Lasme set to come back to Panathinaikos

STEPHANE LASME

Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (A1) agreed terms with experienced 35-year old Gabonese forward Stephane Lasme (203-98kg-82, college: Massachusetts). It is actually his comeback to Athens as he has played here before. Lasme played last season at Unics in Russian VTB league. In 19 Eurocup games he had 14.6ppg, 6.4rpg and 2.5bpg. He helped them to make it to the quarterfinals. Lasme also played 28 games in VTB United League where he recorded 12.6ppg, 6.0rpg, 1.1apg and 1.6bpg. He contributed to his team ending the regular season as at the second position in the league and they also made it to the VTB United League Final Four. A very impressive season as he was named to VTB United League All-Star Game.
The previous (16-17) season Lasme played at Texas Legends in U.S. League. In 19 games he averaged 11.8ppg, 7.0rpg, 1.1apg, 1.0spg and 3.3bpg.
In 2007 Lasme was drafted by Jackson Wildcats (USBL) in third round (22nd overall).
The former University of Massachusetts staris in his twelfth (!!!) season in pro basketball.
Lasme has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he won Greek League championship title in 2014. Lasme was also voted Eurobasket.com All-EuroCup Defensive Player of the Year in 2016.
He represented Gabon at the Afrobasket Championships in Rades (Tunisia) three years ago. His stats at that event were 6 games: 11.2ppg, 6.8rpg, 2.0spg, Blocks-3 (1.8bpg), FGP: 52.1%, 3PT: 9.1%, FT: 77.8%.
Lasme is quite experienced player. He has played also professionally in Israel (Maccabi Fox Tel-Aviv), Serbia (Partizan), Spain (Blusens Monbus), Turkey (Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray), NBA (Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors) and NBA G League (Maine Red Claws).
It's very possible he may end his playing career at Panathinaikos.
Lasme could be described: (by Matthew Maurer for NBADraft.net in 2007)
Extremely mobile and athletic player. Runs the court like a guard and shows rare lateral quickness for a player his size. Fluent shot blocker capable of dominating the lane. Excellent out of position rebounder. Plays the game with raw aggression and passion. Underrated post passer who has little problems identifying open players.
Has problems setting up in the low post as he is often rooted out due to lack of body strength. Still learning the nuances of the game which really show up in his court awareness.

Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens roster for 2018-2019:

Guards:
Marcus Denmon
Lukas Lekavicius
Georgios Kalaitzakis

Forwards:
James Gist
Stephane Lasme
Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Konstantinos Mitoglou

By Eurobasket Data Center



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