American lawyer
Leonard J. Elmore
(born March 28, 1952) is an American
sportscaster
,
lawyer
and former
National Basketball Association
(NBA) player. Elmore has served as a
college basketball
analyst for
ESPN
and
Fox Sports
and has served in the same capacity for
CBS Sports
' coverage of the
NCAA Tournament
and
NBA
. He played in the NBA from 1974-1984 for various teams, including the
Indiana Pacers
,
Kansas City Kings
,
Milwaukee Bucks
,
New Jersey Nets
, and
New York Knicks
.
Early life and NBA career
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Elmore attended
Power Memorial Academy
in
New York City
, leading its basketball team to the City championship and the "Number 1 Team in the Nation" in 1970. He graduated from the
University of Maryland College Park
in 1974 where he was a three-time All-
ACC
player and an All-American in 1974. He is still Maryland's all-time leading rebounder, in both total rebounds and rebounding average. In 2002, Elmore was selected to the
ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team
, honoring him as one of the 50 greatest players in ACC history.
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Elmore is a ten-year veteran of the NBA having played for the
Indiana Pacers
,
Kansas City Kings
(currently known as the
Sacramento Kings
),
Milwaukee Bucks
,
New Jersey Nets
(
Brooklyn Nets
),
New York Knicks
, and he also played two seasons with the Pacers when they were in the
ABA
.
Career statistics
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Regular season
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Playoffs
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Regular season
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Playoffs
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Broadcasting career
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In
1990
, Elmore served as the color commentator for CBS' number-two
NBA
broadcasting team (behind
Dick Stockton
and
Hubie Brown
), calling much of the
Western Conference Playoff
action alongside play-by-play man
Verne Lundquist
. He was also paired with
Kevin Harlan
for the first season for the
Minnesota Timberwolves
in the NBA. In
1992
, Elmore alongside Lundquist, called the legendary East Regional Final between
Duke
and
Kentucky
, which ended with Duke's
Christian Laettner
's game-winning
shot
.
Elmore posted on his Twitter account that he was one of over 100 employees at ESPN that were laid off in April 2017.
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Law career
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Elmore received a
J.D.
from
Harvard Law School
in 1987 and began his law career as a
prosecutor
, serving as an Assistant
District Attorney
in
Brooklyn
, New York.
Aside from his announcing duties, Elmore also previously served as
Senior Counsel
with
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
in New York City, where he currently resides and is the president of the
National Basketball Retired Players Association
. He also is a member of the
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
.
Elmore teaches
Seminar in Sports Media
and
Athlete Activism and Social Justice
in Columbia University's Master of Science Program in Sports Management.
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