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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Shane Lawal
| image =
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 232
| league = [[Liga ACB]]<br>[[EuroLeague]]
| team = FC Barcelona Lassa
| number = 9
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|8}}
| birth_place = [[Abeokuta]], Nigeria
| nationality = Nigerian / American
| high_school = [[Southfield High School|Southfield]] ([[Southfield, Michigan]])
| college =
*[[Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball|Oakland]] (2005–2008)
*[[Wayne State Warriors|Wayne State]] (2008–2009)
| draft_year = 2009
| career_start = 2009
| career_end =
| years1 = 2009–2010
| team1 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al Arabi Doha]]
| years2 = 2010–2011
| team2 = [[CB Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
| years3 = 2011
| team3 = [[Al-Ahli Benghazi (basketball club)|Al-Ahli Benghazi]]
| years4 = 2011–2012
| team4 = [[CB Clavijo|Clavijo]]
| years5 = 2012–2013
| team5 = [[Scaligera Basket Verona|Tezenis Verona]]
| years6 = 2013–2014
| team6 = [[BC Astana|Astana]]
| years7 = 2014–2015
| team7 = [[Dinamo Basket Sassari|Dinamo Sassari]]
| years8 = 2015–present
| team8 = [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona Lassa]]
| highlights =
* [[Lega Basket Serie A|Italian Serie A]] champion ([[2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A|2015]])
* [[Italian Basketball Cup|Italian Cup]] winner ([[2015 Italian Basketball Cup|2015]])
* [[Italian Basketball Supercup|Italian Supercup]] winner (2014)
* [[Kazakhstan Division I Basketball League|Kazakhstan League]] champion (2014)
* [[Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|Kazakhstan Cup]] winner (2014)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|NGA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Africa Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[AfroBasket 2015|2015 Tunisia]]|}}
}}
'''Olaseni Abdul-Jelili "Shane" Lawal''' (born October 8, 1986) is a Nigerian-American professional [[basketball]] player for [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona Lassa]]. He plays the [[center (basketball)|center]] position.

==College career==
Lawal played [[college basketball]] for three years at [[Oakland University]], with the [[Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball|Oakland Golden Grizzlies]], before moving to [[Wayne State University]], where he played with the [[Wayne State Warriors]] during the 2008–09 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shane Lawal - 2008-09 Men's Basketball|url=http://wsuathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3227&path=mbball|accessdate=December 5, 2014|work=Wsuathletics.com}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Lawal went undrafted at the 2009 NBA draft. For the 2009–10 season, he signed with [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al Arabi Doha]] of the [[Qatari Basketball League]].

For the 2010–11 season, he moved to Spain and signed with [[CB Guadalajara]] of the [[LEB Plata]]. In April 2011, he moved to the [[Libyan Divison I Basketball League|Libyan League]] club [[Al-Ahli Benghazi (basketball club)|Al-Ahli Benghazi]] for the rest of the season.

In July 2011, he signed with [[CB Clavijo]] of the [[LEB Oro]].<ref>{{cite news|title=El Clavijo ficha por una temporada al pívot nigeriano Shane Lawal|url=http://www.elcorreo.com/alava/v/20110721/deportes/la-rioja/clavijo-ficha-temporada-pivot-20110721.html|accessdate=December 5, 2014|language=es|work=Elcorreo.com|date=July 21, 2011}}</ref>

On August 5, 2012, he signed with [[Scaligera Basket Verona|Tezenis Verona]] of the Italian [[Legadue Basket]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carchia|first1=Emiliano|title=Tezenis Verona officially signs Shane Lawal|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/a2-gold/94218/tezenis-verona-officially-signs-shane-lawal.html|accessdate=December 5, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=August 5, 2012}}</ref>

On July 29, 2013, Lawal signed a one-year deal with [[BC Astana]] of Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olaseni Lawal inks with BC Astana|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/olaseni-lawal-inks-with-bc-astana/|accessdate=December 5, 2014|work=Court-side.com|date=July 29, 2013}}</ref> With Astana, he won the [[Kazakhstan Division I Basketball League|Kazakh League]] and [[Kazakhstan Basketball Cup|Cup]] in the 2013–14 season.

On July 31, 2014, Lawal signed a one-year deal with the Italian club [[Dinamo Basket Sassari|Dinamo Sassari]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dinamo Sassari gains rim-protecter in Lawal|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/139942/180/dinamo-sassari-gains-rim-protecter-in-lawal|accessdate=December 5, 2014|work=Euroleague.net|date=July 31, 2014}}</ref> With the Italians, he won the season's [[2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A|League]], [[2015 Italian Basketball Cup|Cup]] and [[Italian Basketball Supercup|Supercup]].

On July 20, 2015, Lawal signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona Lassa]].<ref>{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Shane Lawal, primer refuerzo para el FC Barcelona Lassa|url=http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=114785|work=ACB.com|date=July 20, 2015}}</ref>

==National team==
Lawal was [[Nigerian national basketball team|Nigeria's]] top performer at the [[AfroBasket 2015]] , averaging 19.6 efficiency, and 9.0 rebounds per game, as the West Africans clinched their first-ever continental championship in Tunisia.

==Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===
{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2014–15 Euroleague|2014–15]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Dinamo Sassari|Sassari]]
| 10 || '''8''' || '''23.0''' || .617 || .000 || .471 || '''7.3''' || '''1.4''' || '''1.5''' || '''1.5''' || '''9.0''' || '''15.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2015–16 Euroleague|2015–16]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|Barcelona]]
| '''17''' || 0 || 14.9 || '''.673''' || .000 || '''.594''' || 4.1 || .6 || .5 || .7 || 5.2 || 7.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 27 || 8 || 17.9 || .643 || .000 || .530 || 5.3 || .9 || .9 || 1.0 || 6.6 || 10.4
{{s-end}}

==Amateur basketball==
Lawal has also competed for [[Overseas Elite]] in [[The Basketball Tournament]]. He was a [[center (basketball)|center]] on the 2015 team that won TBT's $1 million prize. He was also a part of the Overseas Elite team that won the 2016 TBT championship, and a $2 million prize. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetournament.com/news/individual-payouts-overseas-elite|title=Individual payouts for Overseas Elite {{!}} The Basketball Tournament|website=www.thetournament.com|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=FOK Shane Lawal] at acb.com {{es icon}}
*[http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6054784/playerview.html Shane Lawal] at fiba.com
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=005804 Shane Lawal] at euroleague.net
*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=LAW-SHA-86 Shane Lawal] at legabasket.it {{it icon}}
*[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Shane-Lawal/Summary/12995 Shane Lawal] at realgm.com

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