Damion Lee

Player

Birthday October 21, 1992

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Age 31 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.98 m

#27633 Most Popular

1988

His Free throw percentage of 88.7% ranked 14th in the nation and second in the CAA.

He also averaged 6.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in 27 games.

Furthermore, Lee also led the team in steals per game (1.5), field goal percentage (43.8%), and three-point percentage (38.5%%).

At the conclusion of the regular season, Lee was one vote shy of winning CAA Player of the Year, losing to Senior William and Mary guard Marcus Thornton.

However, Lee did win awards in CAA All-Conference First Team, CAA All-Defensive Team, and CAA All-Academic Team.

1992

Damion Lee (born October 21, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played college basketball for four years at Drexel University and transferred to Louisville for his final year of eligibility.

2010

Lee attended prep school at St. Thomas More in Oakdale, Connecticut, where he averaged 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game during the 2010–11 season.

Lee was a First Team All-New England Preparatory School Athletic Council selection, leading his team to a 30–7 record and the National Prep School Championship.

2011

In his freshman season as a member of the 2011–12 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team, Lee started at point guard.

During that season, he averaged 12 points and 4.4 rebounds.

After the impressive start to his college career, he was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Rookie of the Year.

He was also named to the CAA All-Tournament team after averaging more than 15 points in Drexel's three tournament games.

In the CAA championship game, the Dragons (25–5) lost to Virginia Commonwealth University, 59–56.

VCU was a Final Four team the previous year, and the majority of projections had both teams making the NCAA tournament.

2012

However, a disappointing Selection Sunday saw the Dragons not invited to the NCAA Tournament and instead accepting an automatic bid to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament as the CAA regular season champion and #3 seed.

The Dragons defeated the University of Central Florida and Northern Iowa, before falling to the University of Massachusetts in the regional final.

The following season, Lee was named to the Second-Team All-CAA after leading Drexel in scoring and finishing third in the CAA averaging 17.1 points per game.

He was also second in the CAA in Free throw percentage (82.9%), and fourth in three-pointers per game (2.3).

In a game against Old Dominion, Lee recorded a career-high 34 points.

In his third season at Drexel, after being selected to the Preseason CAA All-Conference First Team, Lee suffered a torn ACL in a game against Arizona.

This caused him to sit out the entire season and redshirt his junior year.

Before his redshirt junior season at Drexel, Lee was named to the Preseason CAA All-Conference First Team for the second year in a row.

He also was named to the Charleston Classic All-Tournament team.

2015

On February 21, 2015, during a game against Northeastern, Lee suffered a fractured right hand which prematurely ended his season.

Lee averaged 21.4 points per game during the season, ranking fourth in the nation and first in the CAA.

On March 30, 2015, Lee announced that he would be transferring out of Drexel University for his fifth and final collegiate season.

He was considered to be the top transfer in college basketball by ESPN.

On April 23, 2015, Lee announced he would play his final collegiate season at Louisville under head coach Rick Pitino.

Other schools Lee was considering included Arizona, Gonzaga, Marquette, and Maryland.

Lee said after the move, "The U of L community itself was unreal. I don't think there's any other city or college basketball town like it."

By mid-season in December 2015, he was Louisville's top point scorer.

With 10 games remaining in the season, Louisville ranked as the 13th best team in the country announced a self-imposed postseason ban for the 2015–16 season amid an ongoing NCAA investigation involving recruits between 2010 and 2014.

They finished the regular season as the #16 ranked team with a 23–8 record, and did not play in the ACC Tournament or the NCAA Tournament because of the ban.

2016

After going undrafted in 2016, Lee played in the G League before signing with the Atlanta Hawks in March 2018.

He then signed a two-way contract with the Golden State Warriors the following season, winning an NBA championship with the team in 2022.

Lee graduated from Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland, where in his final season he was a Second-Team Baltimore Sun All-Metro and a First-Team All-Baltimore Catholic League selection.

He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11, 2016.

On Senior Night, Lee passed the 2,000-point mark.

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Lee joined the Miami Heat for the 2016 NBA Summer League.