Oliver Lafayette

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Basketball player
Oliver Lafayette
Lafayette in 2013 in the Žalgiris jersey
Player information
birthday May 6, 1984
place of birth Baton Rouge (LA), USA
size 188 cm
position Point guard
college Houston
Club information
society Virtus Bologna
league Lega Basket Serie A
Jersey number 20th
Clubs as active
2002–2003 Blinn Buccaneers (NJCAA) 2004–2005 Brown Mackie Lions (NJCAA) 2005–2007 Houston Cougars ( NCAA ) 2007–2008 Correcaminos de la UAT ( LNBP ) 2008–2009 Erie BayHawks 2009–2010 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2010 Boston Celtics 2010 KK Partizan Belgrade 2010–2011 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 2011 Maccabi Ashdod 2011 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 2012 Anadolu Efes SK 2012–2013 Žalgiris Kaunas 2013–2014 Valencia Basket Club 2014–2015 Olympiacos 2015–2016 Olimpia Milano 2016–2017 CB Málaga Since 2017 Virtus BolognaUnited StatesUnited States
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National team
Since 02014 Croatia

Oliver Lafayette (born May 6, 1984 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) is an American - Croatian basketball player . After studying in his home country and starting his career as a professional player in Mexico , Lafayette was under contract in the NBA Development League for three seasons with interruptions, including a short stint in the NBA and an eight-week engagement in Serbia . From February 2011 Lafayette was mainly active for European clubs and achieved with his respective teams the title win in the Lithuanian championship in 2013 and in the Eurocup 2013/14 . In the 2014/15 season he played for the Greek runner-up Olympiacos Piraeus, followed by appearances in Milan, Málaga and Bologna.

Career

After leaving school at the Capitol High School in his hometown of Lafayette was briefly a student at Blinn College in Brenham ( Texas , where he) for the high school team Buccaneers in the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association played (NJCAA). Finally, he continued his studies in 2004 at Brown Mackie College in Salina, Kansas , where he finished fifth in the national finals with the Lions College Team in Division II of the NJCAA and was named "Player of the Year" in Division II in 2005 has been. He then got a place for further studies at the University of Houston , where he played for the college team Cougars in the Conference USA (C-USA) of the NCAA . In Lafayette's first season with the Cougars it was enough for an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament , in which they lost to the Missouri State University Bears in the round of 16 with one point difference . The following season, the Cougars missed any participation in a major " postseason " tournament. In the NBA Draft 2007 of the most important professional league NBA Lafayette was not considered.

After Lafayette played for the Sacramento Kings in the 2007 NBA Summer League , the former Texas student had his first real professional engagement across the border in Mexico. For the Correcaminos , who are based at the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas in Ciudad Victoria , he played in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . The team was eliminated in the first play-off round for the championship. At the beginning of the following season, Lafayette moved back to his home country and played in the northeastern United States for the newly established team of the Erie BayHawks from Pennsylvania in the NBA Development League , which were also eliminated in the first play-off round at the end of the season. The following season, Lafayette moved to the Mad Ants from Fort Wayne , where he was finally able to prevail as a starter and averaged over 17 points and 6.5 assists per game in the 2009/10 season . In April 2010, Lafayette received a "call-up" from the Boston Celtics, for which he completed his only game in the NBA. He scored seven points, which according to some statistical sources is the best performance for a player who only played a single role in the NBA. Before the beginning of the following season Lafayette was released from the Celtics and he began the following season 2010/11 with the Serbian champions KK Partizan from Belgrade , who also played in the ABA league . After rather moderate litter rates, Lafayette's contract was terminated in late November 2010 and he was replaced by Curtis Jerrells . Lafayette initially returned to the Mad Ants. After a commitment at Beşiktaş Cola Turka had broken up, Lafayette signed another contract in February 2011 in a league belonging to FIBA Europe . With the first division promoted Maccabi from Ashdod he reached the end of the season in the Israeli Ligat ha'Al the play-offs for the championship title, in which the team was eliminated without a win in the first round.

