- Born
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Lisa Leslie is an American former professional basketball player. She is the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts on Fox Sports Florida.
Leslie played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner. The number-seven pick in the 1997 inaugural WNBA draft, she followed her career at the University of Southern California with eight WNBA All-Star selections and two WNBA championships over the course of eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, before retiring in 2009. Leslie was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game.
In 2015, she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Leslie was also inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseMichael Lockwood(November 5, 2005 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenMichael Joseph LockwoodLauren Jolie
- ParentsWalter LeslieChristine Lauren Leslie
- RelativesDionne Leslie(Sibling)Elgin Leslie(Sibling)Tiffany White(Sibling)Bri Brister(Niece or Nephew)Marquis Jones(Niece or Nephew)
- Towering height
- Became the first WNBA player to dunk in a game on July 30, 2002.
- Member of the Olympic gold-medal-winning USA women's basketball teams in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.
- Leslie and Lockwood, a pilot and former Air Force basketball player, wed in Maui in November 2005.
- Named MVP of the 2002 All Star Game.
- At age 34, gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Lauren Jolie was born June 15, 2007. Lauren made her debut over a week early arriving at 4:05 or 4:11 am, weighing in at 8 lbs. 11 oz and 20 inches long.
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