Ben McLemore

Ben McLemore, American basketball player

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Born: February 11, 1993
Age in 2026: 33
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1993

About Ben McLemore

Ben Edward McLemore III (born February 11, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. McLemore played for five teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) across a nine-year career. McLemore spent four seasons with the Kings before signing with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2017. He was traded back to the Kings in 2018 and then signed with the Houston Rockets in 2019. McLemore joined the Los Angeles Lakers in 2021 and spent his final NBA stint with the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2021–22 season. McLemore played overseas in China, Greece, Spain and Turkey from 2023 to 2025. In 2025, McLemore was sentenced to eight years imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a woman in Oregon. == High school career == McLemore played high school basketball at Wellston High School in St. Louis, Missouri for three years before his school was shut down in 2010.

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Career and life highlights

At the beginning of his college career, McLemore was considered to be either a late first-round or early second-round prospect.
On February 1, McLemore missed his first game of his career due to a sprained right wrist, snapping his consecutive games streak at 211, which was the second-longest in the NBA behind Tristan Thompson (335).
On August 6, 2023, McLemore signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League, his first European club.
He was recalled a week later, and made his debut for the Grizzlies on November 11, 2017, recording four points and two rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench in a 111–96 loss to the Houston Rockets.

Ben McLemore timeline

2017He was recalled a week later, and made his debut for the Grizzlies on November 11, 2017, recording four points and two rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench in a 111–96 loss to the Houston Rockets.
2023On August 6, 2023, McLemore signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League, his first European club.

The world when Ben McLemore was born

Ben McLemore was born in 1993. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1993

#1 song"I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
Top movieSchindler's List
Top TV show60 Minutes
Best-selling bookThe Client – John Grisham

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentMichael Jordan retires (first time) to play baseball
Top headlineWorld Trade Center bombing
Technology milestoneMosaic browser makes the web accessible to everyone
Defining fadBeanie Babies (early)
Notable inventionMosaic web browser
World population5.53 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBill Clinton
Sports championToronto Blue Jays (World Series)
Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
U.S. population257.8M

1993 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ben McLemore's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1993	2026
Gas	$1.11	$3.45/gal
Average home	$104,000	$435,000
Average income	$38,651	$67,500
Minimum wage	$4.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$4.14	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.29	$0.73
Population	257.8M	341 million

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