David Lighty

David Lighty
Lighty with Nanterre, 2013
No. 23 – ASVEL
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
LeagueLNB Pro A
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1988-05-27) May 27, 1988 (age 36)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolVilla Angela-St. Joseph
(Cleveland, Ohio)
CollegeOhio State (2006–2011)
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011Cantù
2011–2012Vanoli Cremona
2012–2014Nanterre
2014–2016ASVEL
2016–2017Aquila Trento
2017Dinamo Sassari
2017–presentASVEL
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA U19 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Novi Sad Team competition

David Maurice Lighty Jr. (born May 27, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball at Ohio State University. Lighty ended his college career as the all-time leader in career games played in NCAA Division I men's basketball with 157, a record that eventually fell in 2022 to Jordan Bohannon of Iowa.[1]

High school career

Lighty attended and played basketball at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School. The Plain Dealer named him player of the year in 2005. Lighty averaged 22 points per game during his senior year and led VASJ to a state runner-up finish.

College career

Lighty did not see much playing time during his freshman year. He averaged 3.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in 16 minutes per game off the bench. During the NCAA Tournament, Lighty averaged 7.0 points per game and hit a game-tying 3-pointer late in the regional semi-final game against Tennessee. Lighty was moved into the Buckeyes' starting lineup for his sophomore year.

Lighty was injured in December 2008 and missed the rest of the 2008–09 season. He received a medical red-shirt for the year. Lighty returned for his junior season in 2009–10. As a junior, he averaged 12.6 points, 3.0 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.

As a senior, he was picked to the Fifth Team All-America by Fox Sports.[2]

Professional career

Lighty went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft. On July 8, 2011, Lighty signed a two-year deal with Bennet Cantù of Italy.[3] On December 6, 2011, he and Bennet Cantù agreed to part ways.[4] On the same day, he signed with Guerino Vanoli Basket for the rest of the 2011–12 season.[5]

In August 2012, he signed with JSF Nanterre for the 2012–13 season.[6]

On September 30, 2013, he signed with the Atlanta Hawks.[7] However, he was later waived by the Hawks on October 14, 2013.[8]

On November 7, 2013, he re-signed with JSF Nanterre for the 2013–14 season.[9]

On June 3, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with ASVEL Basket.[10]

In July 2016, Lighty joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2016 NBA Summer League.[11]

On July 24, 2016, he signed a one-year deal with Italian club Aquila Basket Trento.[12] On December 18, 2016, Lighty scored a career-high 34 points in an 85-68 win over the Pallacanestro Varese.[13]

On February 24, 2017, he left Trento and signed with Dinamo Sassari for the rest of the season.[14]

On June 14, 2017, he signed a two-year contract with his former club ASVEL Basket.[15] He extended his contract until 2024 on June 4, 2020.[16]

The Basketball Tournament

Lighty joined Carmen's Crew, composed primarily of Ohio State alumni, in The Basketball Tournament 2020. He scored 21 points as the team was upset by House of Paign, 76–68, in the first round.[17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2011–12 Cantù 5 0 8.8 .385 .200 .750 .8 .4 .4 — 2.8 1.8
2013–14 Nanterre 7 6 30.4 .429 .346 .556 3.9 2.7 .7 .6 11.3 11.7
2019–20 ASVEL 27 6 22.9 .465 .354 .814 2.6 1.7 .9 .1 9.8 9.5
2020–21 33 25 25.3 .488 .351 .861 2.8 1.9 1.0 — 11.3 10.7
2021–22 11 9 25.4 .547 .583 .652 2.7 1.3 .5 .1 10.1 10.6
2022–23 28 19 22.8 .457 .426 .729 2.4 1.5 .7 .0 8.1 7.4
2023–24 29 25 16.5 .376 .349 .733 1.4 1.0 .6 .0 3.3 2.7
Career 140 90 22.2 .465 .380 .765 2.4 1.5 .8 .1 8.3 7.9

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 JSF Nanterre 8 5 29.3 .443 .348 .857 2.5 3.4 .5 — 10.3 8.6
2014–15 ASVEL 10 8 29.0 .467 .450 .741 3.2 2.9 .6 — 8.5 11.0
2017–18 16 9 25.3 .455 .382 .683 2.9 3.4 .8 .3 9.4 9.8
2018–19 12 12 29.8 .580 .333 .800 3.0 5.8 1.7 .5 13.2 17.2
Career 18 12 26.6 .476 .265 .800 2.4 2.9 1.1 .3 8.8 10.4

