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Center · 1993–94

Luther Wright

A 7-foot-2 center from Jersey City, Wright played for Bob Hurley at St. Anthony and two seasons at Seton Hall before the Jazz made him the 18th pick of the 1993 draft. He arrived in Utah out of shape at 325 pounds, on a roster already stocked with Mark Eaton and Felton Spencer, and his NBA career lasted 15 games.

His Jazz contract continued to pay him 153,000 dollars a year for 25 years.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 18th overall in 1993. Bipolar disorder ended the season and the career — in January 1994 police found him at a highway rest area west of Salt Lake City, smashing car windows. He never played in the NBA again.

Full name
Luther A. Wright Jr.
Utah Jazz tenure
1993–94
Position
Center
Born
1971, Wichita, Kansas
Height
7′2″ (218 cm)
Weight
271 lb (123 kg)
College
Seton Hall
Drafted
1993, 1st round (No. 18), Utah
Signatures in the archive
  • 2011-12 Panini Past & Present LW Elusive Ink Autographs
  • BAS 1993-94 Skybox Premium #190 Authentic Rookie RC ow6

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

LUTHER WRIGHT · 1993–94 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1993–94UTA156.11.30.70.00.10.1.348.000.750
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON156.11.30.70.00.10.1.348.000.750

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

LUTHER WRIGHT · 3 NOTES
  • His Jazz teammates knew the 7-foot-2 rookie as Big Woo.
  • Between draft day and opening night he dropped 43 pounds, arriving at 325 and reporting for the opener at 282.
  • Utah's frontcourt already held Mark Eaton, Felton Spencer and Isaac Austin, so the plan was to bring him along slowly.