Michael Lee | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 215 |
League: | National Basketball Association |
Team: | Golden State Warriors |
Position: | Professional scout |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 3 February 1983 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon |
Highschool: | Jefferson (Portland, Oregon) |
College: | Kansas (2001–2005) |
Draft Year: | 2005 |
Career Position: | Guard |
Career Number: | 0 |
Career Start: | 2005 |
Career End: | 2007 |
Cyears1: | 2008–2010 |
Cteam1: | Gardner–Webb (assistant) |
Cyears2: | 2010–2013 |
Cteam2: | San Francisco (assistant) |
Cyears3: | 2017–2021 |
Cteam3: | Santa Cruz Warriors (assistant) |
Michael Lee (born February 3, 1983) is an American retired professional basketball player and current scout for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. Standing at, he played at the Guard position.
Lee played for the Jefferson Democrats in Northeast Portland. The Democrats won the 2000 4A Oregon state championship, beating Tualatin 58–44, and capping a 28–0 season.[1] The Democrats finished the year with a No. 4 national ranking and several other players went on to play in college, such as Aaron Miles (Kansas), Thomas Gardner (Missouri), and Brandon Brooks (USC).
Michael Lee attended the University of Kansas, where he starred at the guard position for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. He helped lead the Jayhawks to two consecutive Final Four appearances in 2002 and 2003 and an appearance in the 2003 national championship game.
After a short professional playing career, Lee went into coaching with stints as an assistant coach with both Gardner–Webb and San Francisco.[2]
On September 9, 2017, Lee was named assistant coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors, the NBA G League developmental affiliate of the Golden State Warriors.[3] In 2021, he was moved the staff of the Golden State Warriors as a professional scout.[4]