With the 46th pick in the 2k7 Draft, the Golden State Warriors take...

by Fantasy Junkie on Jun 28, 2007 8:34 PM PDT in NBA Draft

STEPHANE LASME!

Courtesy UMass Hoops.com

From ESPN Player Profile:

Positives: Long, athletic jumping jack. Dominant defender. One of the best shot- blockers in college basketball. Excellent rebounder. Aggressive. Strong. Excellent quickness for a big man.

Negatives: Undersized. Has more of a center's game in a small forward's body. Raw offensively. He's good dunking the basketball around the basket, but doesn't have much in the way of post moves or a perimeter game. He doesn't have a great basketball IQ -- mainly because he hasn't been playing basketball for very long. One of the oldest prospects out there.

Summary: NBA scouts love athletic shot-blockers, but there are a lot of question marks about Lasme.

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Nice

Shot blocker and super rebounder.
nice.
nice?

by jtoj @ Golden State Of Mind on Jun 28, 2007 8:35 PM PDT reply actions

who cares...

J Rich is gone... hes gone man...gone

This is my team There are many like it But this one is mine. My team, without me is useless. Without my team, I am useless

by BlueNgoldBlood on Jun 28, 2007 8:35 PM PDT reply actions

Dude, I know...

by Jeremy Belvins on Jun 28, 2007 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions

its almost weird how on his nuts

some on this site are

by Zig on Jun 29, 2007 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

...worst draft...ever.

we pick up....
Brendan Wright
Marco Belinelli
Stephane Lasme

and we LOSE:
JRICH.

i call that a negative draft.

by gswarriors2006 on Jun 28, 2007 8:37 PM PDT reply actions

Get over it....

good pick

by dallaswarrior on Jun 28, 2007 8:37 PM PDT reply actions

This is a funny pick

My roommate lives near UMass and is a huge Lasme fan, and Lasme lands with us, and I live near Cal and am a huge Leon Powe fan, and Powe landed with the Celtics (his favorite team), and they are pretty much the same kind of player.

by jonathan on Jun 28, 2007 8:38 PM PDT reply actions

Hillarious....can u feel the sarcasm?

Oh, that's just f'n hillarious...WTF ?

by goldenstatefan on Jun 28, 2007 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions

What on earth are you saying

No, it's not really funny if that's what you mean. But coincidental from my standpoint, which is all I'm pointing out. Take your half-literate ramblings and Jason Richardson-induced hostility elsewhere.

by jonathan on Jun 28, 2007 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Half-literate? Hardly.

I'm not angry at you, but I don't see what bearing if any, your comment has here. That's all.

Lol

by goldenstatefan on Jun 28, 2007 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Well at least you sound coherent

this time. That's a start.

Anyway, it's an anecdote. People share them. Of course it has no bearing on anything.

by jonathan on Jun 28, 2007 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions

well that just sucks

ike diogu is a very poor man's ike diogu, powe is a poor man's ike diogu. the fact that this guy sounds like powe doesn't give me much comfort.

Go Tigers! Back to back to back Big West champions! ...and Warriors

by pacifictigerpepband on Jun 28, 2007 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

oops i meant to say

ike diogu is a poor man's elton brand

Go Tigers! Back to back to back Big West champions! ...and Warriors

by pacifictigerpepband on Jun 28, 2007 8:43 PM PDT reply actions

damnit

HERBERT HILL!!!! where's he at???

by AJC3317 on Jun 28, 2007 8:45 PM PDT reply actions

Ike Diogu v 2.0?

Is it just me or is this guy a horrible pick or what? Why didn't we take dominic mcguire?

by Mdawg851 on Jun 28, 2007 8:45 PM PDT reply actions

This guy

is going to bring a lot to our team. He has had multiple 10 rebound 10 block games before. We are really going to like this guy off the bench. High energy, what the Oracle loves.

by yehyeh82 on Jun 28, 2007 8:47 PM PDT reply actions

YES! WHERE IS MCGUIRE?

Lasme is an athletic rebounding shotblocker without size or any other skills AND he's already 24 without much basketball experience.

McGurie is an inch taller, has the same boarding and shotblocking skills, a year younger (at least) AND brings a handle and passing ability.

So...they took Dominic Mcguire one year later, minus all the offensive versatility.

Freakin' retarded.

AND we dealt away Davidson in the Wright deal? Shoot.

by OptionZero @ Golden State Of Mind on Jun 28, 2007 8:48 PM PDT reply actions

So...

How do you explain the pick then?

Is the Warriors FO actually mentally retarded? Or did they see something in Lasme that they didn't see in McGuire?

Much as I trust your opinions, OZ (and I mean that sincerely), I'm going with the latter.

by Sleepy Freud on Jun 29, 2007 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions

The next Gerald Wallace.

by Town Bidnezz on Jun 28, 2007 9:51 PM PDT reply actions

I think this kid

can be to us what Chris Porter was to us back in 2000, and what Mickael Pietrus is to us now. Another energy player who comes of the bench and plays rough D, and goes after the boards hard. I REALLY like this pick in the 2nd round.

This is my team There are many like it But this one is mine. My team, without me is useless. Without my team, I am useless

by BlueNgoldBlood on Jul 1, 2007 7:27 AM PDT reply actions