Shane Lawal
| No. 9 – Dinamo Sassari | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League |
Italian League Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 8, 1986 Abeokuta, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Southfield (Southfield, Michigan) |
| College |
Oakland (2005–2008) Wayne State (2008–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Pro career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2010 | Al Arabi Doha |
| 2010–2011 | Guadalajara |
| 2011 | Al-Ahli Benghazi |
| 2011–2012 | CB Clavijo |
| 2012–2013 | Tezenis Verona |
| 2013–2014 | Astana |
| 2014–present | Dinamo Sassari |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Olaseni Abdul Jelili "Shane" Lawal (born October 8, 1986) is a Nigerian professional basketball player who plays for Dinamo Sassari of the Italian League.
College career
Lawal played college basketball for three years at the Oakland University before moving to Wayne State University for the 2008–09 season.[1]
Professional career
Lawal went undrafted in 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 Libya and signed with 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 Euroleague club Dinamo Sassari.[5]
Euroleague career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| 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 |
| Career | 10 | 8 | 23.0 | .617 | .000 | .471 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 15.0 |
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.
External links
- Shane Lawal at eurobasket.com
- Shane Lawal at euroleague.net
- Shane Lawal at realgm.com
- Shane Lawal at fiba.com
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