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Malian basketball player (born 1978)
Soumaila Samake
(born March 18, 1978) is a Malian former 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. His final NBA game was played on December 4, 2002, in a 85?93 loss to the Utah Jazz where he played for 2 minutes and recorded no stats.
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.
[1]
He was only the third NBA player suspended for steroids, following
Don MacLean
and
Matt Geiger
.
[2]
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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