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.

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.

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.

On August 5, 2012, he signed with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Legadue Basket.

On July 29, 2013, Lawal signed a one-year deal with BC Astana of Kazakhstan. 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. 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. On May 12, 2017, he parted ways with Barcelona.

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

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

EuroLeague

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15
| style="text-align:left;"| Sassari
| 10 || 8 || 23.0 || .617 || .000 || .471 || 7.3 || 1.4 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 9.0 || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16
| style="text-align:left;"| Barcelona
| 17 || 0 || 14.9 || .673 || .000 || .594 || 4.1 || .6 || .5 || .7 || 5.2 || 7.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 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.

References

External links
Shane Lawal at acb.com 
Shane Lawal at fiba.com
Shane Lawal at euroleague.net 
Shane Lawal at legabasket.it 
Shane Lawal at realgm.com

Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Kazakhstan
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Qatar
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:American people of Nigerian descent
Category:American people of Yoruba descent
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:BC Astana players
Category:Centers (basketball)
Category:Dinamo Sassari players
Category:FC Barcelona Bàsquet players
Category:Lega Basket Serie A players
Category:Liga ACB players
Category:Nigerian emigrants to the United States
Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Category:Nigerian men's basketball players
Category:Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball players
Category:Olympic basketball players of Nigeria
Category:Power forwards (basketball)
Category:Scaligera Basket Verona players
Category:Sportspeople from Abeokuta
Category:Wayne State Warriors men's basketball players
Category:Yoruba sportspeople