For the 2011/12 season Lafayette got a contract with the Polish champions Asseco Prokom from Gdynia . After the team highest ranked European club competition ULEB Euro League 2011/12 changed Lafayette in January 2012 had graduated, in the Lafayette for Partizan in 2010 already individual games, was eliminated after the first round with just one win in ten games now but in Turkey after Istanbul , where he however played for Anadolu Efes SK. The Turkish team was eliminated after only one win in six games of the intermediate round from the Euroleague, but reached the final series for the Turkish championship in the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi , which was lost to local rivals Beşiktaş Milangaz. In the 2012/13 season Lafayette played for the Lithuanian champions Žalgiris from Kaunas , with whom he was able to defend the national championship. Previously in the ULEB Euroleague 2012/13 after a strong preliminary round that ended in first place in their group, they were also eliminated in the intermediate round of the 16 best teams. For the 2013/14 season Lafayette then moved to the Spanish ACB league for the club from Valencia . In the second European club competition Eurocup 2013/14 , Valencia was able to win only nine of 16 games in the preliminary and intermediate rounds and only reached the knockout games from the round of 16 on the basis of the better direct comparison . After progressing in the eighth and quarter-finals against the German representative Alba Berlin on the basis of a lead from the first leg, they won both games in the semifinals and in the finals and thus already the third title success for the club as the record winner of this competition. Valencia had done much better in the main round of the ACB League than in the preliminary and intermediate rounds of the Eurocup and went into the play-offs in second place with only four defeats in 34 games. Lafayette was named "Player of the Week" on Matchday 31 based on his effectiveness values . In the semi-final series of the play-offs they had home rights against the former runner-up FC Barcelona, ​​but after there were only away wins in this series, Valencia was eliminated from the national title with the last successful throw by Marcelinho Huertas in the final seconds of the fifth and decisive game .

For the 2014/15 season, Lafayette was signed by the Greek runner-up Olympiacos from Piraeus , with whom he will compete in the ULEB Euroleague 2014/15 in addition to the national league A1 Ethniki . After receiving Croatian citizenship, he was appointed to the Croatian national team for the 2014 World Basketball Championship .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NJCAA / Colleges / Blinn College / Basketball I / Statistics. (No longer available online.) NJCAA.org, formerly the original ; accessed on August 6, 2014 (English, statistical overview).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.njcaa.org  
  2. ^ Post Season Honors: Salina. (No longer available online.) Brown Mackie College: BrownMackie.edu, archived from the original on Aug. 9, 2014 ; accessed on August 6, 2014 (English, special awards). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brownmackie.edu
  3. ↑ a b ACB.COM: Oliver Lafayette. Liga ACB , accessed on 6 August 2014 (Spanish, player profile).
  4. ↑ Oliver Lafayette NBA & ABA Stats. Sports Reference LLC: Basketball-Reference.com, accessed August 6, 2014 (English, detailed individual statistics).
  5. ^ ABA - Player: Oliver Lafayette. (No longer available online.) Adriatic Basketball Association , formerly the original ; accessed on August 6, 2014 (English, player profile).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.abaliga.com  
  6. ↑ Aca Ostojić: Partizan: Lafayette out, Jerrells in. ULEB , November 27, 2010, accessed on August 6, 2014 (English).
  7. ↑ Anadolu Efes tabs Lafayette. ULEB , January 17, 2012, accessed August 6, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Oliver Lafayette - Turkish Basketball League Player: 2011–2012 Season. TBLStat.net, accessed on August 6, 2014 (English, individual seasonal statistics).
  9. ↑ Valencia Basket Club makes history! ULEB , May 1, 2014, accessed on August 6, 2014 (English, summary of the finals).
  10. ↑ Olympiacos adds Eurocup champ Lafayette to backcourt. ULEB , June 23, 2014, accessed August 6, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Lafayette, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Baton Rouge , Louisiana, USA