Cheick Samb

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Cheick Samb (born October 22, 1984, in Senegal) is a professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round 51st overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. On June 28, Samb was traded to the Detroit Pistons for shooting guard Maurice Evans. Samb is 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and weighs 215 lb (98 kg). In 2005, he played for WTC Cornella in the Spanish LEB2 league, averaging 9.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.1 blocks for 29 games. He led the league in blocked shots, registering more blocks than the totals of every other team in the league, except for one.

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 Freeland
Second Round

James White | Steve Novak | Solomon Jones | Paul Davis | P.J. Tucker | Craig Smith | Bobby Jones | Kosta Perovic | David Noel | Denham Brown | James Augustine | Daniel Gibson | Marcus Vinicius | Lior Eliyahu | Alexander Johnson | Dee Brown | Paul Millsap | Vladimir Veremeenko | Leon Powe | Ryan Hollins | Cheick Samb | Guillermo Diaz | Yotam Halperin | Hassan Adams | Ejike Ugboaja | Edin Bavcic | Loukas Mavrokefalidis | J.R. Pinnock | Damir Markota | Will Blalock