| abstract | - Priest Lauderdale (born 31 August 1973), a 7'4", 325 lb center was selected 28th overall in the 1996 National Basketball Association Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, after playing collegiately at Central State University and professionally in the Greek League for Peristeri Nikas. He also attended Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois but did not play basketball there competitively. He concluded his brief NBA career with the Denver Nuggets, in 1997-98. After 2001 he played professionally in Bulgaria for Lukoil Academic, and received Bulgarian citizenship three years later. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 he played in China and Iran.
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