Skal labissière

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Basketball player
Skal labissière
Skal Labissière (cropped) .jpg
Player information
birthday 18th March 1996 (age 24)
place of birth Port-au-Prince , Haiti
size 211 cm
position Power Forward / Center
college Kentucky
NBA draft 2016 , 28th Pick , Phoenix Suns
Club information
society Atlanta Hawks
league NBA
Jersey number 7th
Clubs as active
2016–2019 Sacramento Kings 2016–2017 → Reno Bighorns ( D-League ) 2019–2020 Portland Trail Blazers Since 2020 Atlanta HawksUnited StatesUnited States
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Skal Labissière (born March 18, 1996 in Port-au-Prince ) is a Haitian basketball player who is currently on the Atlanta Hawks roster in the NBA . Before turning pro, Labissière played for a season at the University of Kentucky .

High school

Labissière grew up in Port-au-Prince in his native Haiti . In January 2010 the island was struck by a severe earthquake . The family home was damaged and Labissière was buried under rubble. He sustained a leg injury from which he recovered within two weeks.

Shortly before the earthquake, the former Haitian professional basketball player Pierre Valmera came into contact with Labissière's family. Prior to his professional career in the United States, Valmera had played at high school and university levels, helping young talent from his homeland to make contacts in the United States. Thanks to Valmera's mediation, Labissière came to Tennessee in the summer of 2010 . Gerald Hamilton and his wife took over the tutelage of Labassière and Samuel Jean-Gilles, another basketball talent from Haiti. The two went to the Evangelical Christian School in Cordova. In 2014 Labassière moved to the Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis and attracted the attention of numerous university teams with his achievements and great development potential .

college

Labissière during his college days

Labassière opted for a scholarship offer from the University of Kentucky and against the offers from North Carolina, Georgetown, Baylor, Tennessee and Memphis, which had also courted him, among others.

He played for Kentucky in the 2015/16 season and recorded averages of 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocked throws per game in 36 missions. After his freshman season for the blue and whites, Labissière decided against continuing his basketball career at university level and switching to the professional camp. He submitted his registration for the 2016 NBA Draft and was selected in 28th place by the Phoenix Suns , who then transferred him to the Sacramento Kings .

NBA

In his first season as a professional (2016/17) he was used in 33 NBA games and averaged 8.8 points and 4.9 rebounds. In addition, he gained match experience with the Reno Bighorns , Sacramento's partner team in the NBA D-League , and posted statistical averages of 14.9 points and 7.6 rebounds in 17 missions. In February 2019, Sacramento gave it to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Caleb Swanigan . In early February 2020, Portland handed the Haitian over to the Atlanta Hawks .

Web links

Commons : Skal Labissière  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Luke Winn: Skal Labissiere's incredible journey to Kentucky . In: SI.com . ( si.com [accessed May 28, 2017]).
  2. ^ Recruits Labissiere, Briscoe choose Kentucky . In: ESPN.com . ( espn.com [accessed May 28, 2017]).
  3. ^ Skal Labissiere, Lausanne Collegiate School, Power Forward. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Labissiere Declares for 2016 NBA Draft | UK Wildcats News . In: University of Kentucky | Official Athletics Site . ( ukathletics.com [accessed May 28, 2017]). Labissiere Declares for 2016 NBA Draft | UK Wildcats News ( December 20, 2016 memento on Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ TheBasketballDunk: 2016 NBA Draft # 28 Pick ׃ Skal Labissiere Phoenix Suns. June 23, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Via trade Sacramento Kings get Skal Labissiere, Kentucky center at No. 28 . In: ESPN.com . ( espn.com [accessed May 28, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Trail Blazers Acquire Skal Labissière. Accessed February 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Hawks Acquire Skal Labissière from Portland. In: si.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Labissière, Skal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Haitian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Port-au-Prince