(born October 3, 1985 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the 22nd pick overall in the 2008 NBA Draft. He played college basketball at Western Kentucky University.
High School and College Career
Courtney Lee Playing In Diddle Arena on Western Kentucky's Campus in Bowling Green Ky
Western Kentucky University
In 2004, Lee was recruited by former Western Kentucky head coach Darrin Horn to play for the Hilltoppers. In his first season, Lee set a WKU record for freshman scoring with 461 points in 31 games. Lee was named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference for three consecutive seasons (2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08). As a senior at WKU, Lee was named Sun Belt Player of the Year. He also helped lead the hilltoppers to a sweet 16 appearance in the 2008 NCAA Tournament while being ranked 28th nationally in scoring with 20.4 points per game. On January 27, 2008, Lee recorded a career high 33 points in a 77–68 win over Arkansas State.
Lee finished his collegiate career tied with Jim McDaniels for all-time leading scorer of Western Kentucky University, with 2,238 points. In his four year career at WKU, he started 128 games, played an overall 3,957 minutes, made 82% of free throws, made 245 three point shots, had 242 steals, 281 assists and 78 blocked shots.
Lee's tattoo reading "R.I.P. Danny Rumph" is dedicated to his Western Kentucky teammate who died in May 2005 from an enlarged heart after hitting a game winning shot in a pick-up game in his hometown of Philadelphia.
NBA Career
NBA Career
Orlando Magic
Lee was drafted 22nd overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2008 NBA Draft.
On February 14, 2009 Lee posted season-high numbers against the Los Angeles Clippers. He finished the night with 21 points, including 9-of-10 field goals while making three 3-pointers.
Then on March 23, 2009 in a game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Lee set a then-career high with 22 points. He made two critical free throws late in the fourth quarter to secure a comeback win for the Magic. Lee finished 6–8 from the field, 2–3 from behind the three point line, and 8–8 from the free throw line.
During the Magic's first round NBA playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers, Lee scored 18 points in game 1 and a team-high 24 points in game 2, helping the team tie the series at 1–1.
On April 28, 2009 Lee was hit in the face by Dwight Howard during Game 5 of the Magic's first round playoff series, suffering a fractured sinus. The following day it was announced that he would miss Game 6 of the series due to the injury. He then returned for the second round matchup against the Boston Celtics but he was forced to wear a protective mask over his face for the remainder of the postseason.
In game 2 of the 2009 NBA Finals, Lee missed a potential game-winning layup at the end of regulation that would have evened the series at 1.
New Jersey Nets
After spending his rookie year with the Orlando Magic, Lee was traded on June 25, 2009, along with Rafer Alston and Tony Battie, to the New Jersey Nets for Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson.
During the 2009–10 season, Lee led the Nets in steals (93), three point shots made (76), and free throw percentage (86.9%). On March 8, 2010, he recorded a career high 30 points in a 107–101 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Houston Rockets
On August 11, 2010, Lee was traded to the Houston Rockets in a four-team, five-player trade in which the Rockets sent Trevor Ariza to the New Orleans Hornets.
NBA Career Statistics
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
Regular Season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Orlando 77 42 25.2 .450 .404 .830 2.3 1.2 1.0 .2 8.4
2009–10 New Jersey 71 66 33.5 .436 .338 .869 3.5 1.7 1.3 .3 12.5
Career 148 108 29.1 .442 .369 .854 2.9 1.4 1.1 .2 10.4
Playoffs
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Orlando 21 16 26.2 .435 .273 .885 1.9 1.3 .9 .1 8.0
Career 21 16 26.2 .435 .273 .885 1.9 1.3 .9 .1 8.0
Notes
^ Oliver Holt (2009-06-10). "Magic's fall guy WILL rise again.. just ask John Terry". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
^ Johnson scores 25 in place of Nelson in Magic win
^ Magic at Knicks Boxscore 3/23/09
^ Carter traded to hometown Magic
^ "Pacers get Collison from Hornets in 4-team trade". NBA.com. August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
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