2023-06-23 05:26:00
Almost thirteen years following the last steps of Didier Mbenga in the NBA, Belgium can dream of a second representative of the flat country in the NBA. Her name ? Tumani Camara. The NCAA Dayton Flowers winger was selected by the Suns in the 52nd position. He is not guaranteed to sign a contract, but will have the opportunity to defend his level of play once morest the franchise.
The history of the relationship between Belgium and the NBA is recent, and above all very short. However, she is particularly beautiful. The Flat Country is not really the nation that comes to mind when we think of basketball. A little more when you think of football, but it’s associated with the delicious memory of a crossed head of Samuel Umtiti… but that’s not the point. Did you know that a Belgian player was double NBA champion? His name: Didier Mbenga. The only Belgian to have walked on an NBA floor. With success: under the orders of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, he carried out the back to back of the Lakers in 2009 and 2010.
Sources: Phoenix is selecting Toumani Camara at No. 52.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 23, 2023
Only, since… nothing more. Until June 23, 2023. With the 52nd choice, the Suns have chosen to trust Toumani Camara, NCAA winger who grew up in Brussels. Gone to work on his basketball on the NCAA side in Dayton, he averaged nearly 13.5 points this season in college. In a franchise that has only 4 players currently certain to be under contract next October, Toumani Camara can have his card to play in the end of rotation. A low-key role, at best, to begin with… before potentially showing some interesting basketball-wise to scratch a few opportunities on the court? We wish him all the best. By trying to take, with him, a whole slew of Belgian fans in his wake.
Source : Adrian Wojnarowski
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