Priest Lauderdale
American basketball player
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| Intro | American basketball player | ||||
| Places | Bulgaria United States of America | ||||
| is | Athlete Basketball player | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 31 August 1973, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A. | ||||
| Age | 51 years | ||||
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Biography
Priest Lauderdale (born August 31, 1973) is an American retired professional basketball player.
Professional career
A 7' 4", 325 lb center, Lauderdale was selected 28th overall in the 1996 National Basketball Association Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, after playing collegiately at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio and professionally in the Greek League for Peristeri Nikas. He also attended Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois but did not play basketball there competitively.
He concluded his brief NBA career with the Denver Nuggets in 1997–1998.
Lauderdale played professionally in Bulgaria for Lukoil Academic from 2002 to 2005 and received Bulgarian citizenship.
Lauderdale also played in the CBA, China, Venezuela, Cyprus, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.