McLemore Jr. also played for the Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Houston Rockets before retiring in 1972.

McLemore first attended Moberly Area Community College, but then transferred to Drake University, leading his team to be co-Missouri Valley Conference champions.

McLemore was inducted posthumously into the National Junior College Athletic Association Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

McLemore was a member of the Chicago Bulls' inaugural team after being selected in the 1966 NBA expansion draft.

McLemore was a color analyst in the late 1980s for Rockets' television broadcasts on Home Sports Entertainment.