Larry O'Bannon

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = Larry O'Bannon.JPG

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Image of Larry O'Bannon

| name = Larry O'Bannon

| position = Point guard / shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4.5

| weight_lbs = 201

| league = LNB

| team = Hispano Americano

| number = 4

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|15}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky

| high_school = Male (Louisville, Kentucky)

| college = Louisville (2001–2005)

| draft_year = 2005

| career_start = 2005

| career_end =

| years1 = 2005–2006

| team1 = Crvena zvezda

| years2 = 2006–2007

| team2 = Amatori Udine

| years3 = 2007

| team3 = Basket Napoli

| years4 = 2007

| team4 = AGO Rethymno

| years5 = 2007–2008

| team5 = Lukoil Academic

| years6 = 2009–2010

| team6 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion

| years7 = 2010

| team7 = Marinos de Anzoátegui

| years8 = 2010–2011

| team8 = Maccabi Haifa

| years9 = 2011–2012

| team9 = Boca Juniors

| years10 = 2012

| team10 = Club Atlético Lanús

| years11 = 2012–2013

| team11 = SAV Vacallo Basket

| years12 = 2013

| team12 = Hapoel Eilat

| years13 = 2013–2014

| team13 = Sharks Antibes

| years14 = 2014

| team14 = Krasnye Krylia

| years15 = 2014

| team15 = Maccabi Rishon LeZion

| years16 = 2014–2015

| team16 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| years17 = 2015–2016

| team17 = San Martín de Corrientes

| years18 = 2016–present

| team18 = Hispano Americano

| highlights = * Serbian Cup winner (2006)

}}

Larry O'Bannon (born August 15, 1983) is an American professional basketball player for Hispano Americano of the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB). He played college basketball for the University of Louisville.

Early life

O'Bannon attended Jefferson County Traditional Middle School. He attended Male High School where he competed in basketball and track and field. He played on the same basketball team as Oakland Raiders running back Michael Bush, who was also his teammate in middle school. O'Bannon has a sister who teaches at Meyzeek Middle School.

College career

O'Bannon played college basketball for the University of Louisville's Louisville Cardinals in 2005 when they made it to the 2005 Final Four. In that tournament O'Bannon was named the Regional MVP.

Pro career

O'Bannon went undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft. During the summer of 2005, he played for the Seattle SuperSonics and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Summer League.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Seattle_SuperSonics/27/Rosters/Summer_League/2005|title=Seattle SuperSonics Summer League Roster - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/media/warriors/05_summer_leauge_mediaguide.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923111231/http://www.nba.com/media/warriors/05_summer_leauge_mediaguide.pdf|title=2005 Summer League Guide - Golden State Warriors|website=NBA.com |archivedate=September 23, 2016}} In August 2005, he signed his first professional contract with Serbian club Crvena zvezda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2005&mm=08&dd=25&nav_id=175258|title=Leri O'Benon u Zvezdi|website=B92.net}} With them he played one season, and won the Serbian Cup.

In September 2007, O'Bannon signed with Amatori Udine of the Italian Serie A.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legabasket.it/news/68244/o_bannon_e__ufficialmente_della_snaidero__oggi_la_sua_presentazione|title=O'Bannon e' ufficialmente della Snaidero. Oggi la sua presentazione|access-date=2016-03-03|archive-date=2016-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026164224/http://www.legabasket.it/news/68244/o_bannon_e__ufficialmente_della_snaidero__oggi_la_sua_presentazione|url-status=dead}} On February 7, 2007, he left Udine and moved to Basket Napoli for the rest of the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/item/7930|title=Snaidero cuts Larry O'Bannon|website=Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In July 2007, he joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2007 NBA Summer League.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/summerleagues/nuggets_070703.html |title=Summer League: Denver Nuggets Roster |website=NBA.com |access-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104811/http://www.nba.com/summerleagues/nuggets_070703.html |archive-date=2018-05-06 }} The 2007–08 season he started with AGO Rethymno of the Greek A1 League, but was released after appearing in seven games. On December 17, 2007, he signed with Bulgarian club Lukoil Academic,{{Cite web|url=http://admin.euroleague.net/item/20877|title=Lukoil tabs Larry O'Bannon|website=Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup}} and stayed with them for the rest of the season.

