Samuel Dalembert

Basketball

Served as envoy

  • 2014  –  Haiti

Born in Haiti in 1981, Samuel Dalembert was drafted first round as a Center into the NBA from Seton Hall University by the Philadelphia 76ers. After playing 8 seasons with the 76ers, Dalembert went on to play for the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Dallas Mavericks, and New York Knicks, staying with each team for only one season. Over the course of his NBA career, Dalembert scored 180 points in the 24 playoff games he started. In his 13 NBA seasons, he started 694 games with an average 7.7 points per game. In 2015, Dalembert went to play for the pro-basketball league in China.