- Oliver Lafayette
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Oliver Lafayette Position Point guard
Shooting guardHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg) League PLK
Euroleague
VTB United LeagueTeam Asseco Prokom Gdynia Born May 6, 1984 Nationality American High school Capitol High School College University of Houston Pro career 2008–present Career history Erie BayHawks (2008-09)
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2009-10; 2010-2011)
Boston Celtics (2010)
KK Partizan Belgrade (2010)
Maccabi Ashdod (2011)
Asseco Prokom Gdynia (2011-present)Oliver Lafayette (born May 6, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Asseco Prokom Gdynia.
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College and high school
Lafayette attended Capitol High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and led the basketball team to a 29–3 record his senior year. Lafayette attended first Brown Mackie College and Blinn College before transferring to the University of Houston. At Houston during his junior year, Lafayette started 30 of 31 games and earned 2nd team all Conference USA while finishing third in scoring in C-USA with a 15.7 points per game average. During his senior year in 2006–07, Lafayette averaged 14.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. He also majored in sociology.[1]
Pro career
Lafayette played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants during the 2009–10 season in the NBA Development League. With the Mad Ants, the guard started 42 of 48 games and averaged 17.1 points, 6.5 assists and 1.8 steals in 35.3 minutes per game.[2] On April 14, 2010, Lafayette signed with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association and appeared in one game with the team in which he scored 7 points. Upon playing with the Celtics, Lafayette became the 23rd former Houston Cougar to play in the NBA.[3]
On October 13, 2010 he signed with KK Partizan Belgrade in Serbia,[4] but the contract was terminated in November.[5]
In December 2010, Lafayette practiced with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, his former team. He was going to sign with the Mad Ants once he was officially released from KK Partizan Belgrade.[6] After averaging 16.4 points per game with the Mad Ants, he signed a four-month contract with the Turkish team Besiktas Cola Turka.[7] But due to health problems, his contract was dropped.[8]
In February 2011 he signed with Maccabi Ashdod in Israel.[9] On October 5, 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland.[10]
NBA 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 Bold Career high Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2009–10 Boston 1 0 22.0 .500 .500 .000 4.0 2.0 .0 .0 7.0 Career 1 0 22.0 .500 .500 .000 4.0 2.0 .0 .0 7.0 References
- ^ Oliver Lafayette Player Bio UH Cougars
- ^ Celtics Sign Fort Wayne's Oliver Lafayette NBA.com, April 14, 2010
- ^ Former Guard Oliver Lafayette Makes NBA Debut with Celtics on Wednesday uhcougars.com, April 15, 2010
- ^ Partizan Mt:s grabs Lafayette at point guard
- ^ Partizan: Lafayette out, Jerrells in
- ^ Lafayette to return to Mad Ants roster news-sentinel.com, December 15, 2010
- ^ Besiktas sign Oliver LaFayette
- ^ Beşiktaş Cola Turka'da şok gelişme
- ^ Maccabi Ashdod tabs Oliver LaFayette
- ^ Asseco Prokom Gdynia lands Oliver Lafayette
External links
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- American basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Basketball players from Louisiana
- Boston Celtics players
- Erie BayHawks players
- Fort Wayne Mad Ants players
- KK Partizan players
- Beşiktaş men's basketball players
- Houston Cougars men's basketball players
- Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players
- People from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Point guards
- Undrafted National Basketball Association players
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