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Oliver Lafayette

Oliver Lafayette (born May 6, 1984) is an American-born Croatian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. A two-time EuroCup winner, Lafayette has also won the national championships in Greece and Lithuania.

Oliver Lafayette
Lafayette with Žalgiris Kaunas in 2013
Personal information
Born (1984-05-06) May 6, 1984 (age 40)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Croatian
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolCapitol (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
College
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2007–2019
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Number0
Career history
2007–2008Correcaminos UAT Victoria
2008–2009Erie BayHawks
2009–2010Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2010Boston Celtics
2010Partizan Belgrade
2010–2011Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2011Maccabi Ashdod
2011–2012Asseco Prokom Gdynia
2012Anadolu Efes Istanbul
2012–2013Žalgiris Kaunas
2013–2014Valencia Basket
2014–2015Olympiacos
2015–2016EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
2016–2017Unicaja
2017–2018Virtus Bologna
2018–2019Igokea
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

High school and college career

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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 Blinn College and Brown Mackie College before transferring to the University of Houston.[1] 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.[2]

Professional career

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Lafayette talks to Press in his presentation as a Valencia BC player.

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.[3] On April 14, 2010, Lafayette signed with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association[4][5] 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.[6]

On October 13, 2010, Lafayette signed with Partizan Belgrade in Serbia,[7] but the contract was terminated in November.[8]

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 Partizan Belgrade.[9] After averaging 16.4 points per game with the Mad Ants, he signed a four-month contract with the Turkish team Beşiktaş.[10] But due to health problems, his contract was dropped.[11]

In February 2011, Lafayette signed with Maccabi Ashdod in Israel.[12] On October 5, 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland.[13]

In January 2012, Lafayette signed with Anadolu Efes Istanbul for the remainder of the 2011–12 season.[14] Later that year, he joined Žalgiris Kaunas.[15] He signed with Valencia Basket in the offseason in 2013.[16]

On June 22, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with Olympiacos Piraeus.[17] On June 29, 2015, he parted ways with Olympiacos.[18]

On July 9, 2015, he signed with the Italian club Emporio Armani Milano.[19]

On July 18, 2016, Lafayette signed with Spanish team Unicaja.[20][21] In April 2017, Lafayette won his second EuroCup with Unicaja after beating Valencia BC in the Finals.[22]

On July 31, 2017, Lafayette signed with Italian club Virtus Bologna.[23]

On November 13, 2018, Lafayette signed with Bosnian club Igokea.[24]

International career

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The Croatian Basketball Federation asked for permission to give Oliver Lafayette a Croatian citizenship for sports interest, which the Croatian Olympic Committee approved. Lafayette was awarded with a Croatian passport and represented Croatia at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[25]

Overseas Elite

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In the summer of 2017, Lafayette joined two-time The Basketball Tournament defending champion Overseas Elite. On August 3, 2017, Blair's team, Overseas Elite won its third straight The Basketball Tournament championship with an 86–83 victory over Team Challenge ALS on ESPN.[26]

Career statistics

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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

NBA

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Regular season

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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

Euroleague

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Partizan Belgrade 6 3 25.8 .221 .154 .654 3.7 3.3 1.3 .0 8.5 6.3
2011–12 Asseco Prokom 10 0 24.5 .411 .381 .708 2.5 3.3 1.4 .0 10.7 11.0
2011–12 Anadolu Efes 6 2 23.0 .419 .313 .917 3.2 2.8 1.5 .0 8.7 11.7
2012–13 Zalgiris 23 11 21.2 .361 .323 .900 2.1 2.8 .9 .0 7.9 7.3
2014–15 Olympiacos 29 1 18.3 .386 .404 .606 2.1 2.6 .5 .0 6.8 6.9
2015–16 Milano 10 3 22.5 .435 .259 .846 2.0 2.1 1 .2 7.3 5.4
Career 74 17 21.1 .364 .346 .736 2.4 2.8 .9 .0 7.9 8.0

