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'{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Lorenzen Wright | birth_name = Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright | image = Lorenzen Wright (crop).jpg | caption = Wright in 2009 | league = | team = | number = 55, 42 | position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|Center]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 260 | nationality = [[Americans]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1975|11|4}} | birth_place = [[Oxford, Mississippi]] | death_date = July 19, 2010 (aged 34)<!-- Please do no add a specific date. His exact date of death is unknown. --> | death_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee]] | high_school = [[Booker T. Washington High School (Memphis, Tennessee)|Booker T. Washington]]<br/>(Memphis, Tennessee) | college = [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|Memphis]] (1994–1996) | draft_year = 1996 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 7 | draft_team = [[Los Angeles Clippers]] | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2009 | years1={{nbay|1996|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}} |team1=[[Los Angeles Clippers]] | years2={{nbay|1999|start}}–{{nbay|2000|end}} |team2=[[Atlanta Hawks]] | years3={{nbay|2001|start}}–{{nbay|2005|end}} |team3=[[Memphis Grizzlies]] | years4={{nbay|2006|start}}–{{nbay|2007|end}} |team4=Atlanta Hawks | years5={{nbay|2007|end}} |team5=[[Sacramento Kings]] | years6={{nbay|2008|full=y}} |team6=[[Cleveland Cavaliers]] | highlights = * Consensus second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1996 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1996]]) * First-team All-[[Conference USA]] (1996) | stats_league = NBA | stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]] | stat1value = 6,191 (7.9 ppg) | stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]] | stat2value = 4,943 (6.3 rpg) | stat3label = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]] | stat3value = 622 (0.8 apg) | bbr = wrighlo02 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Fukuoka]] | [[United States national basketball team|Team competition]]}} }} '''Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright''' (November 4, 1975 – July 19, 2010<!-- Please do no add a specific date. His exact date of death is unknown. --><ref>[http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story/New-Details-In-The-Lorenzen-Wright-Mystery/CZ4wCm7ojEqkIEWQbJar9g.cspx?rss=59 "New Details In The Lorenzen Wright Mystery" ABC 24 Eyewitness News, Memphis] July 28, 2010</ref>) was an American professional [[basketball]] player who played thirteen seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]]. He was drafted 7th 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 his body was found several days later, having been shot to death. In December 2017, seven years after his death, Wright's ex-wife Sherra Wright-Robinson was charged with his murder. ==Early life and college== Raised in [[Oxford, Mississippi]], Wright played all levels of basketball in Memphis – high school, collegiate and professional. His father, Herb, was a professional basketball player who competed in [[Finland]] and once had a tryout with the [[Utah Jazz]]. When Wright was seven years old, Herb was working for the [[Memphis Police Department]] when he was paralyzed by a gunshot to the back.<ref name="wertheim">{{cite news|last1=Wertheim|first1=Jon|title=Who killed Lorenzen Wright? Murder still a mystery|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2015/10/19/lorenzen-wright-murder-mystery-memphis-grizzlies|accessdate=6 December 2017|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=October 18, 2015|language=en}}</ref> Wright was recognized as a Third Team All-America by the Associated Press as a sophomore at the [[University of Memphis]]. Wright is a member of [[Kappa Alpha Psi]] [[fraternity]]. ==Professional career== After being selected seventh overall by the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] in the [[1996 NBA Draft]] out of the [[University of Memphis]], Wright moved on to the Atlanta Hawks in 1999. He was traded to the [[Memphis Grizzlies]] in 2001, but returned to the Hawks in 2006. On February 16, 2008, he was involved in a multi-player trade, going from Atlanta to Sacramento for [[Mike Bibby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3249180|title=Kings trading Bibby to Hawks for 4 players|date=February 16, 2008|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> He held career averages of 8.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, playing in 778 (793 including [[NBA Playoffs|playoffs]]) NBA games over 13 seasons. ==Personal life== Wright founded the Sierra Simone Wright Scholarship Fund after the death of his infant daughter in March 2003. Wright was survived by his parents and six children. During the summer of 2003, he returned to the University of Memphis to finish his degree. During his first stint in Atlanta, Wright and three other Memphis-native NBA players ([[Todd Day]], [[Penny Hardaway]] and [[Elliot Perry]]) provided financial assistance to Travis Butler, a Memphis orphan whose tragic story garnered national attention.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_/ai_59164777 |title=NBA Players Donate $10,000 To Memphis Boy Who Lived With Mother's Corpse|publisher=Findarticles.com |date= |accessdate=July 28, 2010 | year=2000}}</ref> ==Disappearance and death== According to his ex-wife, Wright left his home in [[Collierville, Tennessee]], on the night of July 18, 2010, with drugs and an unspecified amount of money, and was not seen or heard from again.<ref name="indicted" /> His family filed a missing persons report on July 22.