Louis Olinde
| Brose Bamberg | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 18, 1998 Hamburg, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Listed height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
| Listed weight | 180[1] lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | SC Rist Wedel |
| 2015–2016 | → Hamburg Towers |
| 2016–present | Brose Bamberg |
Louis Olinde (born March 19, 1998 in Hamburg) is a German basketball player. A 205cm (6'9'') guard/forward, he is under contract with the Brose Baskets Bamberg of the German Bundesliga.
His father Wilbert Olinde won the 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with UCLA[2] and took his game to Germany following his collegiate career.[3]
Career
Olinde’s career began in the youth ranks of BC Hamburg.[4] 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 Pro B, for the 2014-15 season,[5] but had to wait until the following campaign to see playing time.[6] 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,[7] 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.[8]
In June 2016, he attended the NBA Top 100 camp in Charlottesville, Virginia.[9] On June 23, 2016, Olinde signed a four-year deal with the Brose Baskets Bamberg of the German top-flight Basketball-Bundesliga.[10] He logged his first Bundesliga minutes in the season opener against Frankfurt on September 23, 2016.[11]
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.[12]
In December 2015, he was named to the roster of Germany's U18 Men's National Team[13] and helped the team win the 2016 Albert-Schweitzer-Tournament.[14]
References
- ↑ Louis Olinde – Draft profile. Nbadraft.net. Retrieved 11-08-2016
- ↑ "UCLA Basketball - The 1975 Championship Team". www.perrific.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Radel, Rainer Grünberg und Inga. "Top-Talent Olinde hat seinen Vater nie spielen sehen". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Erste Schritte im Wedeler ProB-Kader: Zwei Talente werden herangeführt". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Spieler". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Dreiklang für ein großes Talent". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "NBBL ALLSTAR Game 2016 - NBBL und JBBL". NBBL und JBBL (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "2016 NBA Top 100 camp player roster | HoopSeen". www.hoopseen.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "Brose Baskets verpflichten Louis Olinde" (in German). 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
- ↑ "easyCredit - 2016-09-23 BAM-FRA". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- ↑ "Louis Olinde | U16 European Championship Men (2014) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "U16-Mädchen und U18-Jungen nominiert « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ "AST 2016: Deutschland erstmals Turniersieger! « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-04-02.