Priest Lauderdale

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Priest Lauderdale
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Lauderdale in Sofia, Bulgaria, 30 May 2011
Personal information
Born (1973-08-31) August 31, 1973 (age 51)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Bulgarian
Listed height7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Listed weight330 lb (150 kg)
Career information
High school Carver (Chicago, Illinois)
College Central State (1993–1994)
NBA draft 1996: 1st round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Playing career1995–2016
Position Center
Number15, 30
Career history
1995–1996 Peristeri
1996–1997 Atlanta Hawks
1997–1998 Denver Nuggets
2000 Grand Rapids Hoops
2000 Fort Wayne Fury
2001 Connecticut Pride
2001 Gaiteros del Zulia
2002 Apollon Limassol
2002–2005 Lukoil Academic
2005–2006 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2006 Saba Mehr Kazvin
2007Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2007 Al Nasr
2008 Al-Hilal
2008 Shandong Lions
2008–2009 Mahram Tehran
2009–2010 Saba Mehr Qazvin
2010 Duhok
2010 Chernomorets
2011 Levski Sofia
2011 Bucaneros de La Guaira
2011 Chabeb-Zahle
2014–2016 Oxford City Hoops
Career highlights and awards
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Stats at Basketball Reference

Priest Lauderdale (born August 31, 1973) is an American-Bulgarian [1] [2] former professional basketball player.

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College career

Lauderdale attended high school at Carver Military Academy, in Chicago, Illinois. After high school, Lauderdale played college basketball at Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he played with the Central State Marauders (1993–1994). Lauderdale also attended Kaskaskia College, in Centralia, Illinois, but he did not play competitive basketball while he was there.

Professional career

After college, Lauderdale, a 7'4" (2.24 m) tall, 330 lbs. (150 kg), center, played professionally in the Greek Basket League. He played with Peristeri Athens, during the 1995–96 season. He also played in the Greek League All-Star Game that season.

Lauderdale was selected in the first round, with the 28th overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft, by the Atlanta Hawks. Lauderdale saw action in 35 NBA regular season games played with the Atlanta Hawks, in the 1996–97 season. He averaged 3.2 points, as well as 1.2 rebounds per contest, and he also played in three playoff games for Atlanta that season. He concluded his brief NBA career with the Denver Nuggets, in the 1997–98 season, in which he averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game, in 39 games played for the team. [3] Lauderdale also played with the Fort Wayne Fury, in the Continental Basketball Association, and with the Connecticut Pride, in the International Basketball League, during the 2000–01 season. [4]

Lauderdale played professionally with the Bulgarian Basketball League club Lukoil Academic, from 2002 to 2005. While he was a member of the club, he received Bulgarian citizenship. [5] [6]

During his pro club career, Lauderdale also played in numerous other countries besides Greece and Bulgaria, including: Venezuela, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, China, Iraq, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom.

Coaching career

Lauderdale has worked as a basketball coach at youth camps in Germany. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PRIEST LAUDERDALE basketball profile Nationality: USA-Bulgarian". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ 24sec.net – Basketball News – Priest Lauderdale – a Bulgarian. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Priest Lauderdale | Denver Nuggets". www.nba.com. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Priest Lauderdale minor league basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ "PRIEST LAUDERDALE basketball profile Nationality: USA-Bulgarian". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ 24sec.net – Basketball News – Priest Lauderdale – a Bulgarian. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Priest Lauderdale: Ehemaliger NBA Basketballer bei HOOP-CAMPS". www.hoop-camps.de. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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