Andrew Lang (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American basketball player
Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1966
Place of Birth: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Andrew Lang (basketball)
- Andrew Charles Lang Jr.
- (born June 28, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. After a four-year career at the University of Arkansas, Lang was selected by the Phoenix Suns as the 3rd pick in the 2nd round (28th overall) of the 1988 NBA draft.
- He quickly developed a reputation as a proficient shotblocker.
- For years, he maintained the fourth all-time NBA record of one blocked shot every 9.12 minutes. Lang was traded in 1992 (along with Jeff Hornacek and Tim Perry) to the Philadelphia 76ers for NBA All-Star forward Charles Barkley. This journeyman center also played for the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks before retiring in 2000.
- He finished his career averaging 6.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game. Lang is the 55th all-time leading shot blocker in NBA history. He is known infamously in New York for a 1997 incident at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, involving Knicks star center Patrick Ewing.
- After a midair collision with Lang, Ewing fell on his wrist and did not return until the second round of the playoffs.
- Ewing never again regained his All-Star form after that injury.
- Lang later signed with the Knicks to be Ewing's backup at the center position. Lang is a Christian evangelist and is currently employed by the Atlanta Hawks as the team chaplain.
- Lang lives in Marietta, Georgia with his wife, Bronwyn.
- His son Trey plays college basketball for the UMass Minutemen.
- His other son, Chad, played college basketball for the Belmont Bruins and the Lipscomb Bisons.
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