Domestic leagues

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Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Correcaminos UAT Victoria Mexico LNPB 36 33.2 .458 .337 .745 4.8 5.1 2.3 .2 16.1
2008–09 8 39.1 .622 .362 .738 6.0 6.3 3.3 .0 23.3
Erie Bayhawks D-League 37 31.4 .437 .320 .774 4.2 3.9 1.7 .2 13.6
2009–10 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 48 35.3 .471 .381 .798 4.6 6.5 1.8 .1 17.1
2010–11 Partizan NiS Serbian KLS 6 23.3 .433 .278 .769 4.0 4.2 2.2 .0 10.2
Fort Wayne Mad Ants D-League 21 33.6 .421 .302 .857 4.2 3.6 2.0 .1 16.4
Maccabi Ashdod B.C. Ligat HaAl 11 22.4 .407 .447 .630 2.1 2.9 1.5 .0 10.5
2011–12 Asseco Prokom Gdynia VTB United League 10 22.6 .370 .161 .652 2.8 3.3 1.0 .0 7.0
Anadolu Efes S.K. TBL 24 21.5 .462 .250 .938 2.5 2.5 1.0 .0 7.5
2012–13 BC Žalgiris Lithuania LKL 16 17.0 .429 .479 .730 2.1 3.2 .9 .1 7.9
VTB United League 26 22.8 .424 .311 .814 2.5 3.5 1.3 .0 8.3
2013–14 Valencia BC Liga ACB 40 21.6 .403 .325 .812 2.1 4.5 1.1 .0 7.9
2014–15 Olympiacos B.C. Greek A1 31 17.6 .508 .357 .760 1.6 2.8 .8 .0 6.5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matthew Aguilar (February 23, 2006). "Seeing red – Defense is name of Lafayette's game". El Paso Times. p. 44. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Oliver Lafayette Player Bio Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine UH Cougars
  3. ^ Chris Forsberg (April 13, 2010). "Another roster addition: Oliver Lafayette". ESPN. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Julian Benbow (July 3, 2010). "Bradley gets quicker fixer-upper". The Boston Globe. p. C2. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. ^ Chris Forsberg (July 6, 2010). "Lafayette looking to secure spot". ESPN. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Former Guard Oliver Lafayette Makes NBA Debut with Celtics on Wednesday Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine uhcougars.com, April 15, 2010
  7. ^ Partizan Mt:s grabs Lafayette at point guard
  8. ^ Partizan: Lafayette out, Jerrells in
  9. ^ Lafayette to return to Mad Ants roster news-sentinel.com, December 15, 2010
  10. ^ Besiktas sign Oliver LaFayette
  11. ^ Beşiktaş Cola Turka'da şok gelişme
  12. ^ Maccabi Ashdod tabs Oliver LaFayette
  13. ^ Asseco Prokom Gdynia lands Oliver Lafayette
  14. ^ Anadolu Efes tabs Lafayette
  15. ^ ZALGIRIS adds Lafayette, brings back Juskevicius
  16. ^ VALENCIA BASKET lands Lafayette
  17. ^ "Olympiacos announces Oliver Lafayette". Sportando.com. June 22, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  18. ^ "Olympiakos and Oliver Lafayette parted ways". sportando.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  19. ^ "Un altro playmaker all'Olimpia: Oliver Lafayette". Olimpiamilano.com (in Italian). July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  20. ^ "Lafayette ya es jugador del Unicaja" (in Spanish). unicajabaloncesto.com. July 18, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  21. ^ "Unicaja adds point guard Lafayette". eurocupbasketball.com. July 18, 2016. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  22. ^ "7DAYS EuroCup Finals, Game 3: Unicaja Malaga is the champion!". Eurocupbasketball.com. April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  23. ^ Virtus Bologna signs Oliver Lafayette
  24. ^ "Igokea officially adds Oliver Lafayette". Sportando. November 13, 2018.
  25. ^ "Croatian Olympic Committee – News". HOO.hr. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  26. ^ "OVERSEAS ELITE COMPLETES THE 3-PEAT, DEFEAT TEAM CHALLENGE ALS 86–83". August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
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