Doug Lee (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1964)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Doug Lee

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|24}}

| birth_place = Washington, Illinois

| nationality = American

| high_school = Washington (Washington, Illinois)

| college =

| draft_year = 1987

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 35

| draft_team = Houston Rockets

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 2000

| career_number = 20

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| years1 = 1988–1989

| team1 = Albany Patroons

| years2 = 1989

| team2 = Illinois Express

| years3 = 1990

| team3 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years4 = 1990–1991

| team4 = Rockford Lightning

| years5 = 1991

| team5 = Grand Rapids Hoops

| years6 = {{nbay|1991|full=y}}

| team6 = New Jersey Nets

| years7 = 1992–1993

| team7 = La Crosse Catbirds

| years8 = {{nbay|1992|end}}

| team8 = New Jersey Nets

| years9 = 1993–1994

| team9 = Cibona Zagreb

| years10 = {{nbay|1994|full=y}}

| team10 = Sacramento Kings

| years11 = 1995

| team11 = Koncret Rimini

| years12 = 1996–1997

| team12 = Rockford Lightning

| years13 = 1997

| team13 = La Crosse Bobcats

| years14 = 1999–2000

| team14 = Las Vegas Silver Bandits

| highlights =

| bbr = leedo01

}}

Douglas Edward Lee (born October 24, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player.

A {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|adj=on}} guard-forward from Texas A&M University and Purdue University, in the 1987 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Lee as team captain led No. 3 seeded 1986–87 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team to the round of 32, with his team defeating the Northeastern Huskies in the opening round by 104–95.{{cite news |title=Lee Leads Purdue to Round 2 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-14-8701200577-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121131812/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-14-8701200577-story.html|archive-date=January 21, 2022|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune |date=March 14, 1987 |access-date=January 21, 2022}} He was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 1987 NBA draft, going on to play in three National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons for New Jersey Nets (1991–93) and Sacramento Kings (1994–95).

In his NBA career, Lee played in 73 games, played 415 minutes, and scored a total of 168 points.

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