Lester Prosper

Lester Prosper (born September 21, 1988) is a Dominican-born British Virgin Islands^[1][2]-Indonesian professional basketball player for the Dewa United Banten of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the SUNY Old Westbury Panthers.

Lester Prosper

Prosper in 2024
No. 32 – Dewa United Banten
Position	Center
League	IBL
Personal information
Born	(1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36) Roseau, Dominica
Nationality	British Virgin Islands / Indonesian
Listed height	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight	233 lb (106 kg)
Career information
High school	Mepham (Bellmore, New York)
College	SUNY Old Westbury (2007–2011)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011	Norrköping Dolphins
2011	BC Prievidza
2011–2012	MBK Handlová
2012	Moncton Miracles
2012–2013	Windsor Express
2013	Oshawa Power
2013–2014	Al Wehda Mecca
2014	Caribbean Heat de Cartagena
2014	Cheshire Phoenix
2014	Araberri BC
2014	San Lazaro baloncesto
2016	Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
2016–2017	Windsor Express
2017	Rafael Barias
2017	Gaiteros del Zulia
2017–2018	Panteras de Costa del Este Panama City
2018–2019	Worcester Wolves
2019	Columbian Dyip
2019	San Miguel Beermen
2020	Indonesia Patriots
2021	Halcones de Xalapa
2022	Tainan TSG GhostHawks
2022	Terrafirma Dyip
2022–2023	Suwon KT Sonicboom
2023	Dynamo Lebanon
2023–present	Dewa United Banten
Career highlights
IBL All-Star MVP (2024) 2× IBL All-Star (2020, 2024)

College career

Lester Prosper played four years with the State University of New York College at Old Westbury in the NCAA Division III.^[3]

Professional career

Prosper was drafted in the 6th round of the 2013 NBA Development League draft by the Maine Red Claws.^[4]

Altogether, Prosper played in 12 countries before suiting up for Columbian in the Philippine Basketball Association in 2019. He recorded a career-high 45 points in a 123–127 loss to the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.^[5] He also played for San Miguel Beer in the Terrific 12 in Macau that year.^[3]

On March 20, 2022, Prosper signed with the Tainan TSG GhostHawks of the T1 League.^[6]

National team career

On November 12, 2020, Prosper became citizen of Indonesia.^[7] He has been a part of Indonesia's national basketball team at the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification. At his home country's 90–76 victory against Thailand, Prosper collected 19 points and 13 rebounds.^[3]

Personal life

Prosper was born in Dominica, moved to Montserrat when he was 11, then moved to the United States two years later.^[8]