Mike Lynn (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1945)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Mike Lynn | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 215 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|25}} | birth_place = Covina, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Covina (Covina, California) | college = UCLA (1964–1968) | draft_year = 1968 | draft_round = 4 | draft_pick = 39 | draft_team = Chicago Bulls | career_start = | career_end = | career_number = 33, 19 | career_position = Small forward | years1 = {{nbay|1969|full=y}} | team1 = Los Angeles Lakers | years2 = {{nbay|1970|full=y}} | team2 = Buffalo Braves | highlights = * 2× NCAA champion (1965, 1968) * First-team All-AAWU (1966) }} '''Michael Edward Lynn''' (born November 25, 1945) is an American former professional basketball player. He won two NCAA championships playing college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, then played professionally for two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Lynn, a 6'7 forward from Covina High School in Covina, California, played for UCLA from 1964 to 1968. He won a championship as a sophomore (1965) and again as a fifth-year senior starter in 1968. Lynn was suspended for the 1966–67 championship year due to legal trouble concerning a credit card reported lost.<ref>{{cite news |title= Vet hooper suspended|author= AP report|newspaper= Spokane Daily Chronicle|date= December 1, 1966 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SLsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2916,474851&dq=mike-lynn+ucla&hl=en |accessdate=July 31, 2011}}</ref> He was a first-team All-AAWU pick as a junior in 1966.<ref>[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011MBB_MG_History.pdf 2010-11 UCLA men's basketball media guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213026/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011MBB_MG_History.pdf |date=2011-07-08 }}, accessed July 31, 2011</ref>

After his collegiate career ended, Lynn was drafted twice by the NBA – first in the 1967 NBA draft by the San Francisco Warriors (fifth round, #51 overall) and again in the 1968 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls (fourth round, #39 overall). He played two NBA seasons from 1969 to 1971, his first for the Los Angeles Lakers and his second for the Buffalo Braves. For his career, Lynn averaged 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 49 games.<ref name=bbr/>

==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}

===NBA=== Source<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lynnmi01.html|title=Mike Lynn NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=30 August 2024}}</ref>

====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1969}} | style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers | '''44''' || '''9.2''' || '''.331''' || .646 || '''1.5''' || '''.7''' || '''2.7''' |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1970}} | style="text-align:left;"|Buffalo | 5 || 5.0 || .286 || '''1.000''' || .8 || .2 || 1.4 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 49 || 8.7 || .329 || .667 || 1.4 || .6 || 2.6 {{s-end}}

====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|1970 | style="text-align:left;"|L.A. Lakers | 3 || 2.0 || .667 || – || .7 || .3 || 1.3 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{basketballstats|bbr=l/lynnmi01}}

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