Boubacar Moungoro
| No. 1 – Oklahoma City Blue | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA Development League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | September 22, 1994 Bamako, Mali | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Malian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (Spain) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | → Viten Getafe (Spain) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Oklahoma City Blue (D-League) | ||||||||||||||
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Boubacar Moungoro (born September 22, 1994) is a Malian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League. He declared for the 2014 NBA draft after averaging 8.0 points and 2.5 rebounds with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada.[1]
Professional career
Moungoro forwent college after completing his high school career with IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.[2] The Bamako native is currently represented by agent Travis King, who has also worked with Robert Covington, and Amar'e Stoudemire in the past.[3] Moungoro has also played for the youth teams of the Mali national basketball team in the past, logging an average of 26 minutes in the 2013 Nike Global Challenge.[4] On November 3, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue after a successful tryout.[5]
Mali national team
In February 2015, it was announced that Moungoro would join the Mali national team at play in the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship qualification against Senegal.[6] In the first game, won by Mali by 65–43, Moungoro scored 12 points and retrieved five rebounds,[7] while in the second leg he scored seven points in the win abroad of his team by 50–47.[8]
References
- ^ "Boubacar Moungoro Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "DraftExpress - Boubacar Moungoro". DraftExpress. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "DraftExpress - Travis King". DraftExpress. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Boubacar Moungoro - D1 Circuit". D1Circuit. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ "Boubacar Moungoro, internacional absoluto por Mali". ACB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Mali 65–43 Senegal boxscore
- ^ Senegal 47–50 Mali boxscore