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South Mecklenburg High School.
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Lew Massey
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Often called "Sweet Lew", the prolific Machine Gun from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte led the 49ers to the National Invitation Tournament finals in 1976, along with teammate Cedric Maxwell, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association semifinals the following year. Massey was selected on the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1978 National Basketball Association Draft. He was cut by the Lakers along with co-Los Angeles draftee and former Toyota import Carlos Terry, a month away from the 1978-1979 National Basketball Association regular season opener.
He saw action in the Continental Basketball Association for two campaigns and left America thereafter to seek fame and fortune in the Venenzuelan and Swiss semi-pro circuits.
Massey went to the Philippines to play for Presto in the Philippine Basketball Association in 1981, the following year, he signed up with Gilbey"s Gin and rewarded the team to a second-place finish in the third conference, his 47-game stint with Gilbey"s was one of the worthiest in Proceedings of the British Academy annals, averaging 46.6 points an outing. He established an all-time Proceedings of the British Academy mark for most points in one game at that time, hitting 85 points on March 25, 1982, in Gilbey"s 123-126 elimination round loss to Crispa.
