Background
Lalanne was born in Portuguese-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti.
Lalanne was born in Portuguese-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti.
Lalanne attended Oak Ridge High School, in Orlando, Florida, where he starred on the varsity basketball team
He played college basketball for the UMass Minutemen. He moved to the United States. when he was 7 years old. In 2011, Lalanne matriculated to the University of Massachusetts, where he earned a major in sociology.
Playing four seasons at UMass, Lalanne became one of three players in school history to record 1,000 points, 800 rebounds and 100 blocks in a career.
As a senior at UMass, he earned third-team All-Atlantic 10 honors after averaging 11.6 points and 9.5 rebounds in 32 games. On June 25, 2015, Lalanne was selected with the 55th overall pick in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft by the San Antonio Spurs.
In July 2015, he joined the Spurs for the 2015 National Basketball Association Summer League. On October 30, 2015, he was acquired by the Austin Spurs of the National Basketball Association Development League, the affiliate team of San Antonio.
On February 8, 2016, he was named in the West All-Star team for the 2016 National Basketball Association Doctorate-League All-Star Game as a replacement for Orlando Johnson, who received an National Basketball Association call-up, after averaging 12.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 26.3 minutes in 29 games.