Shane Lawal

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Shane Lawal
No. 9 – FC Barcelona Lassa
Position Center
League Liga ACB
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1986-10-08) October 8, 1986 (age 37)
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian / American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school Southfield (Southfield, Michigan)
College
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing 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
2014–2015 Dinamo Sassari
2015–present FC Barcelona Lassa
Career highlights and awards

Olaseni Abdul-Jelili "Shane" Lawal (born October 8, 1986) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB. 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.

Lawal competes for Overseas Elite in The Basketball Tournament. He was a center on the 2015 team who won TBT's $1 million prize.[6]

On July 20, 2015, Lawal signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club FC Barcelona Lassa.[7]

National team

Lawal was Nigeria's top performer at the AfroBasket 2015 , averaging 19.6 efficiency and 9.0 rebounds in all games as the West Africans clinched their first-ever continental championship in Tunisia.

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, 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
Career 10 8 23.0 .617 .000 .471 7.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 9.0 15.0

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