Memphis basketball will retire Lorenzen Wright’s jersey
Memphis Tigers basketball will retire Lorenzen Wright’s jersey. He is pictured here from a 2004 Memphis Grizzlies game as he battles for the ball with San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan. (Mark Weber/AP file)
The jersey retirement will take place during a ceremony at FedExForum at a future game to be determined by the program and the late Wright’s family.
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Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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