Bamba Fall Explained

Bamba Fall
League:LEB Oro
Team:Palencia Baloncesto
Position:Center
Height Ft:7
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:236
Birth Date:27 May 1986
Birth Place:Saint-Louis, Senegal
High School:Oak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
College:SMU (2005–2009)
Nationality:Senegalese
Draft Year:2008
Career Start:2009
Years1:2009
Team1:Hapoel Afula
Years2:2009
Team2:Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Years3:2009–2010
Team3:Hapoel Lev Hasharon
Years4:2010–2011
Team4:Maine Red Claws
Years5:2011–2014
Team5:BC Kalev/Cramo
Years6:2014–2015
Team6:VEF Rīga
Years7:2015
Team7:Sigal Prishtina
Years8:2015–2017
Team8:Azad University
Years9:2017–2019
Team9:TLÜ/Kalev
Years10:2019–2020
Team10:Fundación Lucentum
Years11:2020–2021
Team11:Fundación CB Granada
Years12:2020–2021
Team12:Palencia Baloncesto
Highlights:

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.

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/78870/bamba-fall-to-afula.html Bamba Fall to Afula
  2. http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/79107/bamba-fall-moves-to-gilboa-galil.html Bamba Fall moves to Gilboa Galil
  3. http://news.err.ee/v/sports/577bb14d-ea9b-44f7-8939-a3c23d422305 BC Kalev/Cramo Signs Senegalese Center
  4. http://www.vefriga.com/en/news/news/vef-riga-signs-bamba-fall-1618 VEF Rīga signs Bamba Fall