McCoy McLemore

McCoy McLemore
Personal information
Born	April 3, 1942; Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died	April 30, 2009 (aged 67); Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Jack Yates (Houston, Texas)
College	Moberly Area CC (1960–1962); Drake (1962–1964);
NBA draft	1964: 3rd round, 23rd overall pick
	Selected by the San Francisco Warriors
Playing career	1964–1972
Position	Power forward / center
Number	71, 32, 18, 34, 23, 35, 9
Career history
1964–1966	San Francisco Warriors
1966–1968	Chicago Bulls
1968	Phoenix Suns
1968–1970	Detroit Pistons
1970–1971	Cleveland Cavaliers
1971	Milwaukee Bucks
1971–1972	Houston Rockets
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (1971); First team All-MVC (1964);
Career statistics
Points	5,130 (8.8 ppg)
Rebounds	3,161 (5.5 rpg)
Assists	733 (1.3 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

McCoy McLemore Jr.^[1] (April 3, 1942 – April 30, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1960s and 1970s. He played college basketball at Drake University before being drafted by the San Francisco warriors in the 3rd round of the 1964 NBA draft. McLemore Jr. also played for the Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Houston Rockets before retiring in 1972.

Basketball career

Born in Houston, Texas, McLemore attended Houston's Jack Yates High School.

McLemore first attended Moberly Area Community College, but then transferred to Drake University, leading his team to be co-Missouri Valley Conference champions. McLemore was inducted posthumously into the National Junior College Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.^[2]

He was a third-round pick by the San Francisco Warriors in the 1964 NBA draft. McLemore was a member of the Chicago Bulls' inaugural team after being selected in the 1966 NBA expansion draft. Two years later, the Phoenix Suns drafted McLemore in the 1968 NBA expansion draft. In the middle of the 1968 season, he was traded to the Detroit Pistons. 1970 marked the third time McLemore was selected in an expansion draft, this time by the Cleveland Cavaliers.^[3] The Cavailers then traded McLemore to the Milwaukee Bucks, where Eddie Doucette described him as "a good rebounder off the bench."^[4] The Bucks waived McLemore in November 1971, and the Houston Rockets signed him in December 1971. The Rockets did not renew his contract for the 1972 season.

McLemore was a color analyst in the late 1980s for Rockets' television broadcasts on Home Sports Entertainment.

McLemore was a regular with the Bill Glass Ministries Prison Weekends All-Star Team.

McLemore died of cancer, aged 67, on April 30, 2009.^[6]

^ "Mccoy McLemore Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". www.databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "Four Coaches and Two Players Headed to NJCAA Basketball Hall of Fame". NJCAA. January 25, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "McCoy McLemore Player Profile, Houston Rockets, NBA Stats, NCAA Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ "Bucks Remember McCoy McLemore". THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ Solomon, Jerome (April 30, 2009), "Former Rockets broadcaster McLemore dies at 67", The Houston Chronicle
^ "Bucks Remember McCoy McLemore". THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. Retrieved December 21, 2016.

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