Lee Mayberry

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Lee Mayberry
Personal information
Born (1970-06-12) June 12, 1970 (age 54)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school Will Rogers (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
College Arkansas (1988–1992)
NBA draft 1992: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career1992–1999
Position Point guard
Number11
Career history
1992–1996 Milwaukee Bucks
1996–1999 Vancouver Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 2,546 (5.1 ppg)
Rebounds 642 (1.3 rpg)
Assists 1,767 (3.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Argentina National team
Goodwill Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Seattle National team

Orva Lee Mayberry Jr. (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Vancouver Grizzlies. [1] He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

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Early career

Mayberry played high school basketball at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, where he led them to a state championship in 1988.

Mayberry played collegiately at the University of Arkansas and scored 1,940 points for the Razorbacks. Mayberry was a teammate of Todd Day and Oliver Miller, who also had lengthy NBA careers, and helped lead Arkansas to the 1990 Final Four in Denver, Colorado, where they lost in the national semifinals to Duke.

Professional career

Mayberry was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1992 NBA draft, where Arkansas teammate Todd Day would also be drafted. [2] Mayberry played from 1992 to 1996 for the Bucks, where he played in 328 consecutive games, never missing a regular season game. On November 19, 1994, Mayberry scored a career-high 22 points in a loss against the Seattle SuperSonics. [3]

During the 1996 offseason, Mayberry signed with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Three seasons later he was traded to the Orlando Magic in a three-way trade, and was subsequently released. [4]

Mayberry's teams had a record of 139–357 in games in which he played, giving him a career winning percentage of .280. As of January 2022, Mayberry has the lowest career winning percentage of any player who appeared in 400 or more games. [5]

Mayberry also played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal. [6]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
 * Led the league

NBA

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1992–93 Milwaukee 82418.3.456.391.5741.43.30.70.15.2
1993–94 Milwaukee 82*618.0.415.345.6901.22.60.60.05.3
1994–95 Milwaukee 82*5021.3.422.407.6991.03.40.60.05.8
1995–96 Milwaukee 822020.8.420.397.6031.13.70.80.15.1
1996–97 Vancouver 803824.4.403.376.6301.74.10.80.15.1
1997–98 Vancouver 793223.2.375.350.7451.44.40.80.14.6
1998–99 Vancouver 9014.0.368.200.8000.32.60.80.02.2
Career49615020.8.415.377.6591.33.60.70.15.1

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1988–89 Arkansas 32-31.3.500.446.7363.24.21.60.112.9
1989–90 Arkansas 35-32.3.507.504.7922.95.21.90.214.5
1990–91 Arkansas 38-32.0.484.383.6343.45.52.60.113.2
1991–92 Arkansas 34-34.3.492.389.7442.35.92.20.415.2
Career139-32.5.495.424.7242.95.22.10.214.0

Post-NBA

In 2012, Mayberry was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. [7] In an interview posted on January 10, 2012, Mayberry reviewed his playing days with the Razorbacks.

An article also disclosed that Mayberry was currently "...living in Tulsa, scouting for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA". [8]

In 2014, Mayberry was hired by the University of Arkansas as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team, for head coach Mike Anderson, who was an assistant coach during Mayberry's playing days at Arkansas. After the 2017 season, Mayberry left the University of Arkansas, and accepted an assistant head coaching position at Watson Chapel High School, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mayberry was appointed as assistant coach for Oral Roberts University's women's basketball team in 2018. Mayberry now coaches the boys basketball team at Cascia Hall Highschool in Tulsa. [9]

Personal life

Mayberry's wife, Marla, is Senior Pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Tulsa. He has four daughters who have played collegiate basketball. Wyvette played basketball for Tulsa University before transferring to Kansas for her junior and senior years. [10] Taleya played for Tulsa University and later played professionally in China, Germany, Bulgaria and Iceland; [11] she is now an assistant coach at Tulsa. [12] Kaylan played point guard and was team captain at Oral Roberts and Maya played at Oral Roberts and at Tulsa, where she is now Director of Player Development. A younger daughter plays high school basketball for Booker T. Washington.

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References

  1. ↑ "VHS tape provided education on Hogs". Arkansas Online. August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mayberry Is Signed By Bucks". Tulsaworld.com. October 10, 1992. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Seattle SuperSonics at Milwaukee Bucks Box Score, November 19, 1994". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Lee Mayberry Statsm". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ Cova, Ernesto (January 4, 2022). "The 10 Players With The Worst Winning Percentage In NBA History". Fadeaway World. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  6. ↑ "1990 USA Basketball". Archived from the original on June 7, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
  8. ↑ "January 10, 2012: Lee Mayberry : Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  9. ↑ TJ Eckert (July 4, 2018). "ORU Women's Basketball Hires a Local Legend". Ktul.com.
  10. ↑ https://kuathletics.com/kansas-womens-basketball-signs-wyvette-mayberry/ [ bare URL ]
  11. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (January 2, 2015). "Dóttir fyrrum NBA-leikmanns spilar með kvennaliði Vals". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Taleya Mayberry - Women's Basketball Coach".
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