Bamba Fall

Bamba Fall (born May 27, 1986) is a Senegalese professional basketball player who currently plays for Fundación CB Granada of the Spanish LEB Oro league. He played college basketball for the Southern Methodist University and represents the Senegal national basketball team in international competition.

Bamba Fall
Fall with BC Kalev/Cramo against MZT Skopje in November 2013
Palencia Baloncesto
PositionCenter
LeagueLEB Oro
Personal information
Born (1986-05-27) May 27, 1986
Saint-Louis, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
Listed weight236 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High schoolOak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
CollegeSMU (2005–2009)
NBA draft2008: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009Hapoel Afula
2009Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2009–2010Hapoel Lev Hasharon
2010–2011Maine Red Claws
2011–2014BC Kalev/Cramo
2014–2015VEF Rīga
2015Sigal Prishtina
2015–2017Azad University
2017–2019TLÜ/Kalev
2019–2020Fundación Lucentum
2020–2021Fundación CB Granada
2020–2021Palencia Baloncesto
Career highlights and awards

College career

Fall attended Oak Hill Academy from 2003–2005. While at Oak Hill, the team finished ranked #1 in the country both years Fall attended. Fall began attending SMU in 2005 and since then has played in 43 games (18 as a freshman, 25 as a sophomore) and averaged a career high of 7.1 points per game in 2006-2007 while also leading Conference USA in blocked shots (19th nationally). He was also voted to the conference all-defensive team in 2006-2007.

International career

Chosen to represent Senegal in July 2007, Fall was the youngest player on the Senegalese national team that finished in ninth place at the FIBA Africa Championship 2007 in Angola.

Professional career

Fall started his professional career in Israel where he signed for Hapoel Afula from the Israeli Basketball Super League in September 2009,[1] but was released before he played for the team and moved to Hapoel Gilboa Galil,[2] where he played one game before being released again.

Then he moved to Hapoel Lev Hasharon from the National League where he averaged 12.8 pts and 9.4 rebounds in 27 minutes of play in a span of 12 games, which followed in him choosing to leave in order to go back to Senegal to obtain a new visa in order to finish his season in the NBA Development League.

In August 2011, Fall signed a three-year contract with BC Kalev/Cramo of Estonia.[3] He was chosen as the KML Defensive Player of the Year after his first season with the team.

In July 2014, he signed with the Latvian team VEF Rīga.[4]

In October 2017, Fall signed TLÜ/Kalev, team in Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML).

In September 2019, he signed with a basketball team HLA Alicante (LEB Oro), Spain

In August 2020, he signed with Fundación CB Granada (LEB Oro), Spain

In July 2021, he signed with Palencia Baloncesto (LEB Oro), Spain

References
  1. Bamba Fall to Afula
  2. Bamba Fall moves to Gilboa Galil
  3. BC Kalev/Cramo Signs Senegalese Center
  4. VEF Rīga signs Bamba Fall
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