Lamine Diawara

For the Malian footballer, see Lamine Diawara (footballer).

Lamine Diawara (born 1971 in Bamako) is a Malian basketball player with Al Ittihad Aleppo in Syria. A member of the Mali national basketball team, Diawara was both the import player of the year and player of the year in 2005-06 in Syria.[1] Prior to playing in Syria, Diawara played with Anibal Zahle in the Lebanese Basketball League.[2] He stands 6'10 (206 cm) and is the brother of USO Mondeville Basket's Nare Diawara[3] and Diéné Diawara.[4]

References

  1. Division One Syria at Asia-basket.com
  2. Hokie hoops in great spot; football schedule released; and other Tech tidbits The Roth Report, Hokie Sports, 25 January 2007
  3. Talk of the town in the Collegiate Times, April 11, 2007
  4. Diene Diawara profile at fiba.com