Larry Spriggs

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Larry Spriggs

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| career_position = Small forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 230

| career_number = 35

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|09|08}}

| birth_place = Cheverly, Maryland, U.S.

| high_school = Northwestern (Hyattsville, Maryland)

| college =

| draft_year = 1981

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 81

| draft_team = Houston Rockets

| career_start = 1981

| career_end = 1996

| years1 = 1981–1982

| team1 = Rochester Zeniths

| years2 = {{nbay|1981|end}}

| team2 = Houston Rockets

| years3 = 1982

| team3 = Las Vegas Silvers

| years4 = 1982–1983

| team4 = Albany Patroons

| years5 = {{nbay|1982|end}}

| team5 = Chicago Bulls

| years6 = {{nbay|1983|start}}–{{nbay|1985|end}}

| team6 = Los Angeles Lakers

| years7 = 1986–1987

| team7 = Real Madrid

| years8 = 1987–1988

| team8 = Çukurova Sanayi

| years9 = 1989

| team9 = Santa Barbara Islanders

| years10 = 1989–1990

| team10 = Tofaş

| years11 = 1990–1991

| team11 = Gravelines

| years12 = 1991–1993

| team12 = Fabriano Basket

| years13 = 1993–1994

| team13 = Montpellier

| years14 = 1994

| team14 = Olimpia de Venado Tuerto

| years15 = 1995–1996

| team15 = Oyak Renault

| highlights =

| bbr = sprigla01

}}

Lawrence Michael Spriggs (born September 8, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player.

Spriggs was born in Cheverly, Maryland. A 6'7" forward from Howard University, Spriggs began his professional career in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association, where he earned 1982 Rookie of the Year Honors with the Rochester Zeniths.[http://www.albany.net/~source/cheap.html Chuck Miller's "In the Cheap Seats"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928120418/http://www.albany.net/~source/cheap.html |date=2007-09-28 }}. The Source. 1998. Retrieved 8 September 2007.{{cite web |title=Larry Spriggs minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-spriglar001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 20, 2025}} Spriggs later played in the National Basketball Association, most notably with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he won an NBA Championship in 1985.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sprigla01.html Career statistics]. Retrieved 8 September 2007. Then he played with Real Madrid Baloncesto in Spain.

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Category:San Jacinto Central Ravens men's basketball players

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