Ed O'Bannon

Ed O'Bannon
	O'Bannon in 2008
Personal information
Born	August 14, 1972 (age 52); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school	Artesia (Lakewood, California)
College	UCLA (1991–1995)
NBA draft	1995: 1st round, 9th overall pick
	Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Playing career	1995–2004
Position	Power forward
Number	31
Career history
1995–1997	New Jersey Nets
1997	Dallas Mavericks
1998	La Crosse Bobcats
1998	Acegas A.P.S. Trieste
1998–1999	CB Valladolid
1999–2000	Rethymno Aegean
1999–2000	Boca Juniors
2000–2001	Los Angeles Stars
2001–2002	Anwil Włocławek
2002–2003	Polonia Warszawa
2003–2004	Ostromecko Astoria Bydgoszcz
Career highlights and awards
	NCAA champion (1995); NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1995); USBWA College Player of the Year (1995); John R. Wooden Award (1995); Pac-10 co-Player of the Year (1995); Consensus first-team All-American (1995); Third-team All-American – NABC (1994); 3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1993–1995); No. 31 retired by UCLA Bruins; McDonald's All-American (1990); 2× First-team Parade All-American (1989, 1990);
Career NBA statistics
Points	634 (5.0 ppg)
Rebounds	316 (2.5 rpg)
Assists	102 (0.8 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Summer Universiade

Edward Charles O'Bannon Jr. (born August 14, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a power forward for the UCLA Bruins on their 1995 NCAA championship team. He was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the ninth overall pick of the 1995 NBA draft. After two seasons in the NBA, he continued his professional career for another eight years, mainly playing in Europe.

O'Bannon was the lead plaintiff in O'Bannon v. NCAA, an antitrust class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association which resulted in the discontinuation of NCAA video games.^[1]