Gabriel Olaseni
No. 0 – Darüşşafaka | |
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Position | Center |
League | Basketbol Süper Ligi Champions 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 |
2019–2020 | Bursaspor |
2020–2021 | Büyükçekmece Basketbol |
2021–present | Darüşşafaka |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Abodunrin Gabriel Olaseni (born 29 December 1991) is a British professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He also plays for the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
Professional career[]
Olaseni went undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. In July 2015, he joined the Miami Heat for the 2015 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]
On August 10, 2020, he has signed with Büyükçekmece Basketbol of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[9] Olaseni averaged 15.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
On July 3, 2021, he signed with Darüşşafaka.[10]
National team career[]
Olaseni has established himself as a key member of the Great Britain men's national team. He is the most efficient scorer in GB national team history with a career field goal percentage of .647 (165/255) as of 25 February 2020.
Olaseni had a breakout performance at FIBA EuroBasket 2017 with averages of 16.8 points (11th) and 11.2 rebounds (2nd). He led all players in defensive rebounding per game (8.8) and earned the highest efficiency rating per game (26.8).[11]
Matched up against NBA star Kristaps Porziņģis, Olaseni scored a career high 23 points with an impressive .909 (10/11) FG% vs Latvia at FIBA EuroBasket 2017 on 4 September 2017.[12]
Career statistics[]
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 |
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[13] | 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.
- ^ "Gabriel Olaseni is a newcomer at Buyukcekmece". Sportando. August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "Daçka'miza Hoş Geldin Abodunrin Gabriel Olaseni". darussafakabasketbol.com (in Turkish). July 3, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
- ^ "Players statistics of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ "Latvia v Great Britain boxscore - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 - 4 September". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ 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
- Gabriel Olaseni at tblstat.net
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
- Basketball players from Greater London
- Black British sportspeople
- British expatriate basketball people
- British expatriate basketball people in Germany
- British expatriate basketball people in France
- British expatriate basketball people in Italy
- British expatriate basketball people in Spain
- British expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Brose Bamberg players
- Bursaspor Basketbol players
- Büyükçekmece Basketbol players
- Centers (basketball)
- Darüşşafaka Basketbol players
- Dinamo Sassari players
- English men's basketball players
- Gießen 46ers players
- Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players
- Lega Basket Serie A players
- Liga ACB players
- Orléans Loiret Basket players
- People from Plaistow, Newham
- S.Oliver Würzburg players