James Lee

James Lee (born January 17, 1956) is a retired American basketball player who played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. The 6'5" swingman from Lexington's Henry Clay High School spent four years with the Wildcats, contributing as a sixth man on the 1978 NCAA championship team and averaging 11.3 points per game on 56% shooting. Selected 39th overall by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1978 NBA Draft, Lee never appeared in an NBA game. He played professionally in the Western Basketball Association with the Tucson Gunners before moving to the Continental Basketball Association, where he averaged 22.3 points per game for the Lehigh Valley Jets in 1980–81.