Jamal Olasewere
| No. 5 – Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||
| League | Liga Leumit | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
September 16, 1991 Silver Spring, Maryland |
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| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Springbrook (Silver Spring, Maryland) | ||||||||||||
| College | LIU Brooklyn (2009–2013) | ||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Virtus Roma | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim | ||||||||||||
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Jamal Olasewere (born September 16, 1991) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim of the Liga Leumit. He completed his college career at Long Island University, where he was an All-American and Conference Player of the Year.
Olasewere, a 6'7" forward from Silver Spring, Maryland attended Springbrook High School and chose Long Island for college. There, he was a four-year starter and led the Blackbirds to three consecutive NCAA tournament bids from 2011 to 2013. As a senior, Olasewere averaged 18.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game and was named Northeast Conference player of the year and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press. For his career, Olasewere scored a school-record 1,871 points and collected 964 rebounds.
In August 2013, Olasewere signed a one-year deal with the Italian League club Vanoli Cremona.
Olasewere has also been a member of the senior men's Nigerian national basketball team. He played at the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship.
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