Lee Mayberry
Personal information
Born (1970-06-12) June 12, 1970
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High schoolWill Rogers (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
CollegeArkansas (1988–1992)
NBA draft1992: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career1992–1999
PositionPoint guard
Number11
Career history
1992–1996Milwaukee Bucks
1996–1999Vancouver Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points2,546 (5.1 ppg)
Rebounds642 (1.3 rpg)
Assists1,767 (3.6 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Argentina National team
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 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.

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 also played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.[5]

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
 *  Led the league

NBA

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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
Career 49615020.8.415.377.6591.33.60.70.15.1

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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
Career 139-32.5.495.424.7242.95.22.10.214.0

Post-NBA

In 2012, Mayberry was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.[6] 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".[7]

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.[8]

Personal life

Mayberry's daughters, Taleya Mayberry and Wyvette Mayberry played college basketball for Tulsa University and professionally in Europe.[9]

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. 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. ↑ "1990 USA Basketball". Archived from the original on June 7, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
  7. ↑ "January 10, 2012: Lee Mayberry : Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ TJ Eckert (July 4, 2018). "ORU Women's Basketball Hires a Local Legend". Ktul.com.
  9. ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (January 2, 2015). "Dóttir fyrrum NBA-leikmanns spilar með kvennaliði Vals". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 28, 2017.


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