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Lorenzen Wright reported missing

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—The sister of Lorenzen Wright says the former NBA player has been missing for nearly a week.

Savia Archie tells WREG.com in Memphis that Wright was last seen Sunday when he was expected to fly out of the city. The family has filed a missing persons report with police, who tell the website they don’t suspect foul play.

Wright played in college at Memphis and later for the Grizzlies as a pro. He last played in the league for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2008-09 season.

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Ka batch ni nilang Iverson & Kobe sa 1996 draft. Sayo kaayo ni-bahar.

[Monster23]

Yep, saw that article yesterday. HAHA. He got little details in his records.

[vcmov_15]

ayay nag AWOL diay ahahaha... bitaw mawala pa diay mga dagko basin gipatay hinuon ni simbako..

[inc-pankz]

Rudy Gay . . nindot iyang duwa ganina sa tune Team USA blue vs White pero kuwang pa gamay. . hehe. .

[Motownkid]

Patay na jud si diay si Lorenzen Wright.

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Lorenzen Wright dead at 34

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former NBA player who has been missing for 10 days, as police investigated the discovery of a man’s body outside of Memphis. Wright’s uncle, Curtis Wright, told The Associated Press that police called the player’s father, Herb Wright, Wednesday afternoon with the news he had died.
Sgt. Alyssa Macon-Moore of the Memphis Police Department wrote in an e-mail to the AP that police were investigating the death of an unidentified man beside a wooded area about 15 miles south of downtown Memphis. Asked if the man was Wright, she wrote they could not confirm the victim’s identity Wednesday night.

The family issued a statement through a cousin of Lorenzen Wright, Camella Logan: “Lorenzen’s family has come together to mourn his loss and honor his legacy. We appreciate your thoughts, prayers and condolences as they are comforting at this very difficult time. Additionally, we ask that you please respect our privacy as we try to cope with his sudden loss.”
Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion, arrived at the scene Wednesday night with a handful of family members. She crossed the crime scene tape and tried to talk to police when she was told to move back. She sat in a TV van before returning to the tape. Two officers then let her through.
The distraught Marion then started running down the road toward the crime scene before being stopped by an officer. She spoke with officers, then walked back past reporters without speaking straight to a van.
The 34-year-old Wright was last seen July 18 when he was expected to fly out of town. His family filed a missing person report July 22.
Wright played 13 years in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and most recently the Cleveland Cavaliers with 17 games in the 2008-09 season. Wright left the University of Memphis early for the NBA, and the Clippers made him a lottery pick with the No. 7 selection overall.
He averaged 8 points and 6.4 rebounds in 778 career games.
By nightfall, nearly 200 people had visited the road blocked off by police while TV news helicopters showed investigators scouring the grounds for evidence. Police brought in a mobile command center that further blocked off the scene.
Former NBA star Penny Hardaway, who played at Memphis two years before Wright, said he heard the news from a friend and went to the scene near where the body was found.
“I cried. The emotions hit me immediately. It’s just sad because we lost a good person and a brother,” Hardaway said.
Elliot Perry, another friend and former Memphis player, also was at the scene. Wendy Wilson, who once worked as Wright’s personal assistant, also was there and said Wright often used the road police had cordoned off as a shortcut to his mother’s house.
“He was a good person. He did not deserve to die this way. God is not pleased with this,” Wilson said.
Memphis Grizzlies majority owner Michael Heisley issued a statement late Wednesday saying, “We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Lorenzen Wright. We lost a member of the Grizzlies family. Lorenzen delighted fans on the court with his passion and off the court with his generosity in a Memphis community that watched him grow throughout his playing career …”
AP Sports Writer Teresa M. Walker in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report.

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Just read an article the case is ruled a homicide. It says he sustained 12-14 gunshot wounds.

[xianz87]

louy au xa dah

[lunateec22]

Rest in peace, LoWright.

[inc-pankz]

Just read an article the case is ruled a homicide. It says he sustained 12-14 gunshot wounds.

grabe ka brutal gud. . unsa kaha hinungdan sah ! !

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Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife had death threat visit

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Lorenzen Wright’s(notes) ex-wife was threatened at her home by three men who were carrying guns and looking for the former NBA player about six weeks before he was shot to death, the woman’s attorney said Friday.

Sherra Wright warned her ex-husband, the father of her children, about the visit by men dressed in sport coats with weapons tucked in their waistbands, lawyer Gail Mathes said. But she was frightened by their threats and didn’t tell authorities about it until Monday, when she alerted police in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, near her home.

“She was told that if she said anything she would be killed, or her children,” Mathes said. “Mrs. Wright was terrified.”

The body of the 34-year-old athlete was found in woods in Memphis on Wednesday, six days after his family reported him missing. He was last seen around midnight July 18, when he stayed over at his ex-wife’s house.

Sherra Wright told officers he left in the middle of the night with an unidentified person. Police records indicate Wright was probably carrying a large amount of cash when he disappeared.

An investigation is now under way by police in nearby Germantown, another Memphis suburb, about how a 911 call from Wright’s phone early on July 19 was handled.

Autopsy results haven’t been released, so it’s not clear when Wright died or how many times he was shot. Police said the medical examiner had to use dental records to establish a positive identity, indicating the body might have been in the woods for some time before it was found by a police search team.

Memphis police are leading the homicide investigation and won’t discuss a motive or if they have suspects. Memphis police Lt. Alan Ruhl said Friday that the department isn’t discussing details of the case because the investigation is ongoing.

Rodney Bright, Germantown’s deputy police chief, said department officials did not know about the 911 call until Tuesday, eight days after it was received by a dispatcher in the early morning hours of July 19.

Bright said Friday he can’t discuss what was said on the call, which has been turned over to Memphis police. They also won’t talk about the call.

The Commercial Appeal newspaper, which first reported the call, said the dispatcher heard a garbled male voice utter an expletive and then heard at least 10 gunshots. The call went dead and no one answered when the dispatcher called back, the newspaper reported.

Police said area law enforcement agencies didn’t meet until Wednesday to discuss the case. Investigators were able to locate the source of the call and a few hours after that meeting, officers found Wright’s body nearby.

Police in Collierville had taken the July 22 missing person report. Before Wright was found dead, they had repeatedly said they didn’t suspect foul play.

Wright’s friends have questioned why police didn’t act with more urgency. Mathes said Germantown police were negligent in failing to report the call to other law enforcement in the area, and the delay has hurt the homicide investigation.

“I do believe there was a disregard with a transparent obliviousness to the significance of a call where you hear 10 shots,” Mathes said.

The 6-foot-11 Wright played 13 seasons in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and most recently the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wright left the University of Memphis early for the NBA, and the Clippers made him a lottery pick with the No. 7 selection overall.

He averaged 8 points and 6.4 rebounds in 778 career games.

Wright leaves behind six children, his mother Deborah Marion, and father Herb Wright, who coached his son from a wheelchair after he was shot in the spine. Lorenzen Wright’s 11-month-old daughter, Sierra, died in March 2003 of sudden infant death syndrome.

Messages of sadness and condolence have poured in from around the NBA since Wright’s body was found. Hundreds of people have visited the scene near where Wright’s body was found to pay respects to the beloved Memphis native.

Mathes said she is hoping to set up a fund for Wright’s children, with hopes of getting contributions from NBA players.