Ousmane Cisse

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Ousmane Cisse
Personal information
Born (1982-10-20) 20 October 1982 (age 41)
Bnei HaSharon
2009–2010APOEL Nicosia
2010Étendard de Brest
Career highlights and awards
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Ousmane Cisse (born 20 October 1982) is a

power forward and center positions. In 2005-06 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League, as well as the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year
.

High school

He moved to the United States from Mali in 1998, and studied at Montgomery Catholic High School in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., where he and his teammates won the 2A State Championship. In his first appearance as a Catholic Knight, he broke the Alabama High School Athletic Association's record for blocked shots in the first half against Horseshoe Bend. In his sophomore season in high school he posted averages of 20 points, 15 rebounds and 9 blocks per game. He later attended St. Jude Catholic High School in Montgomery, where he transferred to in 1999, and he sat out the 1999–2000 basketball season. In his last year of high school basketball he averaged 29 points, 16 rebounds and 12 blocks, and was widely regarded as one of the best prospects of his class.[1] He drew interest from many high-profile college programs such as Arkansas, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan and North Carolina,[2] but after graduating he signed up to the 2001 NBA draft and was selected as a 47th pick overall by the Denver Nuggets (he was however the 46th player to be selected, as the Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their 29th overall pick).[3][4]

NBA career

After he was signed by the

USBL. In 2003, he signed with the Toronto Raptors
and was released after a couple of days, without ever playing with the team.

Cisse ended up never appearing in an NBA game and is one of 8 players drafted in 2001 to never play a game in the league.

He moved to play in the

NBDL after his release during 2003 and stayed to play there until the 2004–05 season was over, playing for the Fayetteville Patriots
.

International career

Cisse started his international career when he signed at

Israeli League
in 2007–08.

National team

Cisse's only appearance on

2005
where his stats were 6 PPG, 5 RPG and 1 BPG in 7 games, averaging 15.8 minutes per game.

Notes
  1. ^ "Ousmane Cisse". nba.com. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  2. ^ Hodge, Bill (April 12, 2001). "Top recruits spring into action". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  3. ^ "NBA Draft 2001". nba.com. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  4. Basketball-Reference
    . Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  5. Daily Herald
    . November 19, 2001. p. 94.
  6. ^ "Ousmane Cisse Stats, News, Bio". ESPN.

External links

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