<ref>[http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-loren-wright-missing,0,6101949.story Lorenzen Wright: Former Tigers & Grizzlies Player Missing, Accessed July 23, 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811092022/http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-loren-wright-missing,0,6101949.story |date=August 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Gabriel Falcon, CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/27/tennessee.missing.nba.player/index.html |title=Police investigate disappearance of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright |publisher=CNN.com |date= July 27, 2010|accessdate=July 28, 2010}}</ref> After Wright's body was found on July 28 in a wooded area on Callis Cutoff Road just west of Hacks Cross Road, it was reported that a [[9-1-1]] call had been received from his cell phone in the early morning of July 19 by the [[Germantown, Tennessee]], 911 dispatch center; the caller was speaking with the dispatcher when 11 gunshots rang out.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goetz |first=Kristina |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/28/body-found-memphis-police-lorenzen-wright |title=Missing Memphis basketball star Lorenzen Wright found dead |publisher=The Commercial Appeal |date= |accessdate=July 30, 2010}}</ref> The dispatcher did not report the call to his supervisor until eight days later, hindering the police investigation and resulting in a payout to Wright's family.<ref name="wertheim" /> The case was investigated as a [[homicide]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/07/29/wright.homicide.ap/index.html |title=Police: Former NBA big man Lorenzen Wright was shot to death - NBA - SI.com |work=Sports Illustrated |date=July 29, 2010 |accessdate=September 5, 2013|archivedate=July 31, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731030909/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/07/29/wright.homicide.ap/index.html}}</ref> Wright's body is buried in Calvary Cemetery in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. In 2011, a [[Bounty (reward)|reward]] for information related to the killing stood at $21,000: the state of Tennessee contributed $10,000, the city of Memphis and the Memphis Grizzlies each promised $5,000, and [[Crime Stoppers]] promised $1,000.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Connolly|first1=Daniel|title=$21,000 reward available for tips in homicide of basketball standout Lorenzen Wright|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/13/reward-available-tips-homicide-basketball-standout-lorenzen-wright/860121001/|accessdate=6 December 2017|work=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date=November 13, 2017|language=en}}</ref> On November 9, 2017, the gun believed to have been used to murder Wright was found in a [[Walnut, Mississippi]], lake.<ref name="gun">{{cite news|last1=Fretland|first1=Katie|last2=Perrusquia|first2=Marc|title=Memphis police: Gun suspected in Lorenzen Wright case recovered in Mississippi lake|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/09/lorenzen-wright-case-memphis-tn-police/850127001/|accessdate=6 December 2017|work=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date=November 9, 2017|language=en}}</ref> On December 5, 2017, Billy R. Turner, [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby County]] landscaper and church deacon at Mt. Olive No. 1 Missionary Baptist Church in Collierville, TN, was indicted on first-degree murder charges and held on $1 million [[bail bond|bond]].<ref name="indicted">{{cite news|last1=Fretland|first1=Katie|last2=Connolly|first2=Daniel|last3=Moore|first3=Linda A.|last4=Jones|first4=Yolanda|title=Lorenzen Wright killing: Shelby County man arrested, charged with murder in death of former NBA player|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2017/12/05/arrest-made-lorenzen-wright-killing/923921001/|accessdate=6 December 2017|work=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date=December 5, 2017|language=en}}</ref> On December 15, 2017, Wright's ex-wife, Sherra Wright-Robinson, was arrested in California in connection with the murder. Wright-Robinson was a former member of Turner's church. The seven-year investigation into his death has been one of the Memphis Police Department's most high-profile unsolved cases. Wright's mother, Deborah Marion, told The Commercial Appeal newspaper that a police official told her Wright-Robinson will be charged with first-degree murder, the same charge Turner faces. Marion said she believes her former daughter-in-law was motivated by money, specifically a $1-million life insurance policy held by Lorenzen Wright.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/courts/2017/12/15/sherra-lorenzen-wright-arrested-california-memphis-nba/929512001/|title=Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife Sherra Wright arrested in California, charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/courts/2017/12/15/sherra-lorenzen-wright-arrested-california-memphis-nba/929512001/|title=Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife Sherra arrested in California in connection with his death|work=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en}}</ref> In a 2015 article in The Commercial Appeal, Wright-Robinson explained how she inquired early in the investigation whether she was a suspect. "They was like, no, you know," she said. "It was just kind of a person of interest. They said that the list was long and wide and they didn't have any real suspects, if you want to quote that." Records showed that on August 1, 2010, Memphis police searched her home and found burned pieces of metal and a letter addressed to her and Lorenzen Wright, but law enforcement at that time did not say what the items meant to investigators. In 2014, Wright-Robinson agreed to a confidential settlement of a dispute in Circuit Court over how she spent the $1 million of insurance money meant to benefit their six children.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.commercialappeal.com/news/ca-investigation-memphis-police-no-closer-to-finding-stars-killer-5-years-later-ep-1193102091-324324561.html/|title=CA Investigation: Memphis police no closer to finding star's killer 5 years later|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en}}</ref> On March 19, 2018, ABC News reported that prosecutors announced at a pre-trial hearing that day that they would not be seeking the death penalty for either defendant. Both defendants will be tried together on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. ==NBA career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}} ===Regular season=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1996}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]] | 77 || 51 || 25.1 || .481 || .250 || .587 || 6.1 || .6 || .6 || .8 || 7.