Yann Lasme

Stéphane Lasme

Lasme with Partizan in February 2009.
UNICS
Position	Center
League	VTB United League EuroCup
Personal information
Born	(1982-12-17) December 17, 1982 (age 34) Port-Gentil, Gabon
Nationality	Gabonese
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Léon M'ba (Libreville, Gabon)
College	Emmanuel College (2003) UMass (2003–2007)
NBA draft	2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career	2002–present
Career history
2002	Capo Libreville
2007	Golden State Warriors
2007–2008	Los Angeles D-Fenders
2008	Miami Heat
2008–2009	Partizan
2009–2010	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2010	Spartak Saint Petersburg
2010–2011	Maine Red Claws
2011–2012	Obradoiro
2012–2014	Panathinaikos
2014–2015	Anadolu Efes
2015–2016	Galatasaray
2017	Texas Legends
2017–present	UNICS
Career highlights and awards
EuroCup champion (2016) EuroCup Finals MVP (2016) All-EuroCup Second Team (2016) All-EuroLeague Second Team (2014) EuroLeague Best Defender (2013) Greek League MVP (2013) Greek League Finals MVP (2013) 2× Greek League Best Defender (2013, 2014) 2× All-Greek League Team (2013, 2014) NBA D-League Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2008) Serbian League champion (2009) Serbian Cup winner (2009) Adriatic League champion (2009) Israeli Super League champion (2010) Israeli State Cup winner (2010) 2× Greek League champion (2013, 2014) 2× Greek Cup winner (2013, 2014) Turkish Cup winner (2015) Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (2007) First-team All-Atlantic 10 (2007)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Yann Ulrich Stéphane Lasme (born December 17, 1982) is a Gabonese professional basketball player for UNICS of the VTB United League. He played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), with the UMass Minutemen, and he was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round, 46th overall, in the 2007 NBA draft. He earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2014 and won the EuroLeague Best Defender award in 2013.

On December 17, 1982, Lasme was born in Port-Gentil, Gabon, to Retouano Romain and Onanga Liliane. He was brought up in Libreville, Gabon, his father being an oil company engineer. His mother, Liliane, was an economist. Lasme knew how to speak French and his native language of Myene in his childhood, but learned some English through high school classes.

Lasme grew up loving soccer, but began playing basketball at 14, when he was introduced to his school's coach. When asked on why he started playing the game, Lasme said, "I was growing faster than the other kids my age." One media report stated that he nailed a basketball hoop to a tree at age 15 and estimated the official NBA requirement of 10 feet, but instead put it 12 feet above the ground. He said, "I had a rim put in at my house. It was higher than 10 feet, though." His favorite players as a child were Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan, whom he used to watch on television by sneaking out of bed at night. He also grew up as a fan of Marcus Camby.