Elijah Obade

Elijah Obade (born October 7, 1991) is an American-Lebanese former professional basketball player.

High school and college career Obade attended Charleroi High School in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. As a senior in 2008–09, he averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks per game.

As a freshman at Delaware Technical Community College in 2009–10, Obade averaged eight points, eight rebounds and two blocks per game.

As a junior in 2011–12, Obade showed vast improvement, narrowly missing out on averaging a double-double for the season. In 26 games (25 starts), he averaged 11.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. His 9.8 rebounds were the best by a Marauder since Tommy Gaines in 1988–89. He played his final game for Levicki on February 19, 2014, as he parted ways with the team days later after averaging 12.7 points and 9.7 rebounds in 30 games.

On February 25, 2014, Obade signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2014 New Zealand NBL season. On May 13, 2014, he was released by the Saints. In 10 games, he averaged 7.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

2014–15 season On September 2, 2014, Obade signed with Araberri BC of Spain for the 2014–15 season. On November 5, 2014, he left Araberri after appearing in five games and signed with Rasta Vechta of Germany for the rest of the season. However, he left the club the following month after appearing in just four games.

On January 19, 2015, Obade signed with Bashkimi Prizren of Kosovo, but again had a very short stint as he was released on March 11 after appearing in just five games.

National team career On June 5, 2015, it was reported that the Lebanese Basketball Federation was courting Obade for the possibility of representing the Lebanon national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.