height_ft weight_lbs years career_start birth_place draft_year nationality team draft_round career_end draft_team draft_pick height_in birth_date article_title career_position
7 245 1996 2000 2000 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2002 2002 -- -- 2003 2004 2004 -- 2006 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 1997 -- 2010 2011 -- 2012 1997 -- 1999 1999 1999 -- 1997 bougouni , mali 2000 malian kk jersey nets orlandina basket los angeles lakers greenville groove detal idrija inowroclaw zhejiang wanma cyclones geoplin slovan ohod al madina beem geoplin mazandaran zain jilin northeast tigers quebec kebs slovan union olimpija cincinnati stuff new 2 2012 new jersey nets 36 0 18 march 1978 soumaila samake
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soumaila samake

soumaila samake -lrb- born march 18 , 1978 -rrb- is a malian professional basketball player .
a 7 ' 0 '' 245 lb center , he was drafted by the new jersey nets in the second round of the 2000 nba draft , and played for the nets and the los angeles lakers .
he scored 68 points and grabbed 76 rebounds in 47 nba games between 2000 and 2003 .
while playing with the lakers in 2002 , samake was suspended five games after testing positive for nandrolone , an anabolic steroid .
samake said that he had accidentally ingested the substance while taking a dietary supplement .
he was only the third nba player suspended for steroids , following don maclean and matt geiger .
on november 29 , 2011 , it was announced that the national basketball league of canada 's quebec kebs had signed samake to their active roster .
