Last Updated on April 16, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Here is the detailed profile of Larry Spriggs:

Player Profile

  • Full Name: Lawrence Michael Spriggs
  • Nationality: American
  • Age: Born on September 8, 1959
  • Hometown: Cheverly, Maryland, USA
  • Height: 6 feet 7 inches (201 cm)
  • Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
  • Wingspan: 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm)
  • Shoe Size: Size 14 (US)
  • Number: Wore numbers 35 and 40 during his career
  • Position: Small Forward / Power Forward
  • High School: Mackin Catholic High School, Washington, D.C.
  • College: Howard University (1974–1978)
  • NBA Draft: Undrafted in 1978, entered the league in 1981
  • Teams Played For:
    • Houston Rockets (1981–1983)
    • Chicago Bulls (1983–1984)
    • Los Angeles Lakers (1984–1986)
    • European and other international teams, including stints in Spain and the Philippines
  • Championship Rings: 1 (with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1985)
  • Kids: Not much publicly available information on his personal life, including children.
  • Siblings: There is no widely available public information regarding his siblings.

Player Archetype / Play Style

Larry Spriggs’ player archetype was that of a physical energy forward: a 6-foot-7, 230-pound combo forward who fit as a rugged role player rather than a featured scorer, taking on defensive assignments against opposing power forwards, fighting for rebounds, running the floor, and supplying force, hustle, and contact play. Offensively, his role was mostly complementary—finishing plays, adding power in transition, and giving lineups a sturdier, more direct option than a finesse-oriented creator—while his defensive value came from bodying bigger forwards, contesting work on the glass, and injecting edge and aggression. In style terms, Spriggs played a heavy-on-power, light-on-finesse game built on effort, toughness, and straight-line energy, so his overall profile reads as a blue-collar two-way forward whose impact came more from physicality and tempo than polished shot-making. (The Washington Post)

Sources

The Washington Post — With the Lakers, Spriggs’ Career Is Branching Out
Los Angeles Times — Meet Larry Spriggs, the Surprise Starter : Lakers Put Best Foot Forward With This Continental League Refugee in Lineup
NBA.com — Larry Spriggs