Namori MEITE
Power Forward

The Elephants’ coach is disappointed Meite had such limited playing time last season for the second-division team of Evreux.

Indeed, Meite played only 23 games and never really had the opportunity of showing what he was worth.

In 2009, he played all nine games of the FIBA Africa Championship in Libya and proved he had the heart of a warrior.

“His problem is that he is undersized for a power forward”, Dessarzin explains.

“Of course, there is no comparison with Charles Barkley but his game is similar.

Namori is closer to 1.94m than to 1.96m.

He is a tireless fighter, he is very tough and never complains about the bruises - you can count on him because of that.

However, he is a little more than just that. He has really good hands.” In Libya, he made a key three-pointer in the semi-finals as well as in the final game.