Dr. Lloyd Walton (born November 23, 1953) is a retired American

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player. He grew up in

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and played basketball for Mount Carmel High School, where he was named a

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All American, and

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, playing for legendary Marquette coach

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, named 2nd team All American. Walton, a 6'1' (1.83 m)

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, was drafted by the

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in 1976 and played for the Bucks from 1977 to 1980, and for the

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in 1980–81. Since retiring as a player, he has served in various volunteer and professional capacities related to prep, collegiate and professional basketball, including: Assistant Coach under

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, a Regional Collegiate Scout for the

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, Assistant Coach for the LaCrosse Bobcats of the

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, and Assistant Coach at the NBA Pre-Draft. He has also held several positions in the public sector, including Bureau Chief for the Illinois Department of Human Services and Executive Director of both The James Jordan Boys & Girls Club & Family Life Center and the Washington Park YMCA both in

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. Lloyd is currently senior career counselor for the

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, where he has logged over 2,000 counseling hours with NBA players. In 2009, he created Life Long Winners LLC Consulting. The Company is designed specifically for servicing Athletes with Life Coaching, Transition Planning, Motivational Speaking, and the Life Long Winners personal development model. Lloyd received his Doctoral Degree in Organizational Leadership from Argosy University in 2015, which makes him only the third player in NBA history to achieve this level of education. In 2018 Lloyd became a certified life coach from World Coach Institute.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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, 53 , , - , , 12.8 , , .468 , , - , , .815 , , 1.0 , , 2.7 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 4.3 , - , align="left" , 1977–78 , align="left" ,

, 76 , , - , , 16.6 , , .448 , , - , , .651 , , 1.0 , , 3.3 , , 1.0 , , 0.2 , , 4.8 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" ,

, 75 , , - , , 18.4 , , .480 , , - , , .678 , , 1.4 , , 4.7 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 76 , , - , , 16.4 , , .455 , , .333 , , .690 , , 1.2 , , 3.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

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, 61 , , - , , 13.5 , , .413 , , .000 , , .788 , , 0.8 , , 3.4 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 3.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 341 , , - , , 15.8 , , .454 , , .250 , , .711 , , 1.1 , , 3.6 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 4.2

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1977–78 , align="left" ,

, 9 , , - , , 13.8 , , .486 , , - , , .615 , , 0.4 , , 4.1 , , 0.9 , , 0.3 , , 4.7 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 1 , , - , , 4.0 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 8 , , - , , 9.1 , , .267 , , .000 , , .750 , , 0.9 , , 2.4 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 1.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 18 , , - , , 11.2 , , .412 , , .000 , , .647 , , 0.7 , , 3.2 , , 0.7 , , 0.2 , , 2.9

College

, - , align="left" , 1973–74 , align="left" , Marquette , 31 , , - , , - , , .422 , , - , , .783 , , 2.5 , , 4.5 , , - , , - , , 9.4 , - , align="left" , 1974–75 , align="left" , Marquette , 27 , , - , , - , , .455 , , - , , .789 , , 2.7 , , 5.9 , , - , , - , , 15.1 , - , align="left" , 1975–76 , align="left" , Marquette , 29 , , - , , 36.3 , , .425 , , - , , .789 , , 2.4 , , 6.3 , , - , , - , , 10.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 87 , , - , , 36.3 , , .436 , , - , , .787 , , 2.6 , , 5.5 , , - , , - , , 11.6

External links

NBA statistics
@ basketballreference.com
LifelongWinners

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