PROFILER: Meet Shane Lawal

Shane Lawal

Olaseni Abdul-Jelili "Shane" Lawal (born October 8, 1986) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Sidigas Avellino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He plays the center position.


Lawal played college basketball for three years at Oakland University, with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, before moving to Wayne State University, where he played with the Wayne State Warriors during the 2008–09 season.

Lawal went undrafted at the 2009 NBA draft. For the 2009–10 season, he signed with 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 League club Al-Ahli Benghazi for the rest of the season.

In July 2011, he signed with CB Clavijo of the LEB Oro.

On August 5, 2012, he signed with Tezenis Verona of the Italian Legadue Basket.

On July 29, 2013, Lawal signed a one-year deal with BC Astana of Kazakhstan. With Astana, he won the Kazakh League and Cup in the 2013–14 season.

On July 31, 2014, Lawal signed a one-year deal with the Italian club Dinamo Sassari. With the Italians, he won the season's League, Cup and Supercup.

On July 20, 2015, Lawal signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club FC Barcelona Lassa. On May 12, 2017, he parted ways with Barcelona.

On August 26, 2017, Lawal signed with Italian club Sidigas Avellino.