Lanard Copeland

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Lanard Copeland

Position	Guard
Nickname	Copes
Height	198 cm
Weight	88 kg
Team	Adelaide 36ers (NBL)
Nationality	Australia
Born	July 26, 1965 (age 41) Atlanta, Georgia, USA
College/University	Georgia State University
NBL Debut	1992
Previous NBL Clubs	Melbourne Tigers 1992-2005 Brisbane Bullets 2005/06
NBL Championships	1993, 1997
Career Highlights	1997 Grand Final MVP 1999, 2002 All NBL First Team Played for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA

Lanard Copeland (born July 26, 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American-born Australian professional basketball player in the National Basketball League, currently with the Adelaide 36ers.

Copeland played collegiately for Georgia State University before being picked up undrafted by the Philadelphia 76ers of the American National Basketball Association in 1989. He participated in 23 games for them as well as 10 games for the L.A. Clippers before arriving in Australia in 1992 to play for the Melbourne Tigers where he averaged 22 points per game over 13 seasons. He became one part of the famous scoring duo with Andrew Gaze, achieving NBL Championships in 1993 and 1997 where his performances were outstanding. He was named MVP of the 1997 finals series.

In May 2005, he signed a one-year deal with the Brisbane Bullets, and in April 2006 signed with the Adelaide 36ers.

Prior to the 2006/07 NBL season, Copeland has played 476 NBL games.

On Saturday January 27, 2007, Lanard played his 500th NBL career game playing with his current team the Adelaide 36ers in a 131-99 loss to the Brisbane Bullets at the Distinctive Homes Dome in Adelaide. It was the 36ers' worst ever home loss in team history.