Robert Sacre
Robert Sacre ( born June 6, 1989 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is an American- Canadian professional basketball player and currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers or at the Los Angeles D- Fenders.
Life
Sacre was born in Baton Rouge American, the son of former NFL Footballers Greg LaFleur and the former LSU Lady Tigers college basketball player Leslie Sacre. His mother went back with him at the age of 7 years in her native Canada, so Sacre grew up in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Sacre was 203 cm tall already in the eighth grade and one of the best high school players in Canada.
In his first season he led the Handsworth Secondary School for the British Columbia Provincial Championship and was named MVP of the final game, which he finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks. He was appointed to the Canadian junior national team through his strong performances with which he the Global Games and 2006 denied the qualification for the World Cup 2005. His senior year of high school finally ended Sacre with 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks per game.
College
Sacre was recruited before the 2007/ 08 season by playing in the NCAA Division I Gonzaga University. In his first season he was able to chalk up as a bench player on average 9 minutes per game. After three matches in the 2008 /09 season, he broke his foot, so that precipitated the entire remaining season. Sacre returned to the 2009/10 season and graduated as a starting center of the Gonzaga Bulldogs with strong 10.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game from.
Pro career
On June 28, 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers Sacre drafteten with the 60th and final pick of the 2012 NBA Draft. His first NBA game, he played on 31 October 2012 against the Dallas Mavericks, his first points he was five days later recorded against the Detroit Pistons. Already on October 28, 2012 Robert Sacre was demoted to the Los Angeles D- Fenders, since he only plays when needed for the Lakers. Need for regularly since the beginning of December, as the Lakers Big Men Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill fail regularly. On January 8, Sacre was due to acute staffing problems the first time in the starting lineup of the Lakers, this game he finished with 10 points from. Sacre is, despite its low use times fan favorite in Los Angeles, as he celebrates on the bench special basket successes in a fun way.
National
Sacre played 2006 FIBA Americas Under -18 Championship for the Junior Team Canada. He came on average to 9 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3 blocks, which he helped Canada to a fourth place. Sacre was in the time of the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey to the extended squad of Canada's A-National Team.