Stephane Lasme

by warriordean on Jun 29, 2007 10:08 AM PDT

Look at his blocks and rebounds for the last year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=15226

10 games where he had 7 or more blocks. Points aren't too shabby either. He may end up being a steal.

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should have seen him in the nit

this dude was ridonkulus in the nit tourney. he was blocking everything. i was pushing for the dubs to draft him. he'd work well in our system.

by t1andonlywall on Jun 29, 2007 10:14 AM PDT reply actions

daaamn

he has some crazy stats...he didn't have one game without a block last season. dude is a defensive stud AND grabs hella boards too?...i'm liking those numbers. now if he has any type of shot, he's sounding like a nice bench piece.

get rid of MP and let this dude do his thing.

the crowning achievement of ira newble's illustrious career

by JudBooshlur on Jun 29, 2007 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

He had

FOUR 10 rebound 10 block games! That is ridiculous.

by yehyeh82 on Jun 29, 2007 10:19 AM PDT reply actions

yahoo sports

said this:

WINNER: The Three UMass Fans At The Draft - Here's the beauty of the NBA draft - other than Joakim Noah wearing a bow tie or the screaming at Stephen A. Smith or chanting outrageous things about Duke players.

Deep in the second round just as deputy commissioner Adam Silver announced to a mostly silent theater that with the 46th pick Golden State had selected Stephane Lasme out of UMass, a wild and loud cheer went out. In the stands were three guys wearing UMass basketball jerseys cheering, high-fiving and eventually hugging each other in a show of complete jubilation and support because their guy had been chosen.

This was their night. They wait nearly five hours to hear a mostly anonymous player on a mostly anonymous team go No. 46. Then they promptly left.

That, folks, is NBA draft magic right there

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AjY2mkgc5Zekir6FyPEAKmQ5nYcB?slug=dw-winnerslosers062807&p rov=yhoo&type=lgns

this dan wetzel is an idiot. how can he think the warriors (aka the first 8 seed ever to beat a 1 seed in a 7 game series) are anonymous.

by llamalimbo1 on Jun 29, 2007 10:45 AM PDT reply actions

Relax

Pretty sure he's referring to UMass and not us.

by ViveAirFrance on Jun 29, 2007 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Dude

I think he was talking about UMass, not us. And even if he was talking about us, we are still a pretty anonymous team, by NBA standards. Anyway, he was just trying to illustrate the dramatic irony of the moment -- give him a little poetic license. That "no one respects us" act is sooo last year.

by Sleepy Freud on Jun 29, 2007 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions

I think he's talking about

UMass

Ronald Reagan was a jerk.

by Nooob on Jun 29, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

yea

i realized that after i had posted it. lasme looks like he could be a great contributor off the bench. four 10 rebound 10 block games is amazing

by llamalimbo1 on Jun 29, 2007 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

BEAST

on them blocks and boards.

by WarriorFanForLife on Jun 29, 2007 11:37 AM PDT reply actions

sounds

Adonalesque to me...

warriors dont fish they hunt!

by VonteegoCummings on Jun 29, 2007 12:16 PM PDT reply actions

Potentially

Stephane Lasme is gonna be Adonal Foyle Part 2. A very good shot blocker coming out of college. I really hope he can be more mobile than Foyle to be successful with our team. Good pick as our final pick.

by Phil T28 on Jun 29, 2007 12:34 PM PDT reply actions

competition

UMass is in a real conference where they play legitimate NCAA div 1 teams with scholarship athletes. Lasme went up against genuine college basketball players. Lasme played with and against guys who got scholarships to major programs. I'm more than a bit concerned that he didn't do as well in some of the more competitive out of conference games, but he did perform well in the NCAAs and against BC in a game before Sean Williams was dismissed from their team and against Alabama and WVa in the tourney.

Colgate was in the Colonial Athletic Association which is on par with the Ivys for competition, if that. They don't allow scholarship players which means Foyle was generally going against guys who were more like Div II or III quality. Foyle was playing against 6-6 centers regularly.

Odds don't suggest that Lasme will be an impact player. There's a reason he was a mid second rounder. Those guys rarely make impacts in the NBA (though it does sometimes happen). If he's as good as Foyle and he's a min salary player, that's a pretty good thing. Foyle's an adequate very limited PT player on most teams. If he were a min. salary guy, that would be great.

by jae on Jun 29, 2007 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

don't forget

that foyle started playing basketball in like the 10th or 11th grade which explains why he is practically retarded when it comes to any type of handling of the ball. i think this guy could be more like milsap

by travisl212 on Jun 29, 2007 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

i wonder

some scout reports say he's a c in a sf body. but then another states he can guard the perimeter. If thats the case then GREAT! we need an awesome perimeter defender, and the fact that he has the intuition to block shots and grab boards is great. Can someone smell the next Jason Maxiel or Paul Millsap (with better defense)??

Warriors, Stupidest franchise in the league. Purgatory is thy home.

by kenntoe on Jun 29, 2007 12:56 PM PDT reply actions

Honestly

he could be like a poor man's Rodman running around out there. That wouldn't be too bad.

by yehyeh82 on Jun 29, 2007 1:53 PM PDT reply actions

Stephane Lasme

I never got to see Lasme live, only on tv, but he was a phenomenal player at UMass, and I think he could eventually be at least a plus bench player for most teams. He has very good hands and his shot blocking instincts are some of the best I've seen in years. He also keeps the balls in play most of the time rather than blocking them out of bounds.

by Arguman on Jun 29, 2007 3:49 PM PDT reply actions