05-08-2026, 05:19 PM
(05-08-2026, 04:05 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: If anyone else's mind immediately went to African prospects:
Nate Ament's mom is from Rwanda. He grew up in the US, but has been to African multiple times leading youth basketball camps. His Reebok shoe has the colors of the Rwandan flag.
Rueben Chinyelu, a rebounding machine defensive Center from Florida mocked at #45 is from Nigeria and came up through the NBA Academy Africa.
Yessoufou from Baylor currently mocked at #23 grew up in West Africa
Yessoufou who has been mocked a lot at 30 is one of my approved guys
. There is a lot of things not to like if you watched him this year, but I think a lot of it is he is raw, Baylor had an weird year and he was asked to do stuff he won't be asked to do in the pros. It will take time, but he is a good name. I thought Chinyelu went back to school. I think him and a few others will go back if they don't fall in the first round. Chinyelu is really raw but a great rebounder and can really move his face. Not a great rim runner currently despite having a 7'7 wingspan. Should probably go back to school.


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