Lorenzo Charles

infobox NBA Player
name = Lorenzo Charles
nickname = Zo
nationality = American
position = Small forward
height_ft = 6 |height_in = 7
weight_lbs = 225
birth_date = birth date and age|1963|11|25
birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
highschool = Brooklyn Technical
college = NC State
draft = 41st overall, 2nd round
draft_year = 1985
draft_team = Atlanta Hawks
career_start = 1985
career_end = 1988
former_teams = Atlanta Hawks (1985–1986)
Arexons Cantu' (1986–1987)
Irge Desio (1987–1988)

Lorenzo Emile Charles, nicknamed Zo (born November 25 1963, in Brooklyn, New York), is a retired American college and professional basketball player.

Charles is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School. While playing for the North Carolina State University Wolfpack, Charles scored the game-winning dunk in the championship game of the 1983 NCAA Tournament over the heavily favored Houston Cougars led by Akeem Olajuwon, Clyde "The Glide" Drexler and the rest of Phi Slama Jama. Coincidentally, Charles would go on to play for a Cougars team years later — for the United States Basketball League's Raleigh Cougars.

Charles was selected 41st overall in the 1985 NBA draft and went on to have a modest professional career, playing briefly in the National Basketball Association with the Atlanta Hawks, as well as with several European teams, particularity in Italy for Arexons Cantu' and Irge Desio. [ [http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=CHA-LOR&year=1986&team=341 Lorenzo Charles] ]

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