Plummer Lott

Plummer Lott

Personal information
Born	(1945-12-11) December 11, 1945 (age 79)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Jim Hill (Jackson, Mississippi)
College	Seattle (1964–1967)
NBA draft	1967: 5th round, 54th overall pick
Drafted by	Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career	1967–1969
Position	Small forward
Number	43
Career history
1967–1969	Seattle SuperSonics
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Plummer E. Lott (born (1945-12-11)December 11, 1945) is a retired American professional basketball player and a New York Supreme Court justice.

Born in Mississippi, ^[1] Lott was a 6-foot-5-inch (1.96 m) and 210-pound (95 kg) small forward whose brief NBA career lasted with the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 1969. The former Seattle University star was selected by the expansion SuperSonics in the fifth round of the 1967 NBA draft. ^[2]

Judicial career

Following his NBA career, Lott attended the University of Washington School of Law, graduating in 1974. After several years working as an attorney in New York City, Lott was appointed in 1991 as a judge of the New York City Criminal Court. In 1995, he was elected to the New York State Supreme Court. From 1996 to early 2009, Lott served in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, presiding primarily over felony cases. One case which he presided over involved David Hampton, a con man who posed as film legend Sidney Poitier's son — a case that inspired the play Six Degrees of Separation , and a 1994 film adaptation of the same name. ^[1]

In March 2009, New York Governor David Paterson appointed Lott as a justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Second Department, based in Brooklyn. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

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

NBA

Source ^[5]

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
1967–68	Seattle	44	10.9	.311	.613	2.1	.8	2.5
1968–69	Seattle	23	7.0	.258	.400	1.3	.3	1.6
Career		67	9.5	.294	.583	1.8	.6	2.2

Notes

1. Judge in cop-slay case got court skills in NBA
2. Andrieson, David (October 13, 2007), "Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
3. Hon. Plummer E. Lott - a Brooklyn, New York (NY) Lawyer
4. "Governor Paterson Announces Appellate Division Appointments" (press release, March 5, 2009).
5. "Plummer Lott NBA stats". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2024.

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com