Lachlan Dent

Lachlan Dent
Dent with Karlsruhe in 2024
No. 17 – Sydney Kings
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 25)
Listed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight81 kg (179 lb)
Career history
2016BA Centre of Excellence
2019–2023Illawarra Hawks
2019NW Tasmania Thunder
2020Norths Bears
2022–2023Brisbane Capitals
2023–2025PS Karlsruhe Lions
2025–presentSydney Kings
Career highlights
  • ProA champion (2024)

Lachlan Timothy Dent[1] (born 1 February 2000) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Early life

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Dent was born in Campbelltown, New South Wales,[2] before moving to Wollongong at a young age.[3]

Professional career

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Dent played for the Illawarra Hawks of the NBL between 2019 and 2023.[4]

Dent moved to Germany and joined the PS Karlsruhe Lions of the ProA for the 2023–24 season. In April 2024, he made Karlsruhe basketball history with ten three-pointers and a total of 42 points against Paderborn Baskets.[5]

On 22 November 2025, Dent signed with the Sydney Kings for the rest of the 2025–26 NBL season as an injury replacement.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Lachlan Timothy Dent - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Lachlan Dent's profile". ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Spotlight on Lachlan Dent". Illawarra Hawks. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024. Born in Campbelltown, Dent moved to Wollongong at a young age, and is a familiar face to the Illawarra.
  4. ^ Joshua Bartlett (26 July 2022). "Lachie Dent returning to the Illawarra Hawks for 2022/23 NBL campaign". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  5. ^ Lachlan Dent wirft sich in die Geschichtsbücher: PS Karlsruhe Lions feiern ihren König der Löwen Moritz Hirn (Badische Neueste Nachrichten), 10 April 2024. Accessed 24 September 2024.(in German)
  6. ^ "Key Kings out". nbl.com.au. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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