Lasan Kromah

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Lasan Kromah
No. 24–Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards
Position Small forward / shooting guard
League Taiwan Professional Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1991-06-24) June 24, 1991 (age 33)
Queens, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Liberian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Eleanor Roosevelt
(Greenbelt, Maryland)
College
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015 Alba Fehérvár
2015 Torku Konyaspor
2016 Kavala
2016 Westchester Knicks
2016 Promitheas Patras
2017 Melbourne United
2017 Egis Körmend
2017–2018 U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2018 Boulazac Basket Dordogne
2018–2019 Rouen Métropole
2019–2020 Kolossos Rodou
2020–2021 Cholet Basket
2021–2022 Fos Provence Basket
2022–2023 Fuenlabrada
2023–present Taiwan Beer Leopards / Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards
Career highlights and awards

Lasannah V. "Lasan" Kromah (born June 24, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for George Washington University and Connecticut.

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High school career

Kromah attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. As a senior, he averaged 21 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 steals per game under coach Brendan O'Connell, going on to be named first team All-County by the Prince George's Gazette and All-Met fourth team by the Washington Post. [1]

College career

Kromah was recruited by Karl Hobbs to George Washington University after a stellar high school career. He was named to the Atlantic-10 all rookie team after averaging 11.8 points per game during his freshman season at GW. Heading into his sophomore season, Kromah was a Preseason Atlantic 10 Third Team All-Conference Selection. However, after suffering a left foot injury during a preseason scrimmage, Kromah was forced to sit out the entire 2010–11 season. As a junior in 2011–12, he averaged 11.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 29.4 minutes in 31 games. He led George Washington and ranked seventh in the A-10 in steals (52), second on team in scoring (345), assists (79), rebounds (159) and blocks (18). As a senior in 2012–13, Kromah played in all 30 games with 11 starts. He was second on the team with 10.1 points in 24.5 minutes per game. He finished his George Washington career with over 1,000 points, the 44th player in program history to accomplish that feat. [2]

Kromah later reunited with Hobbs, who became an assistant at UConn, and joined the Huskies as a graduate student with one season of eligibility remaining after playing three years and earning a degree in Criminal Justice from George Washington University. In 2013–14, he appeared in all 40 games for the Huskies, starting 17, while averaging 6.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. The Huskies went on to win 2014 NCAA championship. [1]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Kromah joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [3] On August 11, 2014, he signed with Alba Fehérvár of Hungary for the 2014–15 season. [4]

On June 29, 2015, Kromah signed with Torku Konyaspor of the Turkish Basketball League. [5] He left Konyaspor in December 2015, and the following month, he signed with Greek team Kavala.

On October 30, 2016, Kromah was selected by the Westchester Knicks in the third round of the 2016 NBA Development League draft. [6] He joined the team for the 2016–17 season, but was waived on November 18, 2016, after appearing in two games. [7] Later that month, he returned to Greece and signed with Promitheas Patras. He appeared in two games for Promitheas before leaving the team in late December. On January 13, 2017, he signed with Melbourne United for the rest of the 2016–17 NBL season as an injury replacement for Ramone Moore. [8]

On August 12, 2019, Kromah returned to Greece and signed with Kolossos Rodou. [9] He averaged 15.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. On August 4, 2020, Kromah signed with Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. [10] He was named player of the week on October 2, after posting 22 points and six assists against Élan Chalon. [11]

On August 10, 2021, he has signed with Fos Provence Basket of the LNB Pro A. [12]

On August 17, 2022, he has signed with Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB. [13]

On September 26, 2023, Kromah has signed with TaiwanBeer Leopards of the T1 League. [14] He was the league's points leader and steals leader for the 2023–24 season. [15] On May 8, 2024, Kromah was selected to the all-T1 League first team in 2023–24 season. [16] On May 25, Kromah awarded the Most Valuable Import of the T1 League in 2023–24 season. [17]

On August 9, 2024, Kromah re-signed with the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). [18]

Personal life

Kromah is the son of Al and Shewvan Kromah, and has an older brother, Adam, and an older sister, Manyuan. [1]

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