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Fat Lever

ラファイエット・リーバー　/　らふぁいえっと・りーばー

American basketball player

August 18, 1960 (age 65)　・　Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States

Arkansas
basketball player

My Take

Fat Lever is the kind of player I love digging into. A do-everything guard out of Arizona State, he filled stat sheets across the board, scoring, assisting, rebounding, stealing, the unglamorous completeness that rarely makes highlight reels. But what really earns my respect is the second act: returning to the Sacramento Kings as a director of player development and a radio analyst. Plenty of athletes vanish after the final buzzer; far fewer stay to build the next generation and explain the game to fans. That blend of versatility on the floor and generosity off it makes Lever, to me, a deeply underrated figure.

Overview

Lafayette "Fat" Lever (; born August 18, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He later served as the director of player development for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA as well as an analyst for Kings radio broadcasts.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Fat Lever
Name (Japanese): ラファイエット・リーバー
Reading: らふぁいえっと・りーばー
Born: August 18, 1960 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rat
Origin: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 190 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Pueblo Magnet High School
University: Arizona State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC

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