Romain Guessagba-Sato-Lebel, generally known as Romain Sato (born March 2, 1981, in Bimbo), is a Central African professional basketball player, who currently plays for Panathinaikos. He plays as a swingman.

Amateur career[link]

Sato played high school basketball at Dayton Christian High School in Dayton, Ohio, in the United States. He graduated from Xavier University in 2004, having majored in French, after playing college basketball with the Xavier Musketeers.

Pro career[link]

Sato was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2004 NBA Draft, and was subsequently waived on February 24, 2005. After being drafted by the Spurs, Sato played in the Italian Second Division^[1] with Sicc Cucine Jesi. He was the league's second-leading scorer in the 2005–06 season, averaging 25.5 points per game, and also adding 7.5 rebounds per game.

In Romain's three playoff games that season, he averaged 35 points and 14.6 rebounds. From there, he went to FC Barcelona to play in the 2006 Spanish ACB League playoffs.^[2] Sato then returned to Italy to play in the top Italian League with Montepaschi Siena for the 2006–07 season. In his first season with Siena, he helped Montepaschi to win the Scudetto (Italian Championship),^[3] and he then went on to win three more Scudetti with Siena. He was named the Italian League MVP in 2010.^[4]

In July 2010, he signed a three-year long contract with the Greek Basket League club Panathinaikos.

Central African Republic national team[link]

Sato played with the senior men's Central African Republic national basketball team at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship. He averaged 21.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game at the tournament and was named to the All-Tournament First Team.

References[link]

External links[link]

• NBA.com Profile
• Euroleague.net Profile
• FIBA Africa Championship Profile
• Greek Basket League Profile
• Italian League Profile (Italian)
• Spanish League Profile (Spanish)
• Draftexpress.com Profile
• FIBA Romain Sato Article
• Romain Sato Profile
• ESPN.com College Stats

Bo McCalebb
Бо Мекејлеб

McCalebb playing for Macedonia
No. 4 – Montepaschi Siena
Point guard
Personal information
Born	(1985-05-04) May 4, 1985 (age 27) New Orleans, Louisiana
Nationality	American / Macedonian
High school	O. Perry Walker
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College	New Orleans (2003–2008)
Pro career	2008–present
Career history
Mersin (2008-09) Partizan (2009-10) Montepaschi Siena (2010-present)
Career highlights and awards
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (2007) 2x All-Euroleague Second Team (2010, 2012) Italian SuperCup MVP (2011) FIBA EuroBasket All Tournament Team (2011) Alphonso Ford Trophy (2012) Italian League MVP (2012)

Lester "Bo" McCalebb (Macedonian: Лестер "Бо" Мекејлеб; born May 4, 1985) is a naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player who was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He plays for the Montepaschi Siena in Italy.

High school and college basketball[link]

McCalebb attended O. Perry Walker High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played college basketball at the University of New Orleans. McCalebb was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2007. In his five-year career with the Privateers, he played 128 games, averaging 20.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.^[1]

Professional career[link]

Mersin[link]

McCalebb started his professional career in Turkey with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi. He had a lot of success in Mersin, averaging 17.4 points and 4.7 assists per game during the 2008–09 season. He was also the Turkish Basketball League leader in steals with 2.7 per game.

Partizan[link]

On October 16, 2009, McCalebb signed a one-year contract for KK Partizan of Serbia, a week after the team released former point guard Milt Palacio for failure to join the team on time.^[2] He had an amazing season with Partizan winning the regional ABA League, Serbian League and Cup titles. He also helped the team to reach the Euroleague Final Four, earning an All-Euroleague Second Team selection.

Montepaschi Siena[link]

In July 2010, McCalebb signed a three-year deal with Montepaschi Siena.^[3] In his first season in Italy, he had even more success, helping his team to the Euroleague Final Four, and winning the Italian League, Cup and Supercup. In 2012, he was named the Italian League MVP.^[4]

Macedonian national team[link]

In 2010, McCalebb accepted to play for the Macedonian national basketball team after which he received a Macedonian passport. The "Macedonian MVP", as Macedonians call him, was the second leading scorer in the qualifying for the EuroBasket 2011, with a strong showing against Great Britain and NBA star Luol Deng.

[edit] EuroBasket 2011

On August 31, in the first tournament game for Macedonia, McCalebb scored 17 points in an overtime loss against Montenegro. On September 1, Macedonia beat Croatia with McCalebb scoring 19 points. He had another strong showing versus Greece on September 3, scoring game-high 27 points and leading the team to a 72–58 win. On September 4, McCalebb scored 18 points against Finland in a 72–70 win. On September 5, McCalebb scored 22 points in a 75–63 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, which qualified them to the second phase as the first place team in Group C. Then, on September 8 (Macedonia Independence Day), he led the team with 27 points in their 65–63 win over Georgia and thus placed Macedonia to the quarter-finals. In the last two games of the second phase, McCalebb scored 19 points in Macedonian victory against Slovenia, and 16 points in the dramatic loss against Russia. On September 14, Macedonia defeated the host nation Lithuania to qualify to the semi-finals. McCalebb scored 23 points. In the semi-finals Macedonia was defeated 92–80 by Spain, with McCalebb scored 25 points. In the bronze medal battle, McCalebb scored 22 points, but Macedonia was defeated by Russia, in another dramatic game, 72–68. McCalebb earned All Tournament Team selection. He averaged 21.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists for 34.2 minutes a contest.^[5] With 235 points, McCalebb was also the best scorer on the tournament.

College statistics[link]

Euroleague career statistics[link]

See also[link]

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career scoring leaders

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official Website
• Streetball.com Profile
• Euroleague.net Profile
• Italian League Profile (Italian)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Igor Rakočević	Alphonso Ford Trophy 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent