Complex sentence: Lever was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers as the 11th pick in the 1982 NBA Draft out of Arizona State and was considered one of the NBA's best point guards in the late 1980s while playing for the Denver Nuggets.
Split into simpler sentences: Lever was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers as the 11th pick in the 1982 NBA Draft out of Arizona State. He was considered one of the NBA's best point guards in the late 1980s while playing for the Denver Nuggets.