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Lawrence Edward Roberts III (born October 20, 1982) is an American former professional
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player. Standing at , he played at the
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position.


College career

Roberts attended
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for two seasons, where he made the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, but transferred to
Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Mississippi State, Mississippi, Un ...
in 2003 following the basketball scandal that rocked Baylor's program that year. He was a first-team All-American and the SEC Player of the Year in 2004, leading Mississippi State to its first top-two seeding in the NCAA tournament. In the 2003–04 season he averaged 16.9 points and 10.1 rebounds. He was first-team All-SEC and a first-team All-American, finishing third to
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and Emeka Okafor for national player of the year honors. In the 2004–05 season he averaged 16.9 points and 11 rebounds. He recorded the first
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in Mississippi State history against
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with 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists, while wearing an irritating translucent plastic face mask to protect his broken nose.


Professional career


NBA

Roberts was a second round draft pick (55th overall) of the
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in the
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, but was traded to the
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in exchange for two future second-round draft picks and cash considerations. He signed a contract on July 10, 2005.


Europe

After two seasons with the Grizzlies, in July 2007, Roberts moved to
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and signed with Greek powerhouse
Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...
on a two-year deal. However, in October 2007, he was released from his contract before the season started. Without a club and not playing competitive basketball for several months, Roberts was signed by Serbian team
KK Crvena zvezda Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, ), usually referred to as KK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, currently named Crvena zvezda Meridianbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men ...
on September 17, 2008, for a one-year contract. On September 25, 2009, Roberts signed the
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training camp roster, but he got released less than a month later on October 19, 2009. Two days later, on October 21, 2009, Roberts signed a one-year contract with
KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports cl ...
. With Partizan he won the 2009–10 Serbian National Championship, the 2010 Serbian National Cup, the 2010 Adriatic League and took 4th place at the
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's Final Four in Paris. In July 2010, Roberts signed with the Turkish team Efes Pilsen. On July 12, 2011, Roberts signed with
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. In July 2012, he signed with
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. In October 2013, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the TBL2. On October 2, 2014, Roberts signed with
BCM Gravelines Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines. They currently play in the Pro A, the highest professional league in France. The team forme ...
of the French
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averaging 4.7 points and 4.9 rebounds. On February 4, 2015, Roberts left the team citing personal reasons.Lawrence Roberts leaves Gravelines-Dunkerque
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Career statistics


NBA


Regular season

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Euroleague

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Partizan Belgrade Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...
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Personal

Roberts is the son of Lawrence E. "Butch" Jr., and Cynthia Roberts, nephew of former sportscaster Robin Roberts of ''
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'' fame and grandson of the late Col. Lawrence E. Roberts Sr. and Lucimarian Roberts.


References


External links

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