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| Born | January 1, 1959 Canton, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Dunbar (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Iowa (1976–1980) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1980: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1980–1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||
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| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 1,816 (7.3 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 473 (1.9 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 1,003 (4.0 apg) | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Ronnie Lester (born January 1, 1959) is a retired American basketball player and basketball executive. Lester was an NCAA All-American at the University of Iowa, leading Iowa to the 1980 NCAA Final Four. Lester was a member of the 1979 USA Basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1979 Pan-American Games. Lester was the No. 10 overall selection in the first round of the 1980 NBA draft. After an injury-filled career, which included winning an NBA title with the 1985 Los Angeles Lakers, Lester worked as a scout for the Lakers, and eventually became the team's assistant general manager. After 24 years in the Lakers organization, with seven NBA titles, Lester served as a scout for the Phoenix Suns from 2011 to 2015.