Todd O'Brien (born March 3, 1989) is an American-born, naturalized Armenian professional basketball player who last played for Alexandria Sporting Club of the Egyptian National League.
[4] Complications getting his transfer waiver approved ultimately left O'Brien as a member of the Blazers basketball team but unable to compete in NCAA games for the 2011–2012 season.
The waiver dispute earned O’Brien public support from ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times.
[5] In June 2012, O'Brien signed his first professional contract with BK Jekabpils of the Latvian Basketball League.
Playing in the LNB Pro B division, O'Brien was sidelined from October to December with a foot injury.
Playing in 50 games that season, O’Brien finished as the team leader in points (13.0), rebounds (9.4), field goal percentage (50%), blocks (1.2), and player efficiency (14.7).
O'Brien left the club in October and moved to Al Arabi of the Qatar Basketball League.
In December 2016, O'Brien returned to CS Sagesse Beirut on a short-term contract, playing in six Lebanese league games and participating in the Dubai International Tournament in February 2017.
In March 2017, O'Brien signed a deal returning to Latvia with league power BK Ventspils.
On September 16, 2019, O'Brien signed a one-year deal with Alexandria Sporting Club of Egypt of the Egyptian National League.
[19] In summer 2016, O'Brien and Overseas Elite repeated as champions, defeating Team Colorado in the TBT 2016 finals, winning an increased $2 million prize.
[20] O'Brien and Overseas Elite won their third championship at TBT 2017, defeating Team Challenge ALS in the finals, for another $2 million prize.
[21] At TBT 2018, O'Brien and Overseas Elite won their fourth championship, defeating Eberlein Drive in the finals, to secure another $2 million prize.