Eugene Lawrence
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Eugene Lawrence
| image = Eugene Lawrence 2019.jpg
| caption = Lawrence with ČEZ Nymburk in 2019
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 217
| team = BC Novosibirsk
| league = Russian Basketball Super League 1
| number =
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|06|22|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
| high_school = Abraham Lincoln
(Brooklyn, New York)
| college = St. John's (2004–2008)
| draft_year = 2008
| career_start = 2008
| career_end =
| years1 = 2008–2009
| team1 = SPU Nitra
| years2 = 2009–2011
| team2 = Prostějov
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = ČEZ Nymburk
| years4 = 2012–2014
| team4 = Goverla
| years5 = 2014–2016
| team5 = Telekom Bonn
| years6 = 2016–2019
| team6 = ČEZ Nymburk
| years7 = 2019–2020
| team7 = Ionikos Nikaias
| years10 = 2020
| team10 = Telekom Bonn
| years11 = 2020–2021
| team11 = Charilaos Trikoupis
| years12 = 2022–present
| team12 = BC Novosibirsk
| highlights =
- 4x Czech League champion (2012, 2017–2019)
- 4x Czech Cup winner (2012, 2017–2019)
- Slovak League champion (2009)
}}
Eugene Lawrence (born June 22, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for BC Novosibirsk of the Russian Basketball Super League 1.{{cite web |title=Telekom Baskets Bonn – Team 2013/2014 |url=http://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/teams/team-2013-2014.html |accessdate=April 5, 2014 |language=German |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005131107/http://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/teams/team-2013-2014.html |archivedate=October 5, 2013}}{{cite web |title=Team 2015/2016 – Eugene Lawrence |url=http://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/team/team-1516/eugene-lawrence.html |language=German |publisher=Telekom Baskets Bonn |accessdate=January 30, 2016}}
College career
After a successful high school career,{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} Lawrence went on to play for St. John's University. Currently, Lawrence is ranked third in total assists among players in St. John's history.
Professional career
Eugene went to play in Slovakia for SPU Nitra from 2008 to 2009, where he was named Player of the Year and won the Finals with his team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160630095027/http://www.eurobasket.com/Slovakia/basketball-League-SBL_2008-2009.asp Slovakia Basketball League 2008-2009] He then moved to the Czech Republic for three seasons. While playing for BK Prostejov from 2009 to 2011, Lawrence was runner-up in the Czech League for two seasons. In his second season there, he was named MVP of the All-Star Game. His team made it to EuroChallenge last 16 in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, he then moved to ČEZ Nymburk, where he won the Czech championship. He was named to the All-Star team starting five for the second season in a row.
From 2012 to 2014, Lawrence played in Ukraine for BC Goverla. During his second season he left the team due to political hardships and civil war within the country. He then moved to Germany to play for Telekom Baskets Bonn.
In September 2016, Lawrence returned to ČEZ Nymburk.{{Cite web|url=https://www.court-side.com/news/eugene-lawrence-reunites-with-cez-nymburk/|title = Eugene Lawrence reunites with CEZ Nymburk|date = September 7, 2016}} With Nymburk, Lawrence won three National Basketball League (NBL) titles and three Czech Cup titles in three years.
For the 2019–20 season, Lawrence signed with Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League.{{cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/eugene-lawrence-joins-ionikos-bc/|title=Eugene Lawrence joins Ionikos BC|newspaper=Sportando|publisher=|accessdate=18 August 2019|archive-date=August 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818140934/https://sportando.basketball/en/eugene-lawrence-joins-ionikos-bc/|url-status=dead}}
On January 8, 2020, he signed back with Telekom Bonn of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/telekom-bonn-signs-eugene-geno-lawrence/|title=Telekom Bonn signs Eugene "Geno" Lawrence|last=|first=|date=January 8, 2020|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=January 8, 2020}}
On December 15, 2020, Lawrence returned to Greece for Charilaos Trikoupis. He averaged 5.1 points, 5.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game. On February 8, 2022, Lawrence signed with BC Novosibirsk of the Russian Basketball Super League 1.{{cite web |last1=Rowienski |first1=Alex |title=Novosybirsk sign Eugene Lawrence, ex Charilaos |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Russia/news/729943/Novosybirsk-sign-Eugene-Lawrence,-ex-Charilaos |website=Eurobasket |access-date=February 8, 2022 |date=February 8, 2022}}
Eugene Lawrence Now resides at eagle academy for young men where he’s a Junior varsity basketball coach whom took the team on a 3x championship run
References
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External links
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- [http://www.beko-bbl.de/saison/teams/players/profile/30647/2013 German BBL profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180802011657/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lawrence_eugene00.html St. John's Red Storm bio]
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Category:Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Slovakia
Category:American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
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Category:Basketball Nymburk players
Category:Ionikos Nikaias B.C. players
Category:Basketball players from Brooklyn
Category:St. John's Red Storm men's basketball players
Category:Telekom Baskets Bonn players
Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen
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