NBA: Former Cav, 13-year league vet Lorenzen Wright found shot dead, possible ‘First 48′ Episode featuring Memphis’s finest?

Posted: July 29th, 2010 | Author: Zim | Filed under: NBA, TV | No Comments »

Missing for a couple weeks now, Wright was found dead in some woods outside his hometown of Memphis.

• Former first round “bust”, Wright hung around the NBA for 13-seasons before flaming out with the Cavs a few seasons ago…
• Wright went missing but has now been found dead in his hometown shot perhaps 18-times…
• This would be a perfect case for ‘The First 48′, especially if the rumors about Wright’s ex-wife’s possible involvement are true.

by Mike Zimmer, Hopes Tony Mullins and Caroline Mason are on the case

Sad news out of Memphis, Tennessee, where former Memphis Tigers stand out and 13-year NBA veteran (last with the Cleveland Cavs) was found shot dead a couple of weeks after going missing.  Lorenzen Wright was found shot to death, perhaps up to 18-times in a wooded area in Memphis (http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/072810-lorenzen-wright%27s-body-found).

Wright was initially a bit of a bust in the NBA after being selected 7th over-all in the NBA’s silly draft lottery by the L.A. Clippers.  However, while never becoming a stand out or star, he did last 13-seasons in the league and carved a bit of a niche out for himself as a guy who came off the bench as recently as 2007 with the Cavs.

The circumstances of Wright’s death are sketchy and the fact that he went missing for so long and now has been found brutally murdered, while sad are incredibly intriguing.  Of course while it’s probably in bad taste, I’m hoping this is featured on the incredibly awesome show ‘The First 48′.

If you’ve never seen the show, it is perhaps one of the best things on TV.  The rotating casts of detectives from city to city are an interesting tapestry of characters acting out real life as homicide investigators.  The show follows homicide investigators for the first 48-hours, the time in which most murders are either solved or can go cold and the investigation become harder and harder (http://www.aetv.com/the_first_48/).

The show features detectives investigating cases in Miami, Cincinnati, Dallas and Memphis.  It is perhaps Memphis that is maybe one of, if not my favorite group of detectives who have to work in a busy city for murder and crime.

Memphis Detectives Tony Mullins and Caroline Mason.

Included in that are perhaps my favorite detectives, Tony Mullins and Caroline Mason.  The two are an interesting pair coming from seemingly vastly different back grounds but have the same goal and mutual respect for one another, sometimes even working cases together in Memphis.

It’s sad that Wright was found shot dead.  However, with Memphis’s finest on the job, the case is sure to be solved, especially if Mullins or Mason were on the case.  And to be honest, the case sounds ripe and juicy with rumors that perhaps Wright’s ex-wife may be at the center of the investigation and her family perhaps indicated in some foul play.

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