Ousmane Cisse

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Ousmane Cisse (born October 20, 1982 in Bamako) is a professional basketball player from Mali who currently plays in Israel.

Ousmane Cisse studied at St. Jude High School in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, and after graduating he was signed up to the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected as a 47th pick overall by the Denver Nuggets.

After he was signed by the Denver Nuggets in 2001. He was injured and released, and then he moved to the Harlem Gilbertos, and after a year returned to play in the NBA after signing with the Orlando Magic and after playing there for one game he was released and moved to play in the USBL. In 2003, he signed with the Toronto Raptors and was released after a couple of days, without even playing with the team.

He moved to play in the NBDL, after his release during 2003 and stayed to play there until the 2004/2005 season was over, playing for the Fayetteville Patriots.

Then he decided to move to Israel and sign with the Bnei HaSharon.

[edit] External links

NBA.com Draft Profile
Interviews with Ousmane Cisse: "I know I belong in the NBA" @ HoopsHype.com
NBA D-League player profile

2001 NBA Draft
First Round Kwame Brown \| Tyson Chandler \| Pau Gasol \| Eddy Curry \| Jason Richardson \| Shane Battier \| Eddie Griffin \| DeSagana Diop \| Rodney White \| Joe Johnson \| Kedrick Brown \| Vladimir Radmanović \| Richard Jefferson \| Troy Murphy \| Steven Hunter \| Kirk Haston \| Michael Bradley \| Jason Collins \| Zach Randolph \| Brendan Haywood \| Joseph Forte \| Jeryl Sasser \| Brandon Armstrong \| Raul Lopez \| Gerald Wallace \| Jamaal Tinsley \| Tony Parker \|
Second Round Trenton Hassell \| Gilbert Arenas\| Omar Cook \| Will Solomon \| Terence Morris \| Brian Scalabrine \| Jeff Trepagnier \| Damone Brown \| Mehmet Okur \| Michael Wright \| Earl Watson \| Jamison Brewer \| Bobby Simmons \| Eric Chenowith \| Kyle Hill \| Sean Lampley \| Loren Woods \| Ousmane Cisse \| Antonis Fotsis \| Ken Johnson \| Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje \| Alton Ford \| Andre Huston \| Jarron Collins \| Kenny Satterfield \| Maurice Jeffers \| Robertas Javtokas \| Alvin Jones \| Bryan Bracey