Charles O'Bannon

{{About|the former basketball player|his son and active player|Charles O'Bannon Jr.}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Charles O'Bannon

| image = Charles O'Bannon (cropped).jpg

| width =

| caption = O'Bannon with Toyota Alvark in 2009

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|02|22}}

| birth_place = Bellflower, California, U.S.

| high_school = Artesia (Lakewood, California)

| college = UCLA (1993–1997)

| draft_year = 1997

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 31

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_start = 1997

| career_end = 2013

| career_number = 5

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| coach_start = 2018

| years1 = {{nbay|1997|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}

| team1 = Detroit Pistons

| years2 = 1999–2000

| team2 = Śląsk Wrocław

| years3 = 2000–2002

| team3 = Toyota Alvark

| years4 = 2003

| team4 = Benetton Treviso

| years5 = 2003–2010

| team5 = Toyota Alvark

| years6 = 2010–2011

| team6 = Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa

| years7 = 2011–2013

| team7 = Panasonic Trians

| cyears1 = 2018

| cteam1 = Seattle Ballers

| highlights =

JBL Super League champion (2006, 2007)
Polish Basketball League champion (2000)
Polish League Finals MVP (2000)
NCAA champion (1995)
2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1996, 1997)
First-team Parade All-American (1993)
Fourth-team Parade All-American (1992)

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Charles Edward O'Bannon Sr. (born February 22, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as the Pac-12) and teamed with brother Ed to help the Bruins win a national championship in 1995. O'Bannon played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons and also played overseas in Japan, Poland, and Italy.

College career

He played college basketball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins men's basketball team, where he was a star small forward/shooting guard. He was a starter in 1994–95 on the school's 1995 NCAA championship team. O'Bannon was a first team All-Pac-10 selection in 1996 and 1997,{{cite web|last=Finney |first=Ryan |title=2010–11 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide |page=105|year=2010 |publisher=UCLA Athletic Department |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011MBB_MG_History.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708213026/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011MBB_MG_History.pdf |archivedate=July 8, 2011 |ref=finney2010 |url-status=dead}} and he was also voted co-Most Valuable Player of the Bruins in both of those years.Finney 2010, p. 110. He is the younger brother of former NBA forward Ed O'Bannon, who played with him at UCLA.Tom Friend. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/05/sports/college-basketball-93-94-o-bannon-brothers-team-up-at-ucla.html O'Bannon Brothers Team Up at U.C.L.A.]". New York Times. December 5, 1993. Retrieved on May 1, 2010.

As a member of Team USA, Charles O'Bannon won gold at the 1995 World University Games.{{Cite web |title=EIGHTEENTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1995 |url=https://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-mens/eighteenth-world-university-games-1995.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907030505/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-mens/eighteenth-world-university-games-1995.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=USA Basketball |language=en}}

Professional career

Charles O'Bannon was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the third pick in the second round of the 1997 NBA draft. He played for the Pistons for two seasons before being released. He scored his NBA career high of 14 points on April 14, 1999 against the Charlotte Hornets.{{Cite web |title=Charles O'Bannon |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1525/charles-obannon/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.nba.com |language=en}}

O'Bannon continued his professional basketball career by playing in various leagues outside of the United States in Italy, Poland, and Japan. He ended his career in 2013. In 2000, he won the Polish championship with Śląsk Wrocław and was named Finals' MVP.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-01 |title=Charles O'Bannon |url=https://wks-slask.eu/charles-obannon/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=WKS Śląsk Wrocław - 18-krotny Mistrz Polski |language=pl-PL}} In April 2004, he joined Italian powerhouse Benetton Treviso where he became a team mate of fellow UCLA alumnus Tyus Edney.{{Cite web |title=Un altro americano a Treviso: O' Bannon |url=https://www.legabasket.it/content/news/10772/un-altro-americano-a-treviso-o-bannon |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.legabasket.it |language=it}} Playing for coach John Patrick, O'Bannon captured the championship title in Japan's JBL Super League in 2006 and made the 2006–07 JBL first team.{{Cite web |date=2006-03-26 |title=JPN - Alvark take title home |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/JPN-Alvark-take-title-home |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=FIBA |language=en}} In 2007, he repeated as JBL Super League champion with Alvark, this time coached by German Torsten Loibl. O'Bannon received Asia-basket.com 2006–07 All-JBL Super League Player of the Year honors.{{Cite web |title=Japan Basketball League 2006-2007 |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/Japan-Basketball-League_2006-2007.aspx |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.asia-basket.com}}

Coaching career

In 2018, O'Bannon was announced as head coach of the Seattle Ballers in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA).{{cite news|last=Peter|first=Josh|title=LaVar Ball's Junior Basketball Association debuts with a freewheeling style in front of small crowd|date=June 22, 2018|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/06/22/lavar-balls-junior-basketball-association-debuts-small-crowd/725086002/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625102043/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/06/22/lavar-balls-junior-basketball-association-debuts-small-crowd/725086002/|archivedate=June 25, 2018|url-status=live}} O'Bannon was named an assistant coach under the JBA USA Team (coached by Los Angeles Ballers' head coach Doyle Balthazer) for their 2018 international tour.{{Cite web |last=Cristea |first=Monica |title=Un MECI DE POVESTE cu baschetbalişti PITEŞTENI şi AMERICANI! |url=https://ziarulargesul.ro/un-meci-de-poveste-cu-baschetbalisti-pitesteni-si-americani/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Ziarul Argeşul |date=November 20, 2018 |language=ro}} He served as an assistant coach at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.{{Cite web |title=Family connection puts N.C. State in play for Charles O'Bannon |url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/2016/07/09/family-connection-puts-n-c/22366364007/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=The Fayetteville Observer |language=en}}

Private life

His half-brother Turhon O'Bannon{{Cite web |date=1994-04-28 |title=Rams Expect to Sign 10 Rookie Free Agents Today |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-28-sp-51486-story.html |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en}} was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League.{{Cite web |title=Turhon O'Bannon football Statistics on StatsCrew.com |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-obanntur001 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.statscrew.com |language=en}}

O'Bannon is the father of Chuck O'Bannon Jr.{{Cite web |title=Charles O'Bannon Jr. |url=https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/mens/o/obannon-jr-charles-1.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611100202/http://www.usab.com/basketball/players/mens/o/obannon-jr-charles-1.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=USA Basketball |language=en}}

He is the younger brother of Ed O'Bannon.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Scott |date=2022-03-20 |title=A Younger O'Bannon Plays in a New College Sports Landscape |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/sports/ncaabasketball/obannon-nil-athletes.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

References

External links

{{basketballstats|nba_historical=charles_obannon|bbr=o/obannch01}}
[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/o/obannch01.html Charles O'Bannon UCLA Statistics] at Sports-Reference.com

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