Basketball Champions League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Dinamo Sassari 4 2 25.2 .458 .286 .571 4.0 2.2 1.2 — 7.0
Career 4 2 25.2 .458 .286 .571 4.0 2.2 1.2 — 7.0

FIBA Europe Cup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 ASVEL 14 5 26.0 .489 .250 .787 2.4 2.8 1.3 .2 9.6
Career 14 5 26.0 .489 .250 .787 2.4 2.8 1.3 .2 9.6

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Italy Cantù LBA 8 15.3 .590 .500 .833 2.5 1.0 .6 — 7.5
Italy Vanoli Cremona LBA 23 30.9 .434 .327 .789 5.0 1.2 1.1 .1 10.7
2012–13 France JSF Nanterre Pro A 35 31.9 .494 .425 .776 3.7 2.7 1.2 .1 12.5
2013–14 France JSF Nanterre Pro A 23 26.4 .414 .339 .706 3.5 2.5 1.3 .1 8.6
2014–15 France ASVEL Pro A 37 28.4 .471 .384 .747 3.0 2.7 1.0 .1 11.1
2015–16 France ASVEL Pro A 45 23.7 .437 .469 .758 2.3 2.3 .9 .1 8.7
2016–17 Italy Aquila Trento LBA 15 30.5 .444 .228 .758 2.4 2.4 1.5 .2 13.1
Italy Dinamo Sassari LBA 11 22.7 .446 .200 .750 2.9 2.1 1.0 — 7.2
2017–18 France ASVEL Pro A 37 25.2 .484 .365 .793 2.7 2.8 1.3 .1 9.1
2018–19 France ASVEL LNB Élite 43 25.3 .493 .430 .716 3.5 2.4 1.0 .1 9.4
2019–20 France ASVEL LNB Élite 25 22.4 .429 .370 .702 3.0 1.6 .7 .2 8.8
2020–21 France ASVEL LNB Élite 36 22.6 .474 .378 .843 1.9 1.9 .7 .1 9.4
2021–22 France ASVEL LNB Élite 29 22.7 .421 .349 .809 2.1 1.7 .8 .1 7.4
2022–23 France ASVEL LNB Élite 38 22.3 .435 .293 .755 2.6 2.2 .5 .0 6.5
2023–24 France ASVEL LNB Élite 31 19.0 .518 .429 .857 1.5 1.2 .4 .0 4.7

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Ohio State 39 7 16.3 .374 .200 .685 2.3 1.0 .5 .2 3.7
2007–08 Ohio State 37 37 32.0 .445 .327 .623 3.6 2.4 1.3 .2 9.0
2008–09 Ohio State 7 7 32.9 .471 .263 .536 5.7 1.9 1.4 .3 9.7
2009–10 Ohio State 37 37 36.3 .492 .383 .632 4.5 3.0 1.6 .5 12.6
2010–11 Ohio State 37 36 32.1 .468 .429 .627 4.0 3.3 1.5 .5 12.1
Career 157 124 29.2 .459 .358 .629 3.7 2.4 1.2 .3 9.3

Personal

Lighty is the son of David Sr. and Emily Lighty. Lighty has a son with WNBA Washington Mystics player Tayler Hill, who was born June 18, 2014.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hawkeyes Fall in Madison" (Press release). Iowa Hawkeyes. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 7, 2011). "Goodman's 2010-11 All-America teams". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Bennet Cantù announces rookie David Lighty
  4. ^ Bennet Cantù and David Lighty agreed to part ways
  5. ^ Vanoli Cremona tabs rookie David Lighty
  6. ^ JSF Nanterre lands David Lighty
  7. ^ "Atlanta Hawks fill up their training camp roster". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  8. ^ "Atlanta Hawks waive David Lighty, Adonis Thomas, Damien Wilkins". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  9. ^ Nanterre announced David Lighty
  10. ^ "ASVEL Villeurbanne sign David Lighty and Ahmad Nivins". Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  11. ^ "Pelicans Announce 2016 Samsung NBA Summer League Roster and Mini-Camp Schedule". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  12. ^ David Lighty signs with Aquila Basket Trento
  13. ^ "Aquila Basket Trento 85 - Pallacanestro Varese 68". EuroBasket. December 18, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  14. ^ Dinamo Sassari signs David Lighty
  15. ^ David LIGHTY de retour ! (in French)
  16. ^ Carchia, Emiliano (June 4, 2020). "Asvel signs David Lighty to contract extension". Sportando. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  17. ^ Harrison, Phil (July 8, 2020). "Carmen's Crew upset in first round of TBT". Buckeyes Wire. Retrieved July 9, 2020.