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Cheikh Samb Position Center Height 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Weight 245 lb (111 kg) Team Mahram Tehran Born October 22, 1984
Dakar, SenegalNationality Senegalese Draft 2nd round, 51st overall, 2006
Los Angeles LakersPro career 2005–present Career history WTC Cornellá (2005-07)
Detroit Pistons (2007-08)
Fort Wayne Mad Ants (2007-08)
Denver Nuggets (2008-09)
Colorado 14ers (2008-09)
Los Angeles Clippers (2009)
New York Knicks (2009)
Real Madrid Baloncesto (2009)Samb Cheikh Tidiane (born October 22, 1984 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional basketball player. He plays at the center position.
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Basketball career
In the 2005-06 season, Samb played for WTC Cornellá in the Spanish second division, averaging 9.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.1 blocks,[1] shooting 51.4% from the field and 76.1% from the free-throw line, playing an average of 26 minutes per game in 29 games. He led the league in blocked shots, registering more blocks than the totals of all but one team in the league.
Samb was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round (51st pick overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft, but was traded that day to the Detroit Pistons for shooting guard Maurice Evans. After being drafted, he played for the Pistons in the NBA Summer League, averaging 7.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, while shooting 65.2% from the field and 60.0% from the free-throw line. He would be loaned back to the same Spanish outfit for 2006–07.
In his second season with Cornellá, Samb averaged 10.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.9 blocks, while shooting 52% from the field, and 61% from the free-throw line, playing 24 minutes per game in only 19 games, in an injury-plagued season. Joining the Pistons for another Summer League, Samb posted slightly better numbers than in the previous edition, starting in four and playing in all five games. Subsequently, he signed a contract with the Pistons on July 17, 2007.[1]
On November 16, 2007, Samb played his first NBA regular season game[2]: against the Los Angeles Lakers, he had four rebounds, two points and two blocks in just 15 minutes, before being allocated to the NBA Development League, with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
On December 14, in his second D-League game, against the Dakota Wizards, Samb took an elbow to his mouth and lost two front teeth.[3] The teeth, knocked out at the root, were subsequently put in a saline solution and he was taken to a dentist to have them reset.[3] He also suffered a probable upper jawbone fracture.[3]
Samb was recalled to the NBA on December 21,[2] switching to the Mad Ants again on January 29, 2008.[4] On February 3, he recorded a triple double with the Ants, with 12 points, 12 rebounds and 11 blocks.[5] On March 22, he was once again recalled to the Pistons.
On November 3, 2008, Samb was traded along with Antonio McDyess and Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange for Allen Iverson.[6] He (along with Sonny Weems) was later assigned to the Colorado 14ers, a team associated with the Nuggets in the NBA Development League.[7] On January 5, 2009, the Nuggets traded Samb, along with cash considerations, to the Los Angeles Clippers for a conditional second-round draft pick.[8]
On February 16, 2009, Samb was waived by the Clippers.[9] On March 2, he signed a 10-day contract with the New York Knicks.[10] After this expired on March 12, 2009, the Knicks signed him to a second 10-day contract and, on March 23, released the player, who made appeared in 2 games with them.
On October 1, 2009 he signed a one-month contract with Spanish giants Real Madrid.[11] He only appeared in one game[12] and was released in November.
He was on the Toronto Raptors' roster for the 2010 NBA Summer League. In the final game of Summer League, Samb scored 11 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and 7 blocked shots.[13]
On November 1, 2010, Samb was drafted by the Sioux Falls Skyforce with the 11th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Development League Draft.[14] He did not make the final 10 man roster, however.
Samb signed with defending Iranian Super League champions Mahram Tehran in December 2010.[15]
NBA career statistics
Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2007–08 Detroit 4 0 7.8 .750 .000 .500 1.8 .0 .3 .5 1.8 2008–09 Denver 6 0 4.0 .154 .000 .000 1.5 .2 .3 .8 0.7 2008–09 L.A. Clippers 10 0 5.1 .250 .000 .600 1.3 .0 .1 .5 1.1 2008–09 New York 2 0 4.0 .000 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 0.0 Career 22 0 5.2 .250 .000 .444 1.4 .0 .2 .5 1.0 References
- ^ a b Pistons Sign Center Cheick Samb
- ^ a b Pistons Recall Cheikh Samb from Fort Wayne Mad Ants
- ^ a b c Ants lose game, center's front teeth. Posted December 15, 2007
- ^ Pistons Re-Assign Cheikh Samb to NBA Development League Affiliate Fort Wayne Mad Ants
- ^ Skyforce Down Ants Again for Sixth Straight Win
- ^ Pistons acquire Iverson for Billups, McDyess, Samb
- ^ Denver's Sonny Weems and Cheikh Samb Assigned To Colorado 14ers
- ^ "Clippers Acquire Cheikh Samb From Denver Nuggets". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/samb_acquired_090105.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ "Clippers Acquire Alex Acker From Detroit Pistons". NBA.com. 2009-02-16. http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/acker_090216.html. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ Knicks Sign Cheikh Samb To 10-day Contract
- ^ "El Madrid ficha por un mes al gigante senegalés Cheikh Samb". MARCA. http://www.marca.com/2009/10/01/baloncesto/acb/1254398895.html. Retrieved 2009-09-01. (Spanish)
- ^ "Cheikh Samb Basketball Player Profile". Asia-Basket. http://://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=IRI&PlayerID=70030. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ Raptors Announce 2010 Las Vegas Summer League Roster
- ^ NBA Development League Draft 2010 NBA.com
- ^ "Cheikh Samb inks in Iran with Mahram". Sportando. http://www.sportando.net/eng/world/asia/18418/cheikh_samb_inks_in_iran_with_mahram.html. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
External links
- NBA.com Profile
- 2006 NBA Draft Profile
- Basketpedya.com Profile
- Detroitbadboys.com On Cheikh Samb's Development And Potential
- ESPN.com NBA Stats
- Cheikh Samb NBA & ABA Statistics | Basketball-Reference.com
2006 NBA Draft First round Andrea Bargnani · LaMarcus Aldridge · Adam Morrison · Tyrus Thomas · Shelden Williams · Brandon Roy · Randy Foye · Rudy Gay · Patrick O'Bryant · Mouhamed Sene · J. J. Redick · Hilton Armstrong · Thabo Sefolosha · Ronnie Brewer · Cedric Simmons · Rodney Carney · Shawne Williams · Oleksiy Pecherov · Quincy Douby · Renaldo Balkman · Rajon Rondo · Marcus Williams · Josh Boone · Kyle Lowry · Shannon Brown · Jordan Farmar · Sergio Rodríguez · Maurice Ager · Mardy Collins · Joel FreelandSecond round James White · Steve Novak · Solomon Jones · Paul Davis · P. J. Tucker · Craig Smith · Bobby Jones · Kosta Perović · David Noel · Denham Brown · James Augustine · Daniel Gibson · Marcus Vinicius · Lior Eliyahu · Alexander Johnson · Dee Brown · Paul Millsap · Vladimir Veremeenko · Leon Powe · Ryan Hollins · Cheikh Samb · Guillermo Diaz · Yotam Halperin · Hassan Adams · Ejike Ugboaja · Edin Bavčić · Loukas Mavrokefalidis · J. R. Pinnock · Damir Markota · Will BlalockCategories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Centers (basketball)
- Denver Nuggets players
- Detroit Pistons players
- Los Angeles Lakers draft picks
- Los Angeles Clippers players
- New York Knicks players
- Real Madrid Baloncesto players
- Senegalese basketball players
- Senegalese expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Senegalese expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Sioux Falls Skyforce players
- People from Dakar
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