Olumiye Oni agreed terms with Joventut

Olumiye Oni

Club Joventut Badalona (Liga Endesa) inked 27-year old Nigerian ex-international 198cm guard Olumiye Oni (college: Yale). He played most recently at Osceola Magic (NBA G League) in the U.S. In 49 NBA-G-League games he recorded 8.4ppg, 5.1rpg, 4.3apg and 1.1spg last season.
The previous (2022-23) season he played at Lions (BBL) in British league. The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and he had a chance to explore basketball on different levels. He also played 17 games in British SLB where he averaged 8.8ppg, 4.8rpg, 3.4apg and 1.1spg in that year. Oni helped them to win the league title. He also played 9 games in Eurocup where he got 11.1ppg, 4.6rpg, 3.4apg and 1.1spg in that year.
In 2019 he was drafted by Golden State Warriors (NBA) in second round (58th overall). The former Yale University standout is in his sixth season in pro basketball.
Oni also represented Nigeria at the Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan) three years ago. During this event he scored an average of 6.7 points per game and had 2 rebounds per game.
He is a very experienced player. Oni has played also professionally in United Kingdom, NBA (New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz), NBA G League (SLC Stars) and NBA Summer League (Dallas Mavericks).
Among many awards he received All-Ivy League Player of the Year award and Ivy League All-Tournament Team back in 2019 at his college time.

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