Malcolm Toshio Lee (born May 22, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională. As a

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player with the

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, he received all-conference honors in the Pacific-10 (later known as the Pac-12). After his junior year, he was selected in the second round of the 2011 NBA draft, and began his professional career with the

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Early years

Lee was born in

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, to Toshio and Delma Lee. He attended

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in Riverside. Considered a four-star recruit by

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, Lee was listed as the No. 5 shooting guard and the No. 47 player in the nation in 2008. Lee was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and Pac-10 All-Defensive team in his junior year at UCLA in 2011. He declared for the NBA draft after the season against the advice of UCLA coach

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, and

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also questioned Lee's decision.

Professional career

Lee was drafted in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft with the 43rd overall pick by the

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. He was traded on draft night to the

along with the draft rights to

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, the 28th pick, for the draft rights to Nikola Mirotić, the 23rd pick. Lee signed a three-year guaranteed contract with the Timberwolves, rare for a second round pick. After his knee grew sore during training camp, Lee missed the beginning of the after undergoing surgery to repair a

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in his left knee. On February 6, 2012, he was assigned to the

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in the NBA Development League to rehabilitate his knee, and he was recalled after playing three games. He was reassigned to Sioux Falls on February 29. He made his NBA regular season debut on March 10, 2012. In

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, Lee missed the majority of training camp and the exhibition season with an injured groin. He started 12 games during the regular season, including a career-high 10 points on December 4, 2012, in a win at

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. He became slowed by injuries, missing the remainder of the season after two surgeries in January: one hip surgery and another to repair damaged cartilage in his right knee. On June 27, 2013, the day of the 2013 NBA Draft, Lee was traded to the Golden State Warriors, who subsequently traded him to the Phoenix Suns. He spent the summer in Phoenix rehabilitating, but a less than full-strength right

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prevented him from being cleared for full work. He was traded again on October 25, 2013, along with

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, and

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, to the

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in exchange for

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and a 2014 lottery protected first round draft pick. Lee, Brown, and Marshall were all waived by the Wizards three days later. On October 7, 2014, Lee signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. However, he was later waived by the 76ers on October 25, 2014. On November 3, 2014, he was acquired by the

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as an affiliate player. On December 5, he re-signed with the 76ers. Six days later, he was waived by the 76ers when they acquired

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and Jorge Gutiérrez in a trade. On December 13, he returned to Delaware and played that same night against the

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. On January 30, 2015, Lee was traded to the

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for the returning player rights to Khalif Wyatt. On February 8, 2016, he signed with Brujos de Guayama of the Puerto Rican League. In 19 games, he averaged 13.4 points per game. On September 14, 2016, he signed with

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of the Turkish League. On November 1, 2017, Lee signed with Igokea for the rest of the 2017–18 season. On January 16, 2018, he left with Igokea, and signed with German club Tigers Tübingen for the rest of the 2017–18 BBL season. On January 31, 2019, Lee moved to Greece and signed with Kolossos Rodou. On October 11, 2019, he signed with another Greek team, Rethymno Cretan Kings, for the 2019-2020 season, replacing Prince Williams. Lee averaged 5.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. On August 16, 2020, he signed with CSO Voluntari of the Liga Națională. After averaging 10.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game, Lee re-signed with the team on June 27, 2021.

Career statistics

NBA statistics

Regular season

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College statistics

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References

External links

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NBA D-League Profile

UCLA Bruins bio
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