Education
Hyde Park High School (Massachusetts).
Hyde Park High School (Massachusetts).
He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd. Lee played four seasons with the Marshall University Thundering Herd, with whom he averaged 23.9 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. In 1985, he was inducted into the Marshall Hall of Fame, and in 2003 he had his number retired.
Lee was drafted sixth overall in the 1972 National Basketball Association Draft by the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, with whom he played two seasons averaging 2.6 points per game coming off the bench.
His best season for the Buckinghamshire was his rookie season, when he averaged 2.8 points per game. Before the start of the 1974-1975 National Basketball Association season, Lee was traded to the New Orleans Jazz with a 1975 National Basketball Association Draft first round pick for Steve Kuberski and a second round pick in 1975.
Lee would play only 15 games for the Jazz, averaging 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game before being cut and opting to retire.