Keith Owens

Keith Kensel Owens (born May 31, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The small forward played one season with the Lakers in the 1991–92 season. He played college basketball for four seasons for the UCLA Bruins from 1987 through 1991.

Early life Owens was born in San Francisco, California. He was and played center in high school at Birmingham High in Van Nuys, California. However, Owens played so infrequently that year that he calculated his points and rebounds by the minute rather than by the game. By his sophomore year under new coach Jim Harrick, Owens earned a scholarship. After being waived by the Lakers before the following season in October 1992, he played in France in 1992–93 with Montpellier Paillade Basket in the Ligue Nationale de Basket. Owens returned to the United States and played in the Continental Basketball Association in 1993–94, splitting the season between the Oklahoma City Cavalry and the Fargo-Moorhead Fever, Afterwards, he went to Spain for a stint with Joventut Badalona in the Liga ACB.