Lauderdale attended high school at Carver Military Academy, in Chicago, Illinois.

Lauderdale also attended Kaskaskia College, in Centralia, Illinois, but he did not play competitive basketball while he was there.

He averaged 3.2 points, as well as 1.2 rebounds per contest, and he also played in three playoff games for Atlanta that season.

[4] Lauderdale played professionally with the Bulgarian Basketball League club Lukoil Academic, from 2002 to 2005.

[5][6] During his pro club career, Lauderdale also played in numerous other countries besides Greece and Bulgaria, including: Venezuela, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, China, Iraq, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom.