Charles O'Bannon

Charles O'Bannon

No. 5
Shooting guard/Small forward
Personal information
Date of birth	February 22, 1975 (1975-02-22) (age 36) Bellflower, California, USA
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College	UCLA
NBA Draft	1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Pro career	1997–1999
Career history
Detroit Pistons (1997–1999)
Career highlights and awards
1995 NCAA Champion 2× All-Pac-10 Conference first team (1996, 1997)
Career statistics
Points	120
Assists	29
Rebounds	67
Stats at NBA.com
Medals Medal record Men’s Basketball Competitor for  United States Summer Universiade Gold 1995 Fukuoka Team competition

Charles Edward O'Bannon (born February 22, 1975 in Lakewood, California) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins men's basketball team, where he was a star small forward/shooting guard, and a starter on the school's 1995 NCAA Championship team. O'Bannon was a first team All-Pacific-10 Conference selection in 1996 and 1997,^[1] and he was also voted co-Most Valuable Player of the Bruins in both of those years.^[2] He is the younger brother of former NBA forward Ed O'Bannon, who played with him at UCLA.^[3]

Charles O'Bannon was selected by the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the third pick in the second round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Pistons for two seasons before being released. He scored his NBA career high of 14 points on April 14, 1999 against the Charlotte Hornets.

O'Bannon has continued his professional basketball career by playing in various leagues outside of the United States. As of 2009, he was playing for the Toyota Alvark of the Japanese Basketball League, and was leading that league in scoring.

See also

• 1994-95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Notes

1. ^ Finney 2010, p.105
2. ^ Finney 2010, p.110
3. ^ Tom Friend. "O'Bannon Brothers Team Up at U.C.L.A.". New York Times. December 5, 1993. Retrieved on May 1, 2010.

References

• Finney, Ryan (2010). "2010–11 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide". UCLA Athletic Department. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5x5aLpTmX. 

External links

• Charles O'Bannon historical page at NBA.com
• Charles O'Bannon at Basketball-Reference.com
• Charles O'Bannon UCLA Statistics at Sports-Reference.com

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Name	Obannon, Charles
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Date of birth	February 22, 1975
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