Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jeremy Lamb was born on May 30, 1992, in Henrico, Virginia. He is a small forward in the NBA.

Lamb attended Norcross High School in Norcross, Georgia, where he captained the basketball team and averaged 20 points and 6 rebounds per game, leading Norcross to the regional championship, the Elite 8 of the state playoffs and a final record of 27–3. He was recruited by UConn after drawing the attention of coach Jim Calhoun, who felt that Lamb reminded him of former UConn star Richard "Rip" Hamilton.

As a freshman, he was the second-leading scorer on the 2011 national champion UConn Huskies team. Lamb was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets. On June 25, 2015, Lamb was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Luke Ridnour and a 2016 second-round draft pick. On July 7, 2019, Lamb signed a three-year contract worth $31.5 million with the Indiana Pacers.