Nigeria’s Ezeli in NBA Finals
The Golden State Warriors will play their first National Basketball Association Finals game in over 40 years on Thursday night in Oakland, California. While their historic playoff run has been headlined by stars such as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Andrew Bogut, back-up center Festus Ezeli, of Benin City, Nigeria, has quietly been putting together […]
Following Festus Ezeli During March Madness
One of the African players I’ll be following during the NCAA men’s college basketball championship tournament is Festus Ezeli, a 21-year-old center for Vanderbilt University who is from Benin City, Nigeria. The muscular Ezeli was recently named the most improved player in men’s college basketball by Sports Illustrated magazine. Ezeli’s rise to national basketball prominence […]
