Education
Laury attended Nia Preparatory School where as a senior, he helped lead coach Vincent Robinson"s squad to a 26-6 overall mark.
Laury attended Nia Preparatory School where as a senior, he helped lead coach Vincent Robinson"s squad to a 26-6 overall mark.
He played college basketball for Lamar State and Iona. Laury began his college career at Lamar State where as a freshman, he averaged 16.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 60% from the field and posted 14 double-digit point efforts and eight double-doubles. As a sophomore, Laury transferred to Iona where he averaged 20.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as a senior, second in both categories in the MAAC. He led Iona to a regular season MAAC championship and had 16 double-doubles.
After going undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft, Laury signed with Yeşilgiresun Belediye of the Turkish Basketball League on June 28, 2015.
He later left the team prior to the start of the regular season and returned to the United States. On October 31, he was selected by the Delaware 87ers with the eighth overall pick in the 2015 National Basketball Association Development League Draft.
Laury majored in Mass Communications.