Shane Lawal

Olaseni Abdul-Jelili "Shane" Lawal (born October 8, 1986) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Homenetmen Beirut B.C. of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). He plays the center position.

Shane Lawal
No. 9 – Homenetmen
PositionCenter
LeagueFLB
Personal information
Born (1986-10-08) October 8, 1986
Abeokuta, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian / American
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High schoolSouthfield (Southfield, Michigan)
College
NBA draft2009 / Undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010Al Arabi Doha
2010–2011Guadalajara
2011Al-Ahli Benghazi
2011–2012Clavijo
2012–2013Tezenis Verona
2013–2014Astana
2014–2015Dinamo Sassari
2015–2017FC Barcelona Lassa
2017–2018Sidigas Avellino
2019–presentHomenetmen
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
FIBA Africa Championship
2015 Tunisia

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] On May 12, 2017, he parted ways with Barcelona.[7]

On August 26, 2017, Lawal signed with Italian club Sidigas Avellino.[8]

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
  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 10823.0.617.000.4717.31.41.51.59.015.0
2015–16 Barcelona 17014.9.673.000.5944.1.6.5.75.27.7
Career 27817.9.643.000.5305.3.9.91.06.610.4

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.[9]

References
  1. "Shane Lawal - 2008-09 Men's Basketball". Wsuathletics.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  2. "El Clavijo ficha por una temporada al pívot nigeriano Shane Lawal". Elcorreo.com (in Spanish). July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  3. Carchia, Emiliano (August 5, 2012). "Tezenis Verona officially signs Shane Lawal". Sportando.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  4. "Olaseni Lawal inks with BC Astana". Court-side.com. July 29, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  5. "Dinamo Sassari gains rim-protecter in Lawal". Euroleague.net. July 31, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  6. "Shane Lawal, primer refuerzo para el FC Barcelona Lassa". ACB.com (in Spanish). July 20, 2015.
  7. "Acord per a la rescissió del contracte de Shane Lawal". fcbarcelona.cat (in Spanish). May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  8. "Scandone Avellino signs Shane Lawal". Sportando.com. August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  9. "Individual payouts for Overseas Elite". www.thetournament.com. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
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