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Lisa Leslie is an American former professional basketball player who competed as a center. Born in 1972, she played in the Women's National Basketball Association for the Los Angeles Sparks, a team that drafted her. Her career spanned from 1997 to 2009. She represented the United States in international competition, winning gold medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1998 and 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women.
Leslie received the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award and the WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award during her professional tenure. She has been inducted into both the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. She was educated at the University of Southern California and the University of Phoenix.
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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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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
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lisa
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gardena
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- 1991 Summer Universiade
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- LisaLeslieDec10.jpg
- Height
- 196
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- Commons category
- Lisa Leslie
- date of birth
- 1972-07-07
- drafted by
- Los Angeles Sparks
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- competition won
- basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's tournament
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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).
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