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1997}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[1997–98 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]] | 69 || 38 || '''30.0''' || .445 || .000 || .659 || 8.8 || .8 || '''.8''' || '''1.3''' || 9.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1998}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]] | 48 || 15 || 23.6 || .458 || .000 || .692 || 7.5 || .7 || .5 || .8 || 6.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1999}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[1999–2000 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]] | 75 || 0 || 16.1 || '''.499''' || '''.333''' || .644 || 4.1 || .3 || .4 || .5 || 6.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2000}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2000–01 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]] | 71 || 46 || 28.0 || .448 || .000 || .718 || 7.5 || '''1.2''' || .6 || .9 || '''12.4''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2001}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2001–02 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | 43 || 33 || 29.1 || .459 || .000 || .569 || '''9.4''' || 1.0 || .7 || .5 || 12.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2002}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2002–03 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | 70 || 49 || 28.3 || .454 || .000 || .659 || 7.5 || 1.1 || .7 || .8 || 11.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2003}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | 65 || 46 || 25.8 || .439 || .000 || '''.733''' || 6.8 || 1.1 || .7 || .9 || 9.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2004}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2004–05 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | '''80''' || '''77''' || 28.6 || .469 || .000 || .662 || 7.7 || 1.1 || .7 || .9 || 9.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2005}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | 78 || 58 || 21.7 || .478 || .000 || .564 || 5.1 || .6 || .7 || .6 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2006}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2006–07 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]] | 67 || 31 || 15.4 || .448 || .000 || .281 || 3.2 || .6 || .4 || .4 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2007}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2007–08 Atlanta Hawks season|Atlanta]] | 13 || 1 || 11.4 || .294 || .000 || .500 || 2.8 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2007}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2007–08 Sacramento Kings season|Sacramento]] | 5 || 0 || 2.6 || .250 || .000 || .000 || .2 || .2 || .0 || .0 || .4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2008}} | style="text-align:left;"| [[2008–09 Cleveland Cavaliers season|Cleveland]] | 17 || 2 || 7.4 || .370 || .000 || .375 || 1.5 || .2 || .2 || .3 || 1.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 778 || 447 || 23.8 || .459 || .069 || .645 || 6.4 || .8 || .6 || .7 || 8.0 {{s-end}} ==See also== *[[List of people who disappeared mysteriously]] ===Playoffs=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[1997 NBA Playoffs|1997]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[1996–97 Los Angeles Clippers season|L.A. Clippers]] | 3 || 3 || '''30.7''' || .406 || .000 || '''1.000''' || '''7.3''' || .7 || '''1.0''' || .7 || '''10.3''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2004 NBA Playoffs|2004]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[2003–04 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | '''4''' || '''4''' || 25.0 || .435 || .000 || .333 || 4.3 || .5 || '''1.0''' || .5 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 NBA Playoffs|2005]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[2004–05 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | '''4''' || '''4''' || 21.3 || .571 || .000 || .500 || 5.0 || '''2.3''' || .3 || .3 || 8.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 NBA Playoffs|2006]] | style="text-align:left;"| [[2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season|Memphis]] | '''4''' || 0 || 21.5 || '''.611''' || .000 || .700 || 5.0 || .8 || .0 || '''1.0''' || 7.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 15 || 11 || 24.2 || .495 || .000 || .652 || 5.3 || 1.1 || .5 || .6 || 7.7 {{s-end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Find a Grave|55748448}} * [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/lorenzen_wright/index.html NBA.com profile] * [http://www.savagewatch.com/homicides.html Unsolved Murder of Lorenzen Wright] {{1996 NBA Draft}} {{1996 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Lorenzen}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:African-American basketball players]] [[Category:All-American college men's basketball players]] [[Category:Atlanta Hawks players]] [[Category:Basketball players from Tennessee]] [[Category:Centers (basketball)]] [[Category:Cleveland Cavaliers players]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Tennessee]] [[Category:Formerly missing people found dead]] [[Category:Los Angeles Clippers draft picks]] [[Category:Los Angeles Clippers players]] [[Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans]] [[Category:Memphis Grizzlies players]] [[Category:Memphis Tigers men's basketball players]] [[Category:Murdered African-American people]] [[Category:Murdered American basketball players]] [[Category:Murder in 2010]] [[Category:Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)]] [[Category:People from Oxford, Mississippi]] [[Category:People murdered in Tennessee]] [[Category:Power forwards (basketball)]] [[Category:Sacramento Kings players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee]] [[Category:Unsolved murders in the United States]] [[Category:American men's basketball players]]'