Larry Owens (basketball)

{{short description|American professional basketball player (born 1983)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Larry Owens

| image = Larry Owens Wizards.jpg

| caption = Owens with the Wizards

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|1|8}}

| birth_place = Mesa, Arizona, U.S.

| highschool = Westwood (Mesa, Arizona)

| college =

Yavapai College (2001–2003)
Oral Roberts (2004–2006)

| draft_year = 2006

| career_start = 2006

| career_end = 2018

| career_number = 33, 32, 24

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| years1 = 2006–2007

| team1 = Stade Clermontois

| years2 = 2007–2009

| team2 = Liège Basket

| years3 = 2009–2011

| team3 = Tulsa 66ers

| years4 = {{nbay|2010|end}}

| team4 = San Antonio Spurs

| years5 = {{nbay|2010|end}}

| team5 = Washington Wizards

| years6 = 2011–2012

| team6 = Tulsa 66ers

| years7 = {{nbay|2011|end}}

| team7 = New Jersey Nets

| years8 = 2012

| team8 = Tulsa 66ers

| years9 = 2012–2013

| team9 = JDA Dijon Basket

| years10 = 2013

| team10 = Tulsa 66ers

| years11 = 2013–2014

| team11 = Iowa Energy

| years12 = 2014

| team12 = Halcones Rojos Veracruz

| years13 = 2015

| team13 = Iowa Energy

| years14 = 2015–2016

| team14 = Kyoto Hannaryz

| years15 = 2016–2017

| team15 = Nishinomiya Storks

| highlights =

NBA D-League All-Defensive Second Team (2012)
NBA D-League Sportsmanship Award (2011)
All-NBA D-League Second Team (2011)
All-NBA D-League Third Team (2010)
NBA D-League All-Defensive First Team (2011)
NBA D-League All-Star (2011)
First-team All-MCC (2006)
MCC Defensive Player of the Year (2006)
MCC All-Newcomer Team (2005)
Second-team NJCAA All-American (2003)

}}

Larry Owens (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Yavapai College and Oral Roberts University.

College career

=Yavapai College (2001–2003)=

Owens averaged 22.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Yavapai College. In 2003, he was named in the second team NJCAA All-American and the ACCAC

MVP.[http://www.orugoldeneagles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17000&ATCLID=1137353 Larry Owens Biography]

Following his sophomore season, he transferred to Oral Roberts University.

=Oral Roberts (2004–2006)=

After sitting out the 2003–04 season due to NCAA transfer rules, Owens joined the Golden Eagles for his redshirted junior season in 2004–05. He was named in the Mid-Con All-Newcomer team

after outstanding first season. In 33 games, he averaged 9.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks per game.

In his senior season, he was named in the 2006 All-MCC first team as well as being named the 2006 All-MCC Defensive Player of the Year. In 33 games, he averaged 12.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.

Professional career

=2006–07 season=

Owens went undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft. He was later drafted by the Mississippi Hardhats of the World Basketball Association (WBA). He left the Hardhats after pre-season. He then moved to Stade Clermontois BA of France for the 2006–07 season.

=2007–08 season=

Owens joined the Miami Heat for the 2007 NBA Summer League. Later that year, he signed with Liège Basket of Belgium for the 2007–08 season.

=2008–09 season=

Owens joined the New Orleans Hornets for the 2008 NBA Summer League. Later that year, he re-signed with Liège Basket for the 2008–09 season.

=2009–10 season=

Owens re-joined the New Orleans Hornets for the 2009 NBA Summer League. On September 28, 2009, he signed with the Hornets. However, he was later waived by the Hornets on October 21, 2009.[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Larry-Owens/Summary/1793 Larry Owens Player Profile – RealGM] On November 1, 2009, he was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers.

=2010–11 season=

Owens joined the NBA D-League Select team for the 2010 NBA Summer League. He later signed with Türk Telekom B.K. of Turkey but left before the playing in a game for them. On October 30, 2010, he was re-acquired by the Tulsa 66ers.

On January 16, 2011, he signed with the San Antonio Spurs on a 10-day contract.{{cite news |title=Spurs Sign Larry Owens to 10-day Contract |url=http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/spurs_sign_larry_owens_110116.html |work=NBA.com |date=January 16, 2011 |accessdate=January 17, 2011}} He made his NBA debut on that same day against the Denver Nuggets, picking up an assist and a rebound in two minutes of playing time.{{cite news |title=Carmelo Anthony struggles as Spurs knock around Nuggets |url=http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310116024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120145702/http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310116024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |work=ESPN.com |date=January 16, 2011 |accessdate=November 27, 2013}} On January 26, 2011, Owens signed a second 10-day contract with the Spurs.{{cite news |title=Spurs Sign Larry Owens To Second 10-Day Contract |url=http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/larry_owens_10day_110126.html |work=NBA.com |date=January 26, 2011 |accessdate=January 26, 2011}} After his second 10-day contract expired, he re-joined the Tulsa 66ers.{{cite news |title=Larry Owens Rejoins Tulsa 66ers |url=http://oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4149968 |work=outsportscentral.com |date=February 5, 2011 |accessdate=February 6, 2011}}

On April 6, 2011, he signed with Washington Wizards for the remainder of the 2010–11 season.

