Julius Nwosu
{{Short description|Nigerian basketball player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Julius Nwosu
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs= 255
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|5}}
| birth_place = Nkwere, Nigeria
| high_school = Imo State Secondary (Imo, Nigeria)
| college = Liberty (1989–1993)
| nationality = Nigerian
| draft_year = 1993
| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2010
| career_number = 00
| career_position = Center
| years1 = 1993–1994
| team1 = Cáceres CB
| years2 = 1994–1995
| team2 = San Antonio Spurs
| years3 = 1995–1996
| team3 = CSKA Moscow
| years4 = 1996–1997
| team4 = Panathinaikos
| years5 = 1998
| team5 = Galatasaray Cafe Crown
| years6 = 1998
| team6 = Avtodor Saratov
| years7 = 2000–2001
| team7 = Isuzu Giga Cats
| years8 = 2001
| team8 = Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
| years9 = 2002
| team9 = Red Bull Thunder
| years10 = 2002–2004
| team10 = Sporting
| years11 = 2004–2005
| team11 = Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
| years12 = 2005–2006
| team12 = CSU Asesoft Ploieşti
| years13 = 2006–2007
| team13 = Al Jalaa
| years14 = 2007–2008
| team14 = Ararat
| years15 = 2008
| team15 = Gregorio Urbano Gilbert
| years16 = 2008
| team16 = Crocodrilos de Caracas
| years17 = 2008
| team17 = Reales de La Vega
| years18 = 2009
| team18 = Villa Duarte de Calero
| years19 = 2009
| team19 = Juan Pablo Duarte
| years20 = 2009–2010
| team20 = Gregorio Urbano Gilbert
| years21 = 2010
| team21 = Jose Horacio Rodriguez
| years22 = 2010
| team22 = San Carlos
| highlights =
| bbr = nwosuju01
}}
Obinna Julius Nwosu (born May 1, 1971), is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. He played briefly for the American National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs during the 1994–95 NBA season. He also had a career in the Lebanese Basketball League and the Philippine Basketball Association.[http://www.nba.com/blog/archive_2003/blog12.html NBA.com: Blog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618040645/http://www.nba.com/blog/archive_2003/blog12.html |date=2007-06-18 }}
Playing career
Born in Nkwere, Nigeria, Nwosu attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Nwosu has played in 14 different countries during his 14-year career.
He won the Russian league title in 1996 with CSKA Moscow, and the French league crown in 2001 with Pau-Orthez. Nwosu led the Red Bull Thunder to the PBA Commissioner's Cup title in 2002. In 2005, he started with Asesoft Ploiesti in Romania (averaging 12.8 points and 9.8 rebounds in FIBA Europe Cup), before signing with Syrian club Al Jalaa Aleppo in February 2006. He later played in the Dominican Republic.[http://www.latinbasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=DOM&PlayerID=12667 Julius Nwosu]. LatinBasket.com
He was part of the 1998 FIBA World Championship Nigerian national team that played at the FIBA World Championship. But due to bad medication bought at a market in Lagos, he was suspended for doping and could not finish the tournament.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080205095740/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_wcm/teamPlay/play/p/competitioncode/eventid/3507/langlc/en/playernumber/18676/roundid/3507/season/0/teamnumber/340/fe_teamPlay_playProf.html Player Profile]
NBA career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
= Regular season =
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 1994–95
| align="left" | San Antonio
| 23 || 0 || 3.7 || .321 || .000 || .765 || 1.0 || .1 || .0 || .1 || 1.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 23 || 0 || 3.7 || .321 || .000 || .765 || 1.0 || .1 || .0 || .1 || 1.3
{{s-end}}
= Playoffs =
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 1994–95
| align="left" | San Antonio
| 2 || 0 || 3.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 2 || 0 || 3.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 0.0
{{s-end}}
Notes
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nwosuju01.html Basketball-Reference.com: Julius Nwosu]
- [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NWOSUJU01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
- [http://basketball.ifrance.com/nwosu_julius.htm Player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029080419/http://basketball.ifrance.com/nwosu_julius.htm |date=October 29, 2006 }} {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=ATC ACB.com Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525142423/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=ATC |date=2011-05-25 }} {{in lang|es}}
{{Batang Red Bull Thunder 2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions}}
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