Len Elmore

Len Elmore
Personal information
Born March 28, 1952
New York City, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Power Memorial Academy
(New York City, New York)
College Maryland (1971–1974)
NBA draft 1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Pro career 1974–1984
Position Center / Power forward
Number 41, 44
Career history
1974–1979 Indiana Pacers (ABA and NBA)
1979–1980 Kansas City Kings
1980–1981 Milwaukee Bucks
1981–1983 New Jersey Nets
1983–1984 New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
Career ABA and NBA statistics
Points 3,948 (6.0 ppg)
Rebounds 3,360 (5.1 rpg)
Blocks 674 (1.0 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Leonard J. "Len" Elmore (born March 28, 1952) is an American sportscaster, lawyer and former National Basketball Association player.

Elmore has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and has served in the same capacity for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Tournament. Elmore is an eight-year veteran of the NBA having played for the Indiana Pacers, Kansas City Kings (presently Sacramento Kings), Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, and New York Knicks, and he also played two seasons with the Pacers when they were in the ABA. In 1990, Elmore served as the color commentator for CBS' number-two NBA broadcasting team, calling much of the Western Conference Playoff action alongside play-by-play man Verne Lundquist.

He attended Power Memorial Academy in New York City, leading its basketball team to the City championship and the "Number 1 Team in the Nation" in 1970. He graduated from the University of Maryland College Park in 1974 where he was a three-time All-ACC player and an All-American in 1974. He is still Maryland's all-time leading rebounder, in both total rebounds and rebounding average. In 2002, Elmore was selected to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team, honoring him as one of the 50 greatest players in ACC history.

Elmore received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987 and began his law career as a prosecutor, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York.

Aside from his announcing duties, Elmore also previously served as Senior Counsel with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in New York City, where he currently resides, and is the president of the National Basketball Retired Players Association. He also is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

Elmore teaches Seminar in Sports Media in Columbia University's Master of Science Program in Sports Management.

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