Louis Olinde

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Louis Olinde
Brose Bamberg
2016–2019Baunach Young Pikes
2020–presentAlba Berlin
Career highlights and awards

Louis Franklin Olinde (born March 19, 1998) is a German professional

power forward
positions.

His father

1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with UCLA[1] and took his game to Germany following his collegiate career.[2]

Career

Olinde's career began in the youth ranks of BC Hamburg.[3] He joined the Piraten Hamburg organization in 2011 to compete in the JBBL, Germany's under 16 division. In 2014, he made the Piraten under 19 side which plays in the NBBL, Germany's highest youth league.

Olinde earned a spot on the roster of SC Rist Wedel, a member of Germany's third-tier men's league ProB, for the 2014–15 season,[4] but had to wait until the following campaign to see playing time.[5] In accordance with an agreement of cooperation between SC Rist Wedel and Pro A side Hamburg Towers, Olinde was permitted to play for both clubs in the 2015–16 season,[6] but primarily appeared in Pro B games for SC Rist. Still eligible to compete at the youth level that year, he also turned out for the Piraten Hamburg under 19 squad in 2015–16, and was selected for the 2016 NBBL All-Star Game.[7]

In June 2016, he attended the NBA Top 100 camp in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Brose Bamberg of the German top-flight Basketball-Bundesliga.[9] He logged his first Bundesliga minutes in the season opener against Frankfurt on September 23, 2016.[10] After having averaged 23 minutes, 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in the 2019-20 Bundesliga season, he signed a three-year deal with fellow Bundesliga side Alba Berlin in July 2020.[11]

Olinde worked out for the Golden State Warriors, Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trail Blazers in the 2023 offseason. He signed another extension in 2023, committing himself to Alba until at least 2026.[12]

International career

In August 2014, Olinde made the roster of Germany's U16 Men's National Team for the European Championships in Latvia. In nine appearances, he averaged 3.9 points and 4.7 rebounds during the tournament.[13]

In December 2015, he was named to the roster of Germany's U18 Men's National Team

2018 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, averaging 7.3 points and 7.1 rebounds throughout the tournament.[18]

References

  1. ^ "UCLA Basketball - The 1975 Championship Team". www.perrific.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. ^ Marketing, Dr. Frank Witzel, Andreas Riechel, Internetredaktion, Stabsstelle Presse, Kommunikation und. "Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - Wilbert Olinde". www.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Radel, Rainer Grünberg und Inga (15 October 2015). "Top-Talent Olinde hat seinen Vater nie spielen sehen". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  4. ^ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Erste Schritte im Wedeler ProB-Kader: Zwei Talente werden herangeführt". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  5. ^ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Spieler". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  6. ^ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Dreiklang für ein großes Talent". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  7. ^ "NBBL ALLSTAR Game 2016 - NBBL und JBBL". NBBL und JBBL (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  8. ^ "2016 NBA Top 100 camp player roster | HoopSeen". www.hoopseen.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  9. ^ "Brose Baskets verpflichten Louis Olinde" (in German). 2016-06-23. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  10. ^ "easyCredit - 2016-09-23 BAM-FRA". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  11. ^ "EasyCredit - Berlin verpflichtet Louis Olinde für drei Jahre".
  12. ^ "Louis Olinde signs a long-term contract extension with ALBA". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  13. ^ "Louis Olinde | U16 European Championship Men (2014) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  14. ^ "U16-Mädchen und U18-Jungen nominiert « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  15. ^ "AST 2016: Deutschland erstmals Turniersieger! « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  16. ^ "Germany at the FIBA U18 European Championship Division A 2016 - FIBA.com". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  17. ^ "Allemagne at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  18. ^ "Germany at the FIBA U20 European Championship 2018 - FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

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