David Laury

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = David Laury

| image = File:David Laury.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Laury playing for Iona in November 2014

| career_position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 245

| league =

| team =

| career_number =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|4|9}}

| birth_place = East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

| highschool =

Collingswood
(Collingswood, New Jersey)
Riverside
(Riverside Township, New Jersey)
Nia Prep
(East Orange, New Jersey)

| college =

Lamar State (2010–2011)
Iona (2012–2015)

| draft_year = 2015

| career_start = 2015

| career_end = 2019

| years1 = 2015–2017

| team1 = Delaware 87ers

| years2 = 2017

| team2 = Windy City Bulls

| years3 = 2017

| team3 = Indios de Mayagüez

| years4 = 2017–2018

| team4 = Maccabi Ashdod

| years5 = 2019

| team5 = Brujos de Guayama

| years6 = 2019

| team6 = Soles de Mexicali

| highlights =

MAAC Player of the Year (2015)
First-team All-MAAC (2015)

}}

David Laury III (born April 9, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Lamar State and Iona before playing professionally in the NBA G League, Puerto Rico and Israel.

High school career

Laury grew up in New Jersey. He spent his freshman season at Collingswood High School in Collingswood, his sophomore and junior seasons at Riverside High School in Riverside Township, then his senior year at Nia Prep in East Orange.{{cite news|last =| first =| title=Iona hits MAAC tourney record 19 3s |url=https://newspapers.com/image/108626655 |newspaper=Courier-Post |location=Cherry Hill, New Jersey |date=March 9, 2015 |page= C2|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 28, 2023}} At Nia, he helped lead coach Vincent Robinson's squad to a 26–6 overall mark.{{cite news|title=Iona bio|url=http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205702932|accessdate=October 31, 2015|newspaper=ICGaels.com}}

College career

Laury began his college career at Lamar State where as a freshman, he averaged 16.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 60% from the field and posted 14 double-digit point efforts and eight double-doubles.

As a sophomore, Laury transferred to Iona where he averaged 20.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as a senior, second in both categories in the MAAC. For that, he was named the MAAC Player of the Year. He led Iona to a regular season MAAC championship and had 16 double-doubles.{{Cite web|title=MAAC Announces 2014-15 Men's Basketball Major Award Winners|publisher=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|date=March 6, 2015|url=http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87906&SPID=10446&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209930738&DB_OEM_ID=17400|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Laury signed with Yeşilgiresun Belediye of the Turkish Basketball League on June 28, 2015.{{cite news|title=Yesilgiresun signs Kristijan Nikolov and rookie David Laury|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/165911/yesilgiresun-signs-kristijan-nikolov-and-rookie-david-laury.html|accessdate=June 28, 2015|newspaper=Sportando.com|date=June 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701073442/http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/165911/yesilgiresun-signs-kristijan-nikolov-and-rookie-david-laury.html|archive-date=July 1, 2015|url-status=dead}} He later left the team prior to the start of the regular season and returned to the United States. On October 31, he was selected by the Delaware 87ers with the eighth overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft.{{cite news|title=2015 NBA D-League Draft Board|url=http://dleague.nba.com/news/2015-nba-d-league-draft-board/|accessdate=October 31, 2015|newspaper=NBA.com|date=October 31, 2015|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022072934/http://dleague.nba.com/news/2015-nba-d-league-draft-board/|url-status=dead}} On March 2, 2017, Laury was traded to the Windy City Bulls.{{cite web|url=http://windycity.dleague.nba.com/news/windy-city-bulls-acquire-david-laury-iii-draft-pick-delaware-87ers/|title=Windy City Bulls Acquire David Laury III and Draft Pick from Delaware 87ers|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.|date=March 2, 2017|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}

On August 5, 2017, Laury signed with the Israeli club Maccabi Ashdod for the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|title=דייויד לאורי מצטרף ל"דולפינים"|url=http://basket.co.il/news.asp?id=15847|accessdate=August 5, 2017|work=basket.co.il|date=August 5, 2017|language=Hebrew}} On October 29, 2017, Laury recorded 22 points, shooting 8-for-10 from the field, along with 11 rebounds and 3 assists in an 86–74 win over Hapoel Jerusalem.{{cite news|title=Winner League, Game 4: Hapoel J-M Vs Maccabi Ashdod - Box Score|url=http://basket.co.il/game-zone.asp?GameId=23167&lang=en|accessdate=October 29, 2017|work=basket.co.il|date=October 29, 2017}} Two days later, Laury was named co-Israeli League Round 4 MVP, alongside his teammate Sek Henry.{{cite news|title=מצטייני המחזור הרביעי: הנרי ולורי|url=http://basket.co.il/news.asp?id=16160|accessdate=October 31, 2017|work=basket.co.il|date=October 31, 2017|language=Hebrew}}

On October 21, 2018, Laury was added to the training camp roster of the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League.{{cite web | title=Windy City Bulls release 2018-19 training camp roster | url=https://windycity.gleague.nba.com/news/windy-city-bulls-release-2018-19-training-camp-roster/ |website=NBA.com |accessdate=October 22, 2018 |date=October 21, 2018}} He did not make the final roster.

On November 24, 2019, Laury returned to Israel for a second stint, signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=David Laury signs with Hapoel Tel Aviv|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/david-laury-signs-with-hapoel-tel-aviv/|work=Sportando.basketball|access-date=November 24, 2019|date=November 24, 2019}} However, four days later, he parted ways with Hapoel for personal reasons.{{Cite web|title=Hapoel Tel Aviv signs Latavious Williams|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/hapoel-tel-aviv-signs-latavious-williams/|date=November 28, 2019|work=Sportando|access-date=November 28, 2019}}

The Basketball Tournament

David Laury played for Gael Nation in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. In 2 games, he averaged 15 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game. Gael Nation reached the second round before falling to Armored Athlete.