George Lee (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Highland Park, Michigan, U.S. | November 23, 1936
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Highland Park (Highland Park, Michigan) |
College | Michigan (1956–1959) |
NBA draft | 1959: 4th round, 24th overall pick |
Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
Playing career | 1960–1968 |
Position | Small forward / shooting guard |
Number | 12, 9 |
Coaching career | 1968–1970 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1960–1962 | Detroit Pistons |
1962–1968 | San Francisco Warriors |
As coach: | |
1968–1970 | San Francisco Warriors |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 2,229 (7.5 ppg) |
Rebounds | 1,235 (4.2 rpg) |
Assists | 258 (0.9 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
George C. Lee (born November 23, 1936) is a retired American basketball player and coach. A 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward/guard from the University of Michigan, Lee was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA draft. He had a seven-year career in the NBA, playing two seasons with the Pistons and five with the San Francisco Warriors.
He retired from playing in 1968, and coached the Warriors for the next two seasons, before being replaced by Al Attles in 1970.
Career playing statistics
[edit]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 |
NBA
[edit]Source[1]
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1960–61 | Detroit | 74 | 23.4 | .399 | .701 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 12.1 |
1961–62 | Detroit | 75 | 18.0 | .358 | .761 | 4.7 | .9 | 7.6 |
1962–63 | San Francisco | 64 | 18.6 | .378 | .788 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
1963–64 | San Francisco | 54 | 9.7 | .379 | .662 | 1.8 | .5 | 3.2 |
1964–65 | San Francisco | 19 | 13.0 | .351 | .731 | 2.9 | .6 | 4.8 |
1966–67 | San Francisco | 1 | 5.0 | .750 | .857 | .0 | .0 | 12.0 |
1967–68 | San Francisco | 10 | 10.6 | .229 | .708 | 2.7 | .4 | 3.3 |
Career | 297 | 17.4 | .379 | .734 | 4.2 | .9 | 7.5 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1961 | Detroit | 5 | 27.0 | .414 | .741 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 15.6 |
1962 | Detroit | 6 | 8.3 | .500 | .857 | 1.3 | .2 | 4.3 |
1964 | San Francisco | 10 | 6.7 | .450 | .600 | 1.6 | .4 | 3.0 |
Career | 21 | 12.0 | .436 | .704 | 2.8 | .9 | 6.4 |
Head coaching record
[edit]Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
NBA
[edit]Source[2]
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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San Francisco | 1968–69 | 82 | 41 | 41 | .500 | 3rd in Western | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Lost in Division semifinals |
San Francisco | 1969–70 | 52 | 22 | 30 | .423 | (fired) | — | — | — | — | Missed Playoffs |
Career | 134 | 63 | 71 | .470 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "George Lee NBA playing stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ "George Lee NBA coaching stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
External links
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