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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Entrepreneur's Journey from Sweet Beginnings to Lasting Inspiration : The Entrepreneur's Journey
- From the Court to the Boardroom
- Don't Let the Lipstick Fool Yo
- Don't let the lipstick fool you
- Don't let the lipstick fool you
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Film & TV
Acting · Compton, California, USA
Lisa Deshaun Leslie is an American former professional basketball player. She is currently the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts on Fox Sports Florida.
Known for
- Title IX: 37 Words that Changed America — Self2022
- The Game Plan with Shaquille O'Neal — Self2022
- Home Town: Ben's Workshop — Lisa Leslie2021
- What Men Want — Self2019
- Uncle Drew — Betty Lou2018
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- The Shop — Self2018
- Speechless — Kendall2016
- Celebrity Family Feud — Self - Contestant2015
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self2013
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 10
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 103
- Cited by
- 6,824
Research areas
Most cited works
- Differences Between Tight and Loose Cultures: A 33-Nation Study2011 · 3,162 cit
- Flexible Work Practices: A Source of Career Premiums or Penalties?2012 · 427 cit
- Diversity Initiative Effectiveness: A Typological Theory of Unintended Consequences2018 · 407 cit
- Understanding attitudes toward affirmative action programs in employment: Summary and meta-analysis of 35 years of research.2006 · 350 cit
- Conflict cultures in organizations: How leaders shape conflict cultures and their organizational-level consequences.2012 · 232 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,423x
- PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation
· 2018 · cited 36,125x
- Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework
· 2005 · cited 30,515x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
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Quotes
- “"It's true but I think it's also because Gigi wanted to see certain players, and she was into it,"”
- “"Remembers Bryant telling her how good of a player Gianna was. "He was like, 'Lis, like, she got it,'"”
- “"He's clicking and pausing. 'Look, look, look, Lis, watch, watch."”
- “"Gianna didn't have the chance to reach her full potential before the helicopter crash that killed her, her dad and seven others,:"”
- “"We know what Kobe's accomplished, but Gigi hadn't, she didn't have the full opportunity to do that,"”
- “"Adding that Gianna had the mentality to succeed like her dad. "Mambacita was going to make it,"”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1972-07-07 ) July 7, 1972 (age 53) , Compton, California , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 170 lb (77 kg)
- High school
- Morningside ( Inglewood, California )
- College
- USC (1990–1994)
- Wnba draft
- 1997 : Allocated
- Drafted by
- Los Angeles Sparks
- Playing career
- 1997–2009
- Position
- Center
- 1997 2009
- Los Angeles Sparks
- 2019 2024
- Triplets
- Points
- 6,263 (17.3 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 3,307 (9.1 rpg)
- Blocks
- 822 (2.3 bpg)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She is formerly the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts on FanDuel Sports Network Florida. In 2002, Leslie made history as the first player to dunk during a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) game. Leslie was ranked 5th on ESPN.com's 2021 list of the WNBA's greatest players of all time.
Leslie played in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks from 1997 to 2009. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number-seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed her career at the University of Southern California with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two WNBA championships over the course of 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history. All throughout her WNBA career, Leslie also played for USA Basketball in international competition, winning four Olympic gold medals (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) and two FIBA World Championships (1998, 2002).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lisa Leslie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.