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Gani Lawal

Retired • Retired after 2024 season • PF/C • 1 year of NBA experience

Height6'9

Weight234 lbs

Born7th November 1988 (age 37)

Nationality🇺🇸USA/🇳🇬Nigeria

NBA Draft46th pick, 20102010 Early Entry: Stayed in2009 Early Entry: Withdrew

Pre-draft teamGeorgia Tech

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Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2010-11	D League	Iowa Energy	10	20.3	11.2	3.5	7.5	46.7%	0.1	0.0%	4.2	6.8	61.8%	1.8	4.2	6.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	1.9	3.3
2010-11	NBA	Phoenix Suns	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
2011-12	France	Chorale Roanne	4	9.3	6.3	3.0	4.3	70.6%	0.0	0.0%	0.3	0.5	50.0%	1.3	2.3	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	2.0
2012-13	Italy	Virtus Roma	47	26.4	13.7	5.7	9.1	62.3%	0.0	0.0%	2.3	4.5	50.2%	3.2	5.3	8.5	0.1	0.6	1.5	3.0	2.7
2013-14	EuroLeague	Olimpia Milano	24	14.8	6.3	2.3	3.7	60.7%	0.0	0.0%	1.8	2.5	71.7%	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.8	2.1
2013-14	Italy	Olimpia Milano	43	13.2	6.6	2.7	4.5	60.5%	0.0	0.0%	1.1	2.0	53.5%	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.3
2014-15	EuroLeague	Panathinaikos	6	4.2	2.0	1.0	2.0	50.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.3	0.0%	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.2
2014-15	Greece	Panathinaikos	7	9.9	4.0	1.9	2.4	76.5%	0.0	0.0%	0.3	0.9	33.3%	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.1	2.1
2015-16	D League	Delaware 87ers	10	14.9	4.7	1.8	3.9	46.2%	0.0	–	1.1	2.2	50.0%	1.1	2.9	4.0	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.0	3.0
2015-16	D League	Reno Bighorns	9	11.6	6.2	2.7	4.2	63.2%	0.0	–	0.9	1.8	50.0%	2.2	3.7	5.9	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.9	2.4
2015-16	D League	Westchester Knicks	17	18.1	8.9	3.6	6.2	57.5%	0.0	–	1.8	3.1	56.6%	2.3	5.2	7.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.0	2.6
2015-16	D League	Total (D League)	36	15.6	7.1	2.9	5.1	56.3%	0.0	–	1.4	2.5	53.8%	1.9	4.2	6.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	2.7
2015-16	EuroLeague	Olimpia Milano	5	9.6	2.2	0.8	2.4	33.3%	0.0	0.0%	0.6	0.8	75.0%	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.8
2015-16	Italy	Olimpia Milano	3	11.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	66.7%	0.0	0.0%	1.0	2.0	50.0%	2.3	1.0	3.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.0
2016-17	BCL Europe	Sassari	11	17.1	9.0	3.5	5.6	62.9%	0.1	0.0%	1.9	3.0	63.6%	0.7	2.7	3.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.5	2.8
2016-17	Italy	Cantu	9	18.3	11.9	4.8	8.1	58.9%	0.2	0.0%	2.3	4.9	47.7%	2.3	2.4	4.8	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.3
2016-17	Italy	Sassari	22	18.0	10.3	4.0	6.8	58.4%	0.0	0.0%	2.4	3.2	74.3%	2.4	4.5	7.0	0.2	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.6
2020-21	France	Chalons-Reims	23	19.8	11.0	4.3	7.2	59.4%	0.0	0.0%	2.4	3.7	65.1%	2.7	4.1	6.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.3	2.9
2021-22	France	Chalons-Reims	33	20.1	13.0	5.2	8.3	61.8%	0.2	0.0%	2.7	4.7	58.4%	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.3

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2010 Summer League Rosters: Phoenix Suns

12th July 2010

Gani Lawal

The Suns second rounder from last month should have a good chance to make the team, even with the addition of Hakim Warrick. Incidentally, even though Hakim is one of the most accurate like-for-like replacements for Amare Stoudemire that this league has, 4 years and $18 million is about 2 years and $12 million too much. For all his faults, Amare was the considerably better defensive player and rebounder. And that doesn't even include his offense, which was about 65 million times better. It's not a bad signing, but it's not a good price.

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Sham's 2010 NBA Draft Night Recap, Part 2

27th June 2010

Pick 46: Steve Kerr is a good drafter, and he makes one more sensible pick before leaving the Suns. Gani Lawal is a talented player and great value at 46, a player who fell about 7 places too far due to the crazy nature of this second round. His athletic style suits the Suns, and he doesn't need to be a polished offensively player to run the court, get open, and dunk with authority. (Which is lucky, because he isn't.)

The Suns would also have benefited from drafting Stanley Robinson, who, as mentioned earlier, was born to run. In fact, if the draft gets the walk-up music it so badly needs, that must be Stanley's tune. And everyone else's must be The Final Countdown. Maybe we could actually book Europe for the night.