Lee Shaffer

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Lee Shaffer

| image = Lee Shaffer 1960.jpeg

| width =

| caption = Shaffer, circa 1960

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 220

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|02|23}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| high_school = Baldwin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

| college = North Carolina (1957–1960)

| draft_year = 1960

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 5

| draft_team = Syracuse Nationals

| career_start = 1961

| career_end = 1964

| career_number = 22

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = 1960–1961

| team1 = Cleveland Pipers

| years2 = {{nbay|1961|start}}–{{nbay|1963|end}}

| team2 = Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers

| highlights =

• NBA All-Star ({{nasg|1963}})
• Consensus second-team All-American (1960)
• Third-team All-American – NABC (1959)
• ACC Player of the Year (1960)
• First-team All-ACC (1960)
• Second-team All-ACC (1959)

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 3,291 (16.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,240 (6.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 232 (1.2 apg)

| bbr = shaffle01

}}

Lee Philip Shaffer II (born February 23, 1939) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'7" forward born in Chicago, Shaffer starred at the University of North Carolina, where he was the ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1960.

Shaffer was the #5 selection of the Syracuse Nationals in the 1960 NBA draft, after Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame players Oscar Robertson (#1) and Jerry West (#2). He was selected ahead of future Hall of Famers Lenny Wilkens (#6) and Satch Sanders (#8).

Shaffer and another 1960 First Round Draft choice, Al Bunge (#7), signed with the AAU instead of the NBA, in an era where salaries were small. Shaffer played the 1960–1961 season with the Cleveland Pipers.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m99DCaqGoQ8C&q=lee+shaffer+aau+basketball&pg=PA62 |title = The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts|isbn = 9780810890695|last1 = Bradley|first1 = Robert D.|date = May 2, 2013}}

He then played three seasons (1961–1964) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. An NBA All-Star in 1963, Shaffer held career averages of 16.8 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game.