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Position | Power forward |
League | Lega Basket Serie A |
Personal information | |
Born | July 19, 1999 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College | Notre Dame (2018–2023) |
NBA draft | 2023: undrafted |
Playing career | 2023–present |
Career history | |
2023–present | New Basket Brindisi |
Nathan Laszewski (born July 19, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Laszewski played basketball for Avon High School in Avon, Connecticut, where he earned First Team All-State honors.[1] He transferred to Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts. As a sophomore, Laszewski led his team to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class AAA title and was named MVP.[2] In his final season, Laszewski helped his team to a school-record 31 wins and another Class AAA title, where he won MVP. He averaged 19.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game per game, and set program records for single-season points and three-pointers, as well as career three-pointers.[3] A consensus four-star recruit, he committed to play college basketball for Notre Dame over offers from Arizona, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Wisconsin.[4]
As a freshman at Notre Dame, Laszewski averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.[5] In his sophomore season, he averaged 7.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.[6] On December 30, 2020, Laszewski posted a career-high 28 points and six rebounds in a 66–57 loss to Virginia.[7] As a junior, he averaged 13.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, earning All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honorable mention.[8]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2018–19 | Notre Dame | 33 | 7 | 19.0 | .392 | .338 | .720 | 3.9 | .2 | .2 | .4 | 6.9 |
2019–20 | Notre Dame | 32 | 1 | 21.0 | .410 | .310 | .731 | 4.6 | .5 | .2 | .3 | 7.4 |
2020–21 | Notre Dame | 26 | 25 | 31.3 | .589 | .434 | .710 | 7.3 | .8 | .5 | .6 | 13.3 |
2021–22 | Notre Dame | 34 | 25 | 28.8 | .514 | .456 | .851 | 6.5 | .8 | .5 | .5 | 9.3 |
2022–23 | Notre Dame | 32 | 32 | 34.0 | .509 | .392 | .847 | 7.2 | 1.3 | .4 | .7 | 13.7 |
Career | 157 | 90 | 26.6 | .487 | .382 | .775 | 5.8 | .7 | .4 | .5 | 10.0 |
On July 22, 2023, he signed with New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A.[9]
Laszewski's father, Jay, and his older sister, Abby, played college basketball at Wisconsin.[10] His younger sister, Emma, plays college basketball for Brown.[11] He and his family lived in Belgium and Australia for parts of his childhood.[12]