- Voshon Lenard
Infobox NBA Player
name = Voshon Lenard
position =Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 215
nickname =
nationality = American
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|5|14
birth_place =Detroit, Michigan
college =Minnesota
draft = 2nd round, 46th overall
draft_year = 1994
draft_team =Milwaukee Bucks
career_start = 1995
career_end =
former_teams =Miami Heat (1995–2000)Denver Nuggets (2000–2002), (2003–2006)Toronto Raptors (2002–2003)Portland Trail Blazers (2006)
awards = 2004 NBA Three-point Shootout championVoshon Kelan Lenard (born
May 14 1973 ) is an American professionalbasketball player. He is currently afree agent . He is listed as 6' 4" (1.93 m) and 215 lbs. He was born inDetroit, Michigan .College career
Lenard played
college basketball at theUniversity of Minnesota , where he was a star. After his junior season, he decided to test the waters of theNBA , and declared himself eligible for the draft. TheMilwaukee Bucks selected Lenard in the second round of the1994 NBA Draft . Lenard subsequently opted instead to return to Minnesota to play out his senior season. He finished his career with the Golden Gophers as the school's second all-time leading scorer with 2,103 points. [ [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/voshon_lenard/bio.html NBA.com: Voshon Lenard Bio ] ]Professional career
After graduating, Lenard went on to play in the minor-league
Continental Basketball Association (CBA). He averaged 30.1 points per game in 18 games for theOklahoma City Cavalry during the 1995-96 season. He left in mid-season when he signed a contract with theMiami Heat of the NBA. He played with the Heat for five seasons.He has since played with the
Denver Nuggets ,Toronto Raptors and most recently thePortland Trail Blazers . His NBA career scoring average is 11.9 points per game.He was the winner of the 2004
NBA All-Star Weekend Three-point Shootout .References
External links
* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/voshon_lenard/index.html?nav=page NBA.com Official Profile]
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