MEMPHIS (AP) -- The uncle of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright said Wednesday that police have told the family the athlete who had been missing for 10 days has been found dead.



Curtis Wright told the Associated Press that police called the player's father, Herb Wright, a couple of hours ago with the news he had died. There was no immediate word on the cause.



Police declined to comment publicly. The Commercial Appeal cited a police source as identifying a body found in a field in southeast Memphis as Wright's.



Nearly 50 people gathered next to a road blocked off by police beside a wooded area about 15 miles south of downtown Memphis.



The 34-year-old Wright was last seen July 18 when he was expected to fly out of town. His family filed a missing person report July 22.



Wright played 13 years in the NBA with five different teams: the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and most recently the Cleveland Cavaliers with 17 games in the 2008-09 season. Wright left the University of Memphis early for the NBA, and the Clippers made him a lottery pick with the No. 7 selection overall.



He averaged 8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in 778 career games.



"RIP Memphis Tiger alum Lorenzen Wright," Chris Douglas-Roberts of the Milwaukee Bucks posted on his Twitter account. Douglas-Roberts said he didn't know what had happened to Wright or want to know.