Lester Conner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lester Conner
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 17, 1959(1959-09-17)
Age	65
Birthplace	Memphis
Country	United States
Birth City	Tennessee
Horoscope	Virgo

Lester Conner Biography

Lester Conner is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 17, 1959 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Born September 17, 1959, Lester Conner was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Oakland. There he attended Fremont High School, an ethnically diverse school. He was a Fremont Tigers high school basketball player, but he was not a star. Conner was not invited to any elite collegiate basketball programs and was forced to pursue an alternative path in his chosen sport.

Conner quickly gained a role as a starter with the team and played small forward alongside future NBA players Ray Blume, Mark Radford, Ray Blume and Charlie Sitton during the 1980-81 season. From its inception, the team was considered one of the most powerful college basketball teams. It brought back the core of a team that finished the previous season with a record 26-4 and was the 5th-ranked team in America. Conner was an indispensable sixth man and would play a significant role as an important player, becoming a skilled passer, gritty rebounder and lock-down defense specialist.

Seven wins out the gate brought the Beavers a #2 national ranking, which soon became #1 when Oregon State kept winning while the previously top-ranked DePaul Blue Demons fell to Old Dominion, 63-62, on January 10, 1981. The DePaul result was announced in the midst of an OSU annihilation of the Cal Golden Bears, with the home team up 56-28, bringing the crowd of 10,087 to a deafening standing ovation lasting more than a minute.

Conner was drafted in 1982 as the 14th pick overall, by the Golden State Warriors, and played with the Warriors for 4 seasons. He would later play for the Houston Rockets, and serve two stints with both the New Jersey Nets and the Milwaukee Bucks, finishing his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Indiana Pacers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. He ended his NBA playing days in 1995. He earned the nickname “The Molester” for his ball-stealing defensive play.

1980-81 Beavers were a perfect team, finishing 26-0, before losing 20 points at home to Alton Lister, Fat Lever and the 24-3 Arizona State Sun Devils. The 1981 NCAA Tournament saw the end of the season with a devastating loss to Kansas State, 64-60. Conner finished the year fourth in scoring with an average of 7.0 points per game and he pulled down 119 rebounds. This was second only to Steve Johnson (6’11”), who was the Beavers’ star center.

Lester Conner Net Worth

Lester Conner is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lester Conner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lester Allen Conner, born September 17, 1959, is an American professional basketball coach. He was also a former professional basketball player who has played for many NBA teams. Conner, 6’4″, was a “swingman” on the college floor. He played both small forward and shooting guard. Conner earned high college honors such as Pac-10 Player of Year in 1982.

Conner began his college career at Los Medanos Junior College, Antioch, California in 1978. His game grew tremendously. Conner was a star, scoring an average of 25.2 points per match and leading his team to a record of 24-7. For the 1979-80 season, Conner moved to Chabot Junior College, Hayward, California. He achieved similar results and was named the co-recipient California Junior College Player Of The Year. Conner, a high school player who was not well-known, became a top-notch transfer player and was sought after by many of the best collegiate programs in America.

Conner’s senior season, 1981–82, looked like trouble for Oregon State, with both guards and center Steve Johnson leaving for the NBA, along with two rotation players, with those lost needing to be replaced by athletes of clearly lesser talent. Fully 71% of the offense from OSU’s previous season was erased by the loss of the departures, along with 53% of the team’s rebounds. The arch-rival UCLA Bruins entered the year with a #2 ranking; expectations for OSU to repeat as conference champions were extremely low.

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Conner is considered a protege of former Indiana Pacers head coach Jim O’Brien and has worked under O’Brien on three separate occasions. The first was with the Boston Celtics from 2001-04. The second was as the associate head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2004-05 season. In June, 2007, Conner moved to Indiana, to once again work for O’Brien and the Pacers.

Facts & Trivia

Lester Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lester Conner celebrates birthday on September 17 of every year.

In 2010, Conner joined Larry Drew as his top assistant at the Atlanta Hawks, leaving the team following Drew’s termination at the end of the 2012-13 NBA Season. Conner joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2013-14 season as an assistant coach.