Retin Obasohan Explained

Retin Obasohan
Position:Point guard
Height Cm:188
Weight Kg:95
Team:Free Agent
Birth Date:6 July 1993
Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium
College:Alabama (2012–2016)
Draft Year:2016
Career Start:2016
Years1:2016–2017
Team1:Sidigas Avellino
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Rockets Gotha
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Northern Arizona Suns
Years4:2019–2020
Team4:Brose Bamberg
Years5:2020–2021
Team5:Nymburk
Years6:2021–2022
Team6:Hapoel Jerusalem
Years7:2022–2023
Team7:ASVEL
Years8:2023–2024
Team8:Derthona Basket
Highlights:
  • First-team All-SEC (2016)
  • SEC All-Defensive team (2016)
  • SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2016)

Retin Obasohan (born 6 July 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player who last played for Derthona Basket of the Italian LBA.

Early life

Obasohan was born in Belgium and is of Nigerian descent.[1]

Early career

In the 2010–11 season, Obasohan played for amateur team Kangoeroes Boom in the Belgian Second Division.

College career

From 2011 through 2016, Obasohan played for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He redshirted the 2011 season and continued to gain more playing time throughout his career. In his redshirt senior season, Obasohan averaged 17.6 points per game for the team.[2] He led his team to NCAA tournament contention and numerous upset victories, including several wins against AP ranked opponents and a win at LSU against that year's NBA first overall pick Ben Simmons. Upon conclusion of the 2016 season, Obasohan was named to the All-SEC First Team and was named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well.[3]

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012-13| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama| 31 || 1 || 13.0 || .374 || .286 || .771 || 1.4 || .7 || .9 || .3 || 3.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013-14| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama| 30 || 20 || 28.7 || .381 || .246 || .667 || 3.0 || 1.6 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 9.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014-15| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama| 31 || 12 || 19.5 || .447 || .378 || .606 || 2.9 || .8 || .9 || .5 || 6.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015-16| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama| 33 || 33 || 32.3 || .471 || .372 || .699 || 3.8 || 2.6 || 1.4 || .3 || 17.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 125 || 66 || 23.5 || .433 || .335 || .683 || 2.8 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .5 || 9.4

Professional career

Obasohan entered the 2016 NBA draft, but went undrafted.[4] On 28 June he signed a free-agent contract with the Sacramento Kings, as he went on to play in the 2016 NBA Summer League.

On 5 August 2016 Obasohan signed with Sidigas Avellino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[5]

On 4 August 2017 Obasohan signed with Rockets Gotha, newcomer in the German Basketball Bundesliga.[6] On 1 April 2018 he scored a season-high 25 points in a 98–90 win over Eisbären Bremerhaven.[7]

In October 2018, Obasohan joined the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA G League as a local tryout player.[8]

During the 2019-20 season, Obasohan plays in Germany for Brose Bamberg in the Basketball Bundesliga.[9] [10] He averaged 8.4 points and 2.7 assists per game.

On 24 October 2020 he signed with ERA Nymburk in the Czech NBL.[11]

On 1 July 2021 he signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League.[12]

On 8 July 2022 he signed a deal with ASVEL Basket of the French LNB Pro A.[13]

On 14 July 2023 he signed with Derthona Basket of the Italian LBA.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Basket - Élite. Retin Obasohan a tapé dans l'œil de l'Asvel. www.leprogres.fr.
  2. Web site: Retin Obasohan, Alabama, Point Guard . 247sports.com . September 7, 2016.
  3. Web site: 2016 SEC Men's Basketball awards announced . Secsports.com . September 7, 2016.
  4. Web site: Geen NBA Draft-sprookje voor Retin Obasohan . Dutch . Vlaamsebasketballiga.be . September 7, 2016.
  5. Web site: Retin Obasohan officially signs with Avellino . Sportando.com . August 5, 2016 . September 7, 2016.
  6. News: Rockets Gotha verpflichten belgischen Nationalspieler Retin Obasohan. August 4, 2017. German.
  7. Web site: Hier finden Sie alle Infos zu allen easyCredit BBL-Livespielen, Archiv bis 1999, Berichte, Boxscores, Play-by-plays, Livestreams, Fotos und Wurfanalysen.
  8. Web site: Withee . Jacob . NAZ Suns Announce 2018-19 Training Camp Roster . NBA.com . October 22, 2018 . October 21, 2018 . March 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326071740/https://northernarizona.gleague.nba.com/news/naz-suns-announce-2018-19-training-camp-roster/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Retin Obasohan, Basketball Player.
  10. Web site: Brose Bamberg Basketball Brose Bamberg verpflichtet Retin Obasohan . www.brosebamberg.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191023183202/https://www.brosebamberg.de/saison/news/nachricht/artikel/brose-bamberg-verpflichtet-retin-obasohan/ . 2019-10-23.
  11. News: Retin Obasohan signs with Nymburk. October 24, 2020. Sportando. En. October 24, 2020.
  12. News: Hapoel Jerusalem lands Retin Obasohan. July 1, 2021. Sportando. En. July 1, 2021.
  13. Web site: 2022-07-08 . Un duo de meneurs en renfort ! . 2022-07-08 . LDLC ASVEL . fr-FR.
  14. Web site: Esperienza ad alto livello e fisicità: al Derthona arriva Retin Obasohan. July 14, 2023. derthonabasket.it. En. July 30, 2023.