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Lorenzo Coleman (September 9, 1975 −November 24, 2013) was an American
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player.


College career

Coleman played
college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
for
Tennessee Tech Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie ...
for four years, and had 437 blocks in 114 games.


Professional career

In the 2001 NBDL Supplemental Draft, Coleman was drafted first overall by the
Roanoke Dazzle The Roanoke Dazzle were an NBA Development League team based in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.. In operation from the inaugural D-League season of 2001–02 through the 2005–06 season, the Dazzle marked the return of professional basketball to Roanoke ...
. He played 46 games for Roanoke in 2001–02 and led the NBDL in field goal percentage, at .606. Coleman played for the Harlem Globetrotters in 2002.


Death

Coleman died on November 24, 2013 at the age of 38 after suffering an aortic aneurysm a couple of weeks earlier.


See also

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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career blocks leaders __NOTOC__ In basketball, a block (short for blocked shot) occurs when a defender deflects or stops a field goal attempt without committing a foul. The top 25 highest blocks totals in NCAA Division I men's basketball history are listed below. ...


References

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