NBA veteran forward Lorenzen Wright is dead at 34. After a week of massive police search for the missing former University of Memphis star, his body was found in the wooded area of Hacks Cross and Winchester Road in Southeast Memphis on Wednesday, according to MyEyeWitnessNews.com. Wright’s body has multiple gunshot wounds. The 6-11 Memphis native, who was the seventh pick over-all in the 1996 draft, played 13 years in the NBA with career averages of 7.9 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 779 total games with the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers. He last played in the NBA during the 2008-09 season. In a phone interview with Memphis Commercial Appeal, Grizzlies team owner Michael Heisley, who is currently in London, was emotionally shaken-up upon learning of Wright’s death.
“Lorenzen never backed down from any challenge given him, whether it was guarding Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal) or anyone else. He was a team player, a great locker room guy. There was never an instance that I talked to him when he wasn’t a positive, outstanding guy.
“I am heartbroken today. I’m sure there’s a lot of people in Memphis who are very, very sad. He was a good man who had his share of tough times, and I’ve got to believe he’s in a better place.”
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