Gabriel Olaseni
Abodunrin Gabriel "Gabe" Olaseni (born 29 December 1991) is a British professional basketball player for Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He also plays for the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
Olaseni during the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals | |
No. 0 – Bursaspor Basketbol | |
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Position | Center |
League | Turkish Super League |
Personal information | |
Born | Walthamstow, London, England | 29 December 1991
Nationality | British |
Listed height | 210 cm (6 ft 11 in) |
Listed weight | 104 kg (229 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kansas) |
College | Iowa (2011–2015) |
NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015 | Brose Bamberg |
2015–2016 | Gießen 46ers |
2016–2017 | Dinamo Sassari |
2017 | Orléans Loiret |
2017–2018 | Fuenlabrada |
2018–2019 | s.Oliver Würzburg |
2019–present | Bursaspor |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Professional career
Olaseni went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. In July 2015, he joined the Miami Heat for the 2017 NBA Summer League.[1] On 23 July 2015 he signed with German club Brose Baskets.[2] On 22 November 2015 he was loaned to Gießen 46ers for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[3]
On 13 July 2016 Olaseni signed with Italian club Dinamo Sassari.[4] On 3 March 2017 he parted ways with Sassari.[5] The next day he signed with French club Orléans Loiret Basket for the rest of the 2017–18 Pro A season.[6]
On 23 August 2017 Olaseni signed with Fuenlabrada for the 2017–18 season.[7]
For the 2018–19 season, he signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the German Bundesliga. He played in the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals with s.Oliver, where he lost to his former team Dinamo Sassari.
On August 13, 2019, he has signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League. [8]
National team career
Olaseni is also a member of the Great Britain men's national basketball team. He played at the EuroBasket 2017 where he averaged 16.8 points and 11.2 rebounds (Second in tournament).
Career statistics
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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 |
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2015–16 | Brose Bamberg | 5 | 2 | 13.2 | .417 | – | 1.000 | 2.8 | .6 | .2 | .4 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
Career[9] | 5 | 2 | 13.2 | .417 | – | 1.000 | 2.8 | .6 | .2 | .4 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
References
- HEAT Announce Summer League Information
- Brose Baskets adds rookie big man Olaseni
- Gabriel Olaseni replaces Ekene Ibekwe in Giessen 46ers
- Dinamo Sassari lands Gabriel Olaseni
- Dinamo Sassari parts ways with Gabriel Olaseni
- Orleans lands Gabriel Olaseni and JP Prince
- Gabriel Olaseni agreed to a deal with Fuenlabrada
- "Bursaspor sign Gabe Olaseni". Sportando. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- Euroleague.net
External links
- Gabriel Olaseni at acb.com
- Gabriel Olaseni at easycredit-bbl.de
- Gabriel Olaseni at fiba.com
- Gabriel Olaseni at legabasket.it
- Gabriel Olaseni at lnb.fr