 2002, after being traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Toronto Raptors, he tore a lisfranc ligament in his right foot during a pre-season game and subsequently missed the entire 2002–03 NBA season.

In 2009, Lamond Murray joined the Bahrain Basketball Association in Bahrain. He played for Al-Muharraq Sports Club. He was inducted into the Pac-12 Basketball Hall of Honor during the 2012 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, March 10, 2012.

He is a first cousin of former NBA forward Tracy Murray.

Born in Pasadena, California, Murray graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (Fremont, California).

He is the father of professional basketball player Lamond Murray Jr.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1994–95 L.A. Clippers 81 61 31.6 .402 .298 .754 4.4 1.6 .9 .7 14.1
1995–96 L.A. Clippers 77 32 23.6 .447 .319 .750 3.2 1.1 .8 .3 8.4
1996–97 L.A. Clippers 74 1 17.5 .416 .341 .739 3.1 .8 .7 .4 7.4
1997–98 L.A. Clippers 79 65 32.6 .481 .353 .748 6.1 1.8 1.5 .7 15.4
1998–99 L.A. Clippers 50* 13 26.3 .391 .330 .803 3.9 1.2 1.2 .4 12.2
1999–00 Cleveland 74 72 32.0 .451 .367 .761 5.7 1.8 1.4 .5 15.9
2000–01 Cleveland 78 46 28.5 .423 .370 .735 4.4 1.6 1.1 .3 12.8
2001–02 Cleveland 71 68 32.5 .436 .424 .817 5.2 2.2 1.0 .6 16.6
2003–04 Toronto 33 4 15.8 .353 .350 .686 2.7 .8 .5 .2 6.0
2004–05 Toronto 62 1 14.8 .426 .438 .763 2.6 .8 .5 .3 6.0
2005–06 New Jersey 57 1 10.1 .398 .346 .625 2.3 .2 .3 .1 3.4
Career 736 364 25.1 .430 .360 .759 4.1 1.3 .9 .4 11.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997 L.A. Clippers 3 0 21.7 .300 .250 1.000 3.7 1.0 .7 1.0 7.0
2006 New Jersey 11 0 17.9 .389 .353 .818 3.5 .2 .3 .0 5.7
Career 14 0 18.7 .365 .333 .889 3.5 .4 .4 .2 6.0

See also

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