Larry Wright

American basketball player

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Also known as Larry Glenn Wright

Born: November 23, 1954
Birthplace: Monroe
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: basketball player
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, basketball coach
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Education: Duke Ellington School of the Arts
, Richwood High School
Height: 185 cm
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Overview

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Larry Glenn Wright is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Grambling State Tigers and was the Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1976. Wright played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Bullets and the Detroit Pistons. He also played for six seasons in Italy. After his playing retirement, Wright joined the Tigers as an assistant coach from 1990 to 1992 and returned as the head coach from 1999 to 2008.

Overview

NBA stats — season by season

6 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1976–77	WSB	78	1,421	612	98	232	55	5	44.000	—	76.500	7.8	1.3	3.0
1977–78	WSB	70	1,466	642	102	260	68	15	49.600	—	71.000	9.2	1.5	3.7
1978–79	WSB	73	1,658	677	140	298	69	13	46.900	—	74.400	9.3	1.9	4.1
1979–80	WSB	76	1,286	558	122	222	49	18	45.800	25.000	88.900	7.3	1.6	2.9
1980–81	DET	45	997	335	88	153	42	7	46.200	28.600	80.300	7.4	2.0	3.4
1981–82	DET	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		343	6,834	2,824	550	1,165	283	58	.465	.261	.777	8.2	1.6	3.4

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Washington Wizards
Detroit Pistons
Grambling State Tigers
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
Pallalcesto Amatori Udine
Position played on team / speciality: point guard
Given name: Larry
Sport: basketball
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Drafted by: Washington Wizards
Family name: Wright
Mass: 73 kg
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Country for sport: United States
End of work period: 1988
Start of work period: 1976
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball
National Basketball Association
Native language: English
Name in native language: Larry Wright

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