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Lorenzen Wright

1975 - 2010

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Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright (November 4, 1975 – July 19, 2010) was an American professional basketball player for thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted seventh overall in the 1996 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers and also played for the Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers. Wright went missing on July 18, 2010, and was found shot to death ten days later. In December 2017, his ex-wife Sherra Wright-Robinson was charged with facilitating his murder; a year and a half later, she pleaded guilty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Lorenzen Wright is the 1,129th most popular basketball player (down from 988th in 2024), the 18,519th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,350th in 2019) and the 605th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Lorenzen Wright ranks 1,129 out of 1,757Before him are Isabelle Yacoubou, Jay Triano, Paolo Banchero, Zeke Nnaji, Dimos Dikoudis, and Sonja Vasić. After him are Nikita Kurbanov, Stacey Augmon, Luke Walton, Demond Greene, Chuck Eidson, and Jerian Grant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Lorenzen Wright ranks 1,129Before him are Coby Bell, Faustino Reyes, Johan Rodríguez, Frank Ostholt, Trine Bakke, and Stefan Ulm. After him are Roxana Maracineanu, Pius Ndiefi, John Hartson, Steve Harper, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Sandra Kiriasis. Among people deceased in 2010, Lorenzen Wright ranks 511Before him are Natalia Lavrova, Mark Linkous, Oleg Velyky, Elizabeth Edwards, Andrew Koenig, and Derlis Florentín. After him are Death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed, Besian Idrizaj, George Hickenlooper, Chris Kanyon, Lance Cade, and Viveka Babajee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lorenzen Wright ranks 18,527 out of 20,380Before him are Coby Bell (1975), Lisa Blunt Rochester (1962), Kelsi Dahlia (1994), Chloe Cherry (1997), Carol Feeney (1964), and Colin Woodell (1991). After him are Erik Shoji (1989), CariDee English (1984), Ellen Muth (1981), Mika Boorem (1987), Ardo Hansson (1958), and Kenny Wormald (1984).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Lorenzen Wright ranks 605Before him are Joe Kleine (1962), Harry Giles III (1998), Yolanda Griffith (1970), Andrew Bynum (1987), Paolo Banchero (2002), and Zeke Nnaji (2001). After him are Stacey Augmon (1968), Luke Walton (1980), Demond Greene (1979), Chuck Eidson (1980), Jerian Grant (1992), and Theo Ratliff (1973).