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Raymond Lewis

 
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  • Active: '60s
  • Genres: Rhythm & Blues
  • Instrument: Bass

Biography

Raymond Lewis played bass with Huey "Piano" Smith's band the Clowns. He cut a single of "I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You," a song of his own, for Instant during the late '60s.~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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For other persons of the same name, see Ray Lewis (disambiguation).

Raymond Lewis (September 3, 1952 - February 11, 2001[1]) was an American basketball and streetball player.[2]

Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California and is regarded as one of the best players never to have played in the NBA.[3] The Philadelphia 76ers drafted Lewis eighteenth in the first round of the 1973 NBA draft.[4] During training camp he was reported to have had a nasty contract dispute and was told to mature for another year.

Lewis played in several streetball and summer pro league matches and became a bona fide "street legend". Lewis is reported to have dropped 56 points in a 1983 summer pro league game against Michael Cooper, a winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.[citation needed] Jerry Tarkanian, legendary coach at UNLV said in his 2005 Novel "Runnin' Rebel that "Raymond Lewis was the greatest basketball player I ever saw.[citation needed]

Lewis died of complications following an attempted amputation of an infected leg.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Raymond Lewis". The Draft Review. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. http://www.webcitation.org/5d1heGLvq. Retrieved 2008-12-13. 
  2. ^ Anderson, Lars; Chad Millman (1999). Pickup Artists: Street Basketball in America. Verso. p. 123. ISBN 9781859842430. http://books.google.ca/books?id=OJvRlPAp6W4C&pg=PA123&dq=basketball+%22raymond+lewis%22&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA123,M1. Retrieved 2008-12-12. 
  3. ^ Ballard, Chris; Clark Kellogg, Chuck Wielgus, Alexander Wolff (2004). Hoops Nation: A Guide to America's Best Pickup Basketball. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 9780803262355. http://books.google.ca/books?id=xkG0QsmzXooC&pg=PA52&dq=basketball+%22raymond+lewis%22&lr=&as_brr=3&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA52,M1. Retrieved 2008-12-12. 
  4. ^ "1970 - 1979 NBA Draft". NBADraft.net. Sports Phenoms, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. http://www.webcitation.org/5d1i9YOea. Retrieved 2008-12-13. 
  5. ^ Plaschke, Bill (2001-02-14). "Urban Legend". Los Angeles Times: p. D-1. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12. http://www.webcitation.org/5d1O6qV1J. Retrieved 2008-12-12. 

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