No. 13 – Provence Basket | |||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | ||||||||||||
League | LNB Pro B | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born |
Houston, Texas |
April 18, 1981 ||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigerian / American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school | Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas) | ||||||||||||
College | Texas-Arlington (2000–2004) | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2004 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Etzella Ettelbruck | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Verviers-Pepinster | ||||||||||||
2006 | Belenenses Montepio | ||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Hyères-Toulon Var Basket | ||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Strasbourg IG | ||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Hyères-Toulon Var Basket | ||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Trabzonspor | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Joventut | ||||||||||||
2012 | Cocodrilos de Caracas | ||||||||||||
2012 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Cholet Basket | ||||||||||||
2013–2015 | AS Monaco Basket | ||||||||||||
2015–present | Provence Basket | ||||||||||||
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Derrick Obasohan (born April 18, 1981) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for Provence Basket of the LNB Pro B. He played college basketball for the University of Texas at Arlington.
Obasohan played high school basketball at Alief Elsik in Houston, Texas. Obasohan then played college basketball, where he was a former First Team All-Southland Conference performer at the University of Texas at Arlington, with the Texas–Arlington Mavericks, in the United States.
On May 21, 2010, Obasohan signed with Trabzonspor of Turkey for the 2010–11 season. In 26 games, he averaged 11.7 points and 3.85 rebounds per game.
On September 2, 2011, he signed with Joventut of Spain for the 2011–12 ACB season. In 34 games, he averaged 9.2 points per game.
On May 15, 2012, he signed with the Cocodrilos de Caracas of the Venezuelan LPB. He left Caracas after appearing in only three games.
The 2012–13 season he started in Argentina with Boca Juniors, but left after only four games and on November 11, 2012, he signed with Cholet Basket of France for the rest of the season.