Ramone Moore
July 23, 2020
Lasan Kromah
- Nationality: USA/LIB
- Date of Birth: 24/06/91
- Place of Birth: Queens, New York (USA)
- Position: G/F
- Height (CM): 198
- Weight (KG): 93
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: George Washington (2009–2013) UConn (2013/2014)
- NBL DEBUT: 14/01/17
- AGE AT DEBUT: 25
- LAST NBL GAME: 28/01/17
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 25
- NBL History: Melbourne 2017
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Lasan Kromah was born in Queens, New York (USA) where he 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. Kromah was recruited by Karl Hobbs to George Washington University after a stellar high school career.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Lasan Kromah made his NBL debut with the Melbourne United at 25 years of age. He scored three points in his first game.
With the league allowing three import players per team this season, Melbourne replaced import duo Stephen Holt and Hakim Warrick with Cedric Jackson, Ramone Moore and Williams. They essentially signed a fourth import by then adding Tai Wesley (via New Zealand) who was allowed to sign as a local under the asian player rule and swapped one Boomers big man for another with David Anderson (via Europe) replacing Daniel Kickert (to Sydney).
In coach Dean Demopoulos second season, United started poorly (3-7) and Jackson (10.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.4 steals) quickly being shown the door due to a poor attitude and failing to buy into the team’s defensive principals.
Casper Ware arrived as his replacement shortly after, immediately changing the squad’s direction.
Around this time, Chris Goulding (17.0 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.0 steals), who missed six games with ankle issues, began to find his form, and David Barlow (5.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists), returned from a calf injury that had seen him unable to take the court at all for the past two years.
Behind Ware (22.1 points, 4.5 assists, and 1.3 steals) and a healthy roster, United turned things around, winning 10 of their last 18 games.
With the team still capable of reaching the playoffs, Devin Williams (3.2 points and 4.0 rebounds), who surprisingly lasted 16 games before being cut after media and fans pointed out his lack of production and called for an import change for most of the season. With a third of the season remaining, Josh Boone (10.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks) arrived and quickly went to work cleaning up Ware and Goulding’s missed shots and finished as the league’s best rebounder.
During the season, a calf injury saw Ramone Moore (10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.0 assists) miss eight games, and Lasan Kromah was brought in as an injury replacement. In three games, he scored three points on 14% shooting and was released quickly as it became clear he was unable to an improvement on Moore’s production.
In Demopoulos’ second year as head coach, he would struggle managing player relationships, and by the end of the season, it was public knowledge his relationship with certain players wasn’t ‘civil’. A divide between the veterans of the team and the ever-competitive Demopoulos would result in seeing United unable to replicate the success from the previous season, finishing in sixth-place finish (13-15) and both parties moving on at the end of the season.
Lasan Kromah played one season in the NBL. He averaged 1 points, 0.3 rebounds, and 0 assists in 3 NBL games.
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 25 | Melbourne | 13-15 (6) | 3 | 24.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 1 | 4 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 21% | 0% | 3 | Totals | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14.3% | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 3 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 25 | Melbourne | 13-15 (6) | 3 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 14% | 0.3 | 1.3 | 25% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 21% | 0% | 3 | Total | 3 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 14.3% | 0.0 | 25.0% | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 3 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|
| Season | Team | PTS | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 16% | 0% | 46% | 0% | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 7 | 14.3% | 1 | 4 | 25.0% |
NBA TOTAL STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | TEAM | POS | GP | GS | MINS | PTS | TRB | AST | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 25 | Melbourne | 13-15 (6) | 3 | 24.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 1 | 4 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 21% | 0% | 3 | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLLEGE
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 GW 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.
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