The third overall choice in the 1985 NBA Draft after a solid college career at Creighton, 7-footer Benoit Benjamin enjoyed several productive seasons early in his career with the Los Angeles Clippers. After 5 1/2 seasons with the Clippers, he had since played for eight other NBA teams as well as in Greece and the CBA. Playing for Hall of Famer Willis Reed at Creighton, Benjamin averaged 17.7 points and 11.3 rebounds per game in three seasons before becoming an early entry candidate for the 1985 NBA Draft. As a junior he posted career-high marks of 21.5 ppg and 14.1 rpg, which prompted the Clippers to select him on the first round. Benjamin averaged 11.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a rookie, and in five full seasons with the Clippers he bettered those numbers, with a career-high of 16.4 points per game in 1988-89. He averaged a double-double in 1990-91, posting marks of 14.0 ppg and a career-high 10.3 rpg. He led the Clippers in blocked shots for five consecutive seasons, twice blocked a franchise-record 10 shots in a game and is the club's career leader in blocks with 1,117. On February 20, 1991, he was obtained by the Seattle SuperSonics for center Olden Polynice and two first-round draft picks. The Sonics hoped Benjamin would be the hub of a championship team, but after averaging 14.0 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 1991-92, he tailed off badly to 5.7 ppg and 3.5 rpg the following season. Seattle traded him to the Lakers on February 22, 1993, along with the rights to Doug Christie for veteran Sam Perkins. He played just two months with the Lakers, moving on to New Jersey in exchange for Sam Bowie on June 21, 1993. He played two full seasons for the Nets before going to the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1995 expansion draft. The development of Bryant "Big Country" Reeves made him expendable in Vancouver, and he was shipped on to Milwaukee for Eric Murdock and Eric Mobley on November 27, 1995, after just one month with Vancouver. After averaging 8.8 ppg and 6.5 rpg in 1995-96, he signed with the Toronto Raptors as a free agent prior to the 1996-97 season. But he played in just four games for the Raptors before being waived on November 12, 1996, and he was out of basketball for most of the 1996-97 season. He played four games in Greece, four games in the CBA and 14 games with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1997-98; six games with Philadelphia and four games in the CBA in 1998-99; and three games with Cleveland in 1999-2000.

1999-2000 REGULAR SEASON
Waived by the Cavaliers on 11/18

1998-1999 REGULAR SEASON
Waived by the 76ers on 2/24 Played in his 800th career game, against the San Antonio Spurs, on 2/12 Averaged 10.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 2.50 bpg in 4 games for Grand Rapids of the CBA

1997-1998 REGULAR SEASON
Benjamin played briefly in Greece and the CBA before latching on with the Philadelphia 76ers late in the season. He averaged 9.8 points and 8.5 rebounds in four games with Peristeri of the Greek League and 11.0 points and 8.5 rebounds in four games for the Yakima Sun Kings of the CBA. He signed the first of two consecutive 10-day contracts by the Philadelphia 76ers on March 11 and was signed for the remainder of the season on March 30. He played in a total of 14 games for Philadelphia, averaging 4.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 14.1 minutes per game and sitting out seven games due to coach's decision. Benjamin scored a season-high 10 points, with five rebounds, at New York on March 17. He grabbed a season-high nine rebounds in his debut as a 76er, against Atlanta on March 13

• His full name is Lenard Benoit Benjamin
• He and his wife Zina have four children, Reggie, Chris, Benoit Jr. and Ansley III