In January 2009, O'Bannon signed with Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the rest of the season. On August 28, 2009, he re-signed with Rishon LeZion for one more year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beobasket.net/|title=Home|website=BeoBasket}}

In May 2010, he signed with Marinos de Anzoátegui of Venezuela for the rest of the 2010 LPB season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/world/america/81592/marinos-add-o-bannon-for-the-final.html|title=sportando.com|website=www.sportando.com}} On September 16, 2010, he returned to Israel and signed with Maccabi Haifa,{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/basketball.aspx?NewsID=203343|title=Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket|website=www.eurobasket.com}} but was released in February 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120715062702/http://sports.walla.co.il/?w=%2F170%2F1789446|title=וואלה! ספורט|website=וואלה!News|archive-date=2012-07-15|access-date=2020-12-23|url-status=live}} On February 28, 2011, he signed with Boca Juniors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pickandroll.com.ar/boca/noticias/00017942/larry-obannon-por-moodie-en-boca/|title=Larry O´Bannon por Moodie en Boca|first=Compages-Diseño e Ingeniería|last=Web|website=www.pickandroll.com.ar|access-date=2016-03-03|archive-date=2018-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104650/http://www.pickandroll.com.ar/boca/noticias/00017942/larry-obannon-por-moodie-en-boca/|url-status=dead}} In August 2011, he re-signed with Boca for the 2011–12 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/larry-obannon-heading-back-to-argentina/|title=Larry O'Bannon Heading Back To Argentina|first=Nick|last=Coffey|date=August 29, 2011|access-date=March 3, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173440/http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/larry-obannon-heading-back-to-argentina/|url-status=dead}} On April 20, 2012, he signed with Club Atlético Lanús,{{Cite web|url=https://www.interperformances.com/news/o39bannon-joins-lanus-2012-04-20/|title=O'Bannon Joins Lanus|website=www.interperformances.com|date=April 20, 2012|accessdate=April 11, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411145916/https://www.interperformances.com/news/o39bannon-joins-lanus-2012-04-20/|archive-date=April 11, 2022}} where he played only one game.

In July 2012, O'Bannon signed with SAV Vacallo Basket of Switzerland.{{cite web|title=Larry O'Bannon joins SAV Vacallo|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Switzerland/basketball.aspx?NewsID=276776|work=Eurobasket.com|accessdate=21 April 2013}} In February 2013, he left Vacallo and signed with Israeli club Hapoel Eilat for the rest of the season.{{cite web|title=Larry O'Bannon signed by Hapoel Eilat|url=http://www.court-side.com/news/blog/larry-obannon-signed-by-hapoel-eilat/|work=court-side.com|accessdate=21 April 2013|date=2013-02-19}} On August 7, 2013, he signed with Sharks Antibes of the French LNB Pro A.{{cite web|title=Antibes Sharks announce Larry O'Bannon|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/104699/antibes-sharks-announce-larry-o-bannon.html|publisher=Sportando.net|accessdate=7 August 2013}} On January 30, 2014, he left Antibes and signed with Russian club Krasnye Krylia for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Larry O'Bannon leaves Antibes to sign with Samara|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/russia/111027/larry-o-bannon-leaves-antibes-to-sign-with-samara.html|accessdate=6 February 2014|newspaper=Sportando.net|date=30 January 2014}}

In September 2014, O'Bannon signed with his former club Maccabi Rishon LeZion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/basketball.aspx?NewsID=375603|title=Israeli Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket|website=www.eurobasket.com}} He was released by Maccabi after only three games and in November 2014, he moved to another Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 2014–15 season. In his debut for Hapoel, he finished with 29 points and 13 rebounds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/another-embarrassing-loss-for-maccabi-tel-aviv-381409|title=Another embarrassing loss for Maccabi Tel Aviv|website=The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com}}

In August 2015, he signed with San Martín de Corrientes of Argentina for the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Argentina/news/415814/San-Martin-Corrientes-land-Larry-O%27Bannon,-ex-Hapoel-T-A|title=Latin American basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings|website=www.latinbasket.com}} In November 2016, he signed with Hispano Americano also of Argentina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Argentina/news/469111/Hispano-Americano-de-Rio-Gallegos-sign-Larry-O%27Bannon|title=Latin American basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings|website=www.latinbasket.com}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150930232930/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6032365/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=ita&PlayerID=6332 Eurobasket.com profile]
[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=OBA-LAR-83 Legabasket profile]

Category:1983 births

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Category:ABA League players

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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria

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Category:American expatriate basketball people in Russia

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Serbia and Montenegro

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland