Larry Wright (basketball)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 23, 1954 Monroe, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Western (Washington, D.C.) |
| College | Grambling State (1973–1976) |
| NBA draft | 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall |
| Selected by the Washington Bullets | |
| Playing career | 1976–1988 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 32, 15 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1976–1980 | Washington Bullets |
| 1980–1981 | Detroit Pistons |
| 1982–1984 | Banco di Roma |
| 1985–1987 | Fantoni Udine |
| 1987–1988 | Banco di Roma |
| As coach: | |
| 1990–1992 | Grambling State (assistant) |
| 1999–2008 | Grambling State |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 2,824 (8.2 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 550 (1.6 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,165 (3.4 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Larry Glenn Wright (born November 23, 1954) is a former American professional basketball player and former men's basketball team head coach at Grambling State University, his alma mater. His playing days included stints in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Italy.
From 1973–76, Wright was one of the most decorated Grambling players. In 1974, he was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference Freshman of the year. He was also a two-time All-SWAC selection for the remainder of his career, and a two-time first team NCAA Small College All-America. He led the university to the 1976 SWAC Tournament Championship. After being named the SWAC Player-of-the-Year in 1975–76 as a junior, he decided to declare for the 1976 NBA draft.
Wright was selected with the 14th pick overall in the 1976 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets. He played a significant part of the Bullets' successful team of the late 1970s, as a substitute. With the Bullets he won an NBA title in 1978 and reached the Finals the next year. After a disappointing season in which they were knocked out from the playoffs by the Philadelphia 76ers, he was traded to the Detroit Pistons, for whom he played only 46 games in two seasons. He decided to move to Italy in 1982 and signed with Banco di Roma.
Wright was an immediate star in Italy. The team finished the regular season in first place and reached the finals series against Olimpia Milano after defeating European champions Ford Cantù in the semi final series, with homecourt advantage in hand in the final. Roma won the series 2 games to 1 and won its first ever Italian championship. The next season was even greater, as Roma participated in the European Champion Cup as Italian champions, and Wright provided one stellar performance after another. Roma finished the Final group stage first placed tied with Barcelona, so the two teams qualified for the final game for the European champions cup in Geneva. Wright was the MVP of the 79-73 final win, scoring 27 points and leading Roma to its first ever European title in their first finals appearance. Wright was also selected as the European player of the year. Although he had a successful season, Wright left the team after failing to qualify to the Italian playoffs and signed with Fantoni Udine where he played for two seasons. In 1987 he returned to Banco di Roma for one more season.
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