Shane Lawal
| No. 9 – FC Barcelona Lassa | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
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Liga ACB EuroLeague | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
October 8, 1986 Abeokuta, Nigeria | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian / American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Southfield (Southfield, Michigan) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Al Arabi Doha | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Al-Ahli Benghazi | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Clavijo | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Tezenis Verona | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Astana | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Dinamo Sassari | ||||||||||||
| 2015–present | FC Barcelona Lassa | ||||||||||||
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Olaseni Abdul-Jelili "Shane" Lawal (born October 8, 1986) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Lassa. He plays the center position.
College career
Lawal played college basketball for three years at Oakland University, with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, before moving to Wayne State University, where he played with the Wayne State Warriors during the 2008–09 season.[1]
Professional career
Lawal went undrafted at the 2009 NBA draft. For the 2009–10 season, he signed with Al Arabi Doha of the Qatari Basketball League.
For the 2010–11 season, he moved to Spain and signed with CB Guadalajara of the LEB Plata. In April 2011, he moved to the Libyan League club Al-Ahli Benghazi for the rest of the season.
In July 2011, he signed with CB Clavijo of the LEB Oro.[2]
On August 5, 2012, he signed with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Legadue Basket.[3]
On July 29, 2013, Lawal signed a one-year deal with BC Astana of Kazakhstan.[4] With Astana, he won the Kazakh League and Cup in the 2013–14 season.
On July 31, 2014, Lawal signed a one-year deal with the Italian club Dinamo Sassari.[5] With the Italians, he won the season's League, Cup and Supercup.
On July 20, 2015, Lawal signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club FC Barcelona Lassa.[6]
National team
Lawal was Nigeria's top performer at the AfroBasket 2015 , averaging 19.6 efficiency, and 9.0 rebounds per game, as the West Africans clinched their first-ever continental championship in Tunisia.
Career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Sassari | 10 | 8 | 23.0 | .617 | .000 | .471 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 15.0 |
| 2015–16 | Barcelona | 17 | 0 | 14.9 | .673 | .000 | .594 | 4.1 | .6 | .5 | .7 | 5.2 | 7.7 |
| Career | 27 | 8 | 17.9 | .643 | .000 | .530 | 5.3 | .9 | .9 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 10.4 |
Amateur basketball
Lawal has also competed for Overseas Elite in The Basketball Tournament. He was a center on the 2015 team that won TBT's $1 million prize. He was also a part of the Overseas Elite team that won the 2016 TBT championship, and a $2 million prize. [7]
References
- ↑ "Shane Lawal - 2008-09 Men's Basketball". Wsuathletics.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "El Clavijo ficha por una temporada al pívot nigeriano Shane Lawal". Elcorreo.com (in Spanish). July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ Carchia, Emiliano (August 5, 2012). "Tezenis Verona officially signs Shane Lawal". Sportando.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Olaseni Lawal inks with BC Astana". Court-side.com. July 29, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Dinamo Sassari gains rim-protecter in Lawal". Euroleague.net. July 31, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Shane Lawal, primer refuerzo para el FC Barcelona Lassa". ACB.com (in Spanish). July 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Individual payouts for Overseas Elite | The Basketball Tournament". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
External links
- Shane Lawal at acb.com (Spanish)
- Shane Lawal at fiba.com
- Shane Lawal at euroleague.net
- Shane Lawal at legabasket.it (Italian)
- Shane Lawal at realgm.com