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Alfred "Butch" Lee (born December 5, 1956 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is the first Puerto Rican national to play in the NBA (National Basketball Association). December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ...
The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...
NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ...
Lee, born in the area of Santurce in San Juan is the son of an American couple. Lee's family moved to the Bronx, when he was a young child. He went on to study at the De Witt Clinton High School there. San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ...
The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ...
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Lee showed talent for basketball since an early age, and he impressed many college scouts with his game style. He accepted an offer to play for Marquette, starring there from 1974 to 1978. In 1974 Lee asked his coach to allowed him to play for the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team. However, his coach had sent someone else and Lee went to Puerto Rico where he qualified for The Puerto Rican National Basketball Team. When Puerto Rico played against the U.S. in the Olympics, Lee made 15 out of 18 field goals and scored 35 points. The U.S. avoided an upste by beating Puerto Rico by one point 95-94. A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ...
Marquette University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. ...
1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
The Puerto Rican National Basketball Team (or Puerto Rican National Basketball Selection) is a team that is selected by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation to compete in major international events in representation of Puerto Rico. ...
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Lee then went on to become the first Puerto Rican-born player to play in the NBA, when he was chosen in the first round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...
The National Basketball Association Draft is an annual event in which the Associations thirty teams can select young players who wish to join the league. ...
The Atlanta Hawks are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
After scoring 7.7 points per game during 49 games with the Hawks, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he enjoyed what was perhaps his best games in the NBA, scoring 11.5 points per game in the remaining 33 games of the season. He ended up scoring an average of 9.6 points per game in his first season as an NBA player, with his numbers as a Hawk and a Cavalier combined. The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ...
After three games with the Cavs in the 1979-1980 season, Lee suffered an injury that would prove to be too big of an obstacle for him to overcome as far as his basketball career was concerned. He only scored 1.3 points per game on those three games. After the season was over, he would be traded once again, to the Los Angeles Lakers, where, he played alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, among others, for eleven games, before his injury recurred, forcing him to retire. He did, however, get an NBA championship ring, as the Lakers went on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers in that season's NBA finals. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ...
Magic Johnson Earvin Magic Johnson, Jr. ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947 in New York City, New York) was a successful high school, collegiate, and professional basketball player. ...
The Philadelphia 76ers are a National Basketball Association team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also known as the Sixers for short. ...
Lee scored 773 points in the NBA, for a total of 8.1 points per game, with 137 rebounds (1.4 per game) and 307 assists (3.2 per game).
Lee, who is fluent in Spanish, returned to Puerto Rico after his experience as an NBA basketball player was over. There, he became a well known and respected head coach with multiple BSN teams. The National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico —or Liga Baloncesto Superior Nacional De Puerto Rico (BSN) in Spanish— was established in 1933 and has produced a handful of Puerto Ricos larger towns. ...
As of 2004, he is still coaching basketball at Puerto Rico's professional basketball league. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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