George Lynch (basketball)

Infobox NBA Player
name = George Lynch


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height_ft = 6
height_in = 8
weight_lbs = 218
position = Power forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1970|9|3
birth_place = Roanoke, VA
college = North Carolina
nationality = American
draft = 12th overall
draft_team = Los Angeles Lakers
draft_year = 1993
career_start = 1993
career_end =2005
former_teams = Los Angeles Lakers (1993–1996)
Vancouver Grizzlies (1996–1998)
Philadelphia 76ers (1998–2001)
Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets (2001–2005)
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George DeWitt Lynch III (born September 3 1970, in Roanoke, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.

After leading the University of North Carolina to an NCAA title in 1993, he was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 12th overall pick in that year's NBA Draft. With the Lakers, he wore three different jersey numbers - #24, #30 and #9. Lynch was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies along with Anthony Peeler in 1996 in order to open up salary cap space in order to sign Shaquille O'Neal. He joined the Philadelphia 76ers as a free agent in 1999.

It was with Theo Ratliff, Tyrone Hill, Eric Snow, and coach Larry Brown that he helped form one of the better defenses in the league.

After playing with the 76ers for three seasons, he was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in a three-way trade also involving Derrick Coleman, Jerome Moiso, Robert Traylor, and Vonteego Cummings, among others, in 2001, retiring after 2004-05.

On December 20, 2006, he joined the Southern Methodist University men's basketball staff under head coach Matt Doherty, who was part of North Carolina Tar Heels 1981-1982 NCAA championship team (thus, both played for coach Dean Smith). Lynch became the team's administrative assistant/graduate manager. [ [http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2006/dec/20/george-lynch-joins-smu-mens-basketball-staff/ George Lynch joins SMU men's basketball staff] ]

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External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/george_lynch/index.html?nav=page NBA.com profile]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lynchge01.html Stats @ Basketball-reference.com]