Soumaila Samake’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Basketball player
Is Athlete
Basketball player
From Mali
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

18 March 1978, Bougouni, Sikasso Region, Mali

Age 42 years
Stats
Height: 215
Weight: 104

Soumaila Samake (born March 18, 1978) is a retired Malian professional basketball player. A 7’0″ tall center, he was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft, and played for the Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored 68 points and grabbed 76 rebounds in 47 NBA games between 2000 and 2003.

While playing with the Lakers in 2002, Samake was suspended five games after testing positive for Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid. Samake said that he had accidentally ingested the substance while taking a dietary supplement. He was only the third NBA player suspended for steroids, following Don MacLean and Matt Geiger.

On November 29, 2011, it was announced that the National Basketball League of Canada’s Quebec Kebs had signed Samake to their active roster.

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