=2011–12 season=

On December 10, 2011, Owens re-signed with the Wizards. However, he was later waived by the Wizards on December 21, 2011.[http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/wizards_waive_owens__wilks_122111.html WIZARDS WAIVE OWENS & WILKS] On December 28, he was re-acquired by the Tulsa 66ers.

On January 18, 2012, he signed with the New Jersey Nets.[http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Owens_Signs_Release_120118.html NETS Sign Larry Owens] On January 31, 2012, he was waived by the Nets.[http://www.nba.com/nets/news/Bogans_Signing_Release_120201.html NETS Sign Keith Bogans] On February 4, he returned to the 66ers.

=2012–13 season=

Owens joined the Boston Celtics for the 2012 NBA Summer League. In August 2012, he joined BCM Gravelines of France but left after pre-season. In September 2012, he had a try-out with Budivelnyk Kyiv of Ukraine but was not signed. In November 2012, he signed with JDA Dijon Basket France for the 2012–13 season.{{cite web|title=JDA Dijon signs Larry Owens|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/france/46167/jda-dijon-signs-larry-owens.html|work=Sportando.net|date=November 13, 2012|accessdate=November 27, 2013}}

=2013–14 season=

On October 31, 2013, he was re-acquired by the Tulsa 66ers.[http://www.nba.com/dleague/tulsa/66ers_acquire_no_1_overall_pick_131031.html 66ers Acquire No. 1 Overall Pick and Ben Uzoh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204005638/http://www.nba.com/dleague/tulsa/66ers_acquire_no_1_overall_pick_131031.html |date=December 4, 2013 }} On December 19, 2013, he was traded to the Iowa Energy.[https://archive.today/20140117090547/http://www.nba.com/dleague/iowa/energy_trade_for_larry_owens_2013_12_23.html ENERGY TRADE FOR LARRY OWENS]

=2014–15 season=

On August 27, 2014, Owens signed with Halcones Rojos Veracruz of Mexico for the 2014–15 LNBP season.[http://www.veracruzanos.info/club-halcones-rojos-veracruz-firma-a-larry-owens/ Club Halcones Rojos Veracruz firma a Larry Owens] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216022920/http://www.veracruzanos.info/club-halcones-rojos-veracruz-firma-a-larry-owens/ |date=December 16, 2014 }} {{in lang|es}} In November 2014, he left the team after appearing in 13 games. On January 3, 2015, he was reacquired by the Iowa Energy.[http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4910944 Iowa Energy Acquire Larry Owens]

=2015–16 season=

On August 12, 2015, Owens signed with Kyoto Hannaryz of the Japanese bj league.{{cite web|title=Kyoto Hannaryz tabs Larry Owens|url=http://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/news/416640/Kyoto-Hannaryz-tabs-Larry-Owens|work=Asia-Basket.com|date=August 12, 2015|accessdate=September 4, 2015}}

Owens competes for Team 23 in The Basketball Tournament. He was a forward on the 2015 team who made it to the $1 million championship game, falling 67–65 to Overseas Elite.

= 2024-2025 Season =

On December 2nd, 2024 Larry signed on with the Tulsa Scheels of the Retail Leagues of America (RLA).

NBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2010}}

| style="text-align:left;"| San Antonio

| 7 || 0 || 4.4 || .500 || .333 || .500 || .6 || .1 || .3 || .0 || 1.3

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2010}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Washington

| 5 || 0 || 22.4 || .462 || .500 || .400 || 2.2 || 1.4 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 6.2

| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2011}}

| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey

| 7 || 0 || 10.7 || .364 || .400 || .750 || 1.9 || .6 || .0 || .1 || 1.9

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 19 || 0 || 11.5 || .442 || .444 || .538 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 0.5 || .3 || 2.8

References

External links

{{Basketballstats |nba= 202082 |bbr= o/owensla01 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110224214907/http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/larry_owens/ NBA D-League Profile]
[https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4179/larry-owens ESPN.com Profile]
[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/larry-owens-1.html Sports-Reference.com Profile]
[http://www.orugoldeneagles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17000&ATCLID=1137353 Oral Roberts bio]

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Category:Iowa Energy players

Category:JDA Dijon Basket players

Category:Kyoto Hannaryz players