Lavelle Felton

Lavelle Felton ( born October 5, 1979 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; † August 13, 2009 ) was an American professional basketball player.

Life

The 1.93m, used as a point such as a shooting guard Felton has been described as a player with " long arms, good commencement and running speed and ball feel ." He played in the 2002/03 season in the NCAA for the Louisiana Tech University before he went to Europe. Two seasons Felton was active in Büyük Kolej in Turkey. In the season 2005/ 06 he subsequently moved to Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki, then ASVEL Lyon- Villeurbanne in France. Then he returned to Greece, now to AEK Athens. 2007 obliged him the Science City Jena, after the descent of the Thuringian the Paderborn Baskets brought him to East Westphalia. Here he had with season 34 inserts large proportion of the catchment of the Baskets in the play-offs; However, his contract was not renewed.

Felton was seriously injured on 12 August 2009 at a gas station in his hometown of Milwaukee by a shot in the head and died of his injuries the following day at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital.