Anicet-Richard Lavodrama y Ondoma (born 4 July 1963 in
Bangui
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) is a retired professional
basketball
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player from the
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
.
Professional career
Lavodrama played for
the Houston Baptist Huskies from 1981 until 1985, and he was selected by the
Los Angeles Clippers
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in the 3rd round of the
1985 NBA draft
The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA draft of the "lottery" era. It was also around this time where the league decreased the amount of rounds the draft spent, with the previous few years lasting up to 10 roun ...
. Lavodrama also played in 345 games in
the top-tier level league in Spain, the
Liga ACB
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, between 1985 and 1998 (except for the 1987–88 season, after his club,
OAR Ferrol, were
relegated
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).
Central African Republic national team
Lavodrama competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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with the
Central African Republic national basketball team
The Central African Republic national basketball team is administered by the Fédération Centrafricaine de Basketball.
The team won the African Basketball Championship twice. It became the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Ba ...
. Appearing in each of the seven games, Lavodrama scored 30 points twice, and also had a
double-double
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in 4 of the six games.
References
1963 births
Living people
Central African Republic expatriate basketball people in Spain
Central African Republic men's basketball players
Central African Republic expatriate basketball people in the United States
Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for the Central African Republic
Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles Clippers draft picks
Liga ACB players
CB Valladolid players
Joventut Badalona players
Sportspeople from Bangui
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