George Lynch

George DeWitt Lynch (born September 3, 1970, in Roanoke, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.

After leading the University of North Carolina to an NCAA title in 1993, he was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 12th overall pick in that year's NBA Draft. With the Lakers, he wore three different jersey numbers - #24, #30 and #9. He was traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies along with Anthony Peeler in 1996 in order to open up salary cap space in order to sign Shaquille O'Neal. He joined the Philadelphia 76ers as a free agent in 1999. After playing with them for two seasons, he was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in a three-way trade also involving Derrick Coleman, Jerome Moiso, Robert Traylor, and Vonteego Cummings, among others, in 2001. When his career wrapped up at the end of the 2004-05 season, he had averaged 6.6 points, five rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.

On December 20, 2006, he joined the Southern Methodist University men's basketball staff under head coach Matt Doherty. Lynch became the team's administrative assistant/graduate manager.