[1] He faced racial prejudice growing up because of his skin color: he says that he "began to notice that something was wrong" in kindergarten based on how he was treated by his classmates and that he slowly learned to deal with it.
[7][8] Samoura led the Apaches with a 16-point, 11 rebound double-double in the first round of the NJCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, but they fell to Ranger College in his final JUCO game by a score of 68–86.
[13] Samoura made his National Basketball League (NBL) debut with the USK Praha senior squad on 30 September 2018, coming off the bench in a loss to Sluneta Ústí nad Labem.
[16] Following his freshman year at Cochise College, Samoura returned to USK Praha for the first half of the 2020–21 NBL season,[17] where he became one of the team's key offensive players.
[16] Samoura earned player of the week honors from Eurobasket.com for his performance in their 90–72 round 5 victory against Tuři Svitavy on 26 September, where he scored a career-high 29 points along with six rebounds and six assists.
[16] Samoura was first called up to the senior national team in November 2020 for EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers against Belgium and Denmark, but he was cut from the final roster during training camp.
[11] Teammate Martin Peterka praised Samoura's defense and his ability to fight for every ball, comparing him to former Czech national team captain Pavel Pumprla.
[11] He did not appear in their semi-final upset of host team Canada, but did come off the bench in their victory over Greece in the finals that clinched the Czech Republic's spot at the Olympics.