...Less than three years ago, he was dressing in white-and-black school uniforms in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where his best sports were volleyball and soccer. Less than two years ago, he was wearing mostly warm-ups, since he rarely left the bench for his high school basketball team in Florida. Less than one year ago, he arrived at the University of Kansas expecting to redshirt and then play four years of college basketball before maybe making it to the NBA...The dream lives.
Friday, July 18, 2014
From Cameroon to NBA team saviour
It takes a bit of scrolling down but this Eli Saslow piece on Joel Embiid, the third selection in the NBA draft, shows the young man's supersonic ascent:
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