Larry Spriggs
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Larry Spriggs
| image =
| width =
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| 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 =
- San Jacinto (1977–1978)
- Howard (1978–1981)
| 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 =
- NBA champion (1985)
- CBA All-Star Game MVP (1983)
- All-CBA First Team (1982)
- All-CBA Second Team (1983)
- CBA Rookie of the Year (1982)
- MEAC Player of the Year (1981)
| 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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