Mouhammadou Jaiteh
| No. 14 – SIG Strasbourg | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / Center | ||||||||||||
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LNB Pro A Basketball Champions League |
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| Born |
27 November 1994 Pantin, France |
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 246 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | INSEP | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | S.O.M. Boulonnais | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Nanterre 92 | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | SIG Strasbourg | ||||||||||||
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Mouhammadou Einstein Jaiteh (born 27 November 1994), sometimes known as Mam Jaiteh, is a French professional basketball player of Senegalese and Gambian descent. He currently plays for SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A.
In his youth, Jaiteh originally played soccer with friends before beginning his basketball career at 13. After playing for INSEP for a few years, Jaiteh would participate in the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and then the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championships in 2011 and 2012. The 2012 championship had Jaiteh leading all competitors in rebounds per game.
After being recruited by the Connecticut Huskies, Washington Huskies, Gonzaga Bulldogs, and Virginia Tech Hokies, Jaiteh decided to sign a two year contract to play for the Stade Olympique Maritime Boulonnais at the LNB Pro B, where he would get more playing time. During that period, Jaiteh was considered as a finalist for France's Pro B MVP award due to his performance of scoring 16.2 points and 9.9 rebounds in 27.6 minutes of play per game. On May 3, 2013, Jaiteh ended up being declared the winner of the 2013 LNB Pro B MVP award, as well as the winner of the LNB Pro B Best Progress award.
In 2013, Jaiteh was selected to participate in the Nike Hoop Summit. During the competition, he would score 6 points and grab 9 rebounds to help the World Team win the competition. Two days after performing for the competition on April 20, Jaiteh decided to officially declare for the 2013 NBA Draft. He was projected to go between the late first round and the second round of the draft, but Jaiteh wanted to be convinced that he would be drafted in the first round by somebody. Ultimately, Jaiteh ended up withdrawing from the draft because of that issue, and he ended up withdrawing alongside fellow Frenchmen Louis Labeyrie and Axel Toupane.
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