Isaac Bonga
| No. 17 – Fraport Skyliners | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | Bundesliga |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 8, 1999 Neuwied, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–present | Skyliners Frankfurt |
Isaac Evolue Etue B. Bonga (born November 8, 1999 in Neuwied) is a German basketball player. He is currently under contract with the Frankfurt Skyliners of the German top-tier Basketball-Bundesliga. Bonga stands 6’8’’ (203 cm) tall, he plays guard and forward. He has been tagged as a potential future NBA draft pick. His parents come from the Congo and emigrated to Germany.[1]
Career
Bonga is a product of Post SV Koblenz and logged his first minutes in senior basketball during the 2014-15 season, when competing in Germany’s fifth-tier 2. Regionalliga with SG Lützel-Post Koblenz. After winning the championship with the team and earning promotion to the fourth division (Regionalliga), he saw action in 24 games during the 2015-16 Regionalliga season, averaging 5.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2 assists per contest. He also represented the under 19-squad of Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany’s top-junior division NBBL.[2]
In June 2016, Bonga signed a four-year deal with the Frankfurt Skyliners of the German top-flight Basketball-Bundesliga.[3] He was invited to the NBA Top 100 camp in Charlottesville, Virginia, the same month.[4] Bonga was one of the top-European prospects to be picked to attend the 2016 Basketball without Borders Camp Europe in Helsinki in September 2016.[5]
Bonga made his Bundesliga debut for Frankfurt in the opening game of the 2016-17 season (against Bamberg).[6]
International career
Bonga played the 2014 and 2015 under-16 European Championships with the German national team.[7]
External links
References
- ↑ ""If people think I'm good or not, I'm not interested in that" – German talent Bonga". heinnews. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "NBBL / JBBL - Spieler-Statistik - - Eintracht Frankfurt / FRAPORT SKYLINERS". statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "FRAPORT SKYLINERS verpflichten Nachwuchs-Nationalspieler Isaac Bonga | FRAPORT SKYLINERS". www.fraport-skyliners.de. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "2016 NBA Top 100 camp player roster | HoopSeen". www.hoopseen.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ↑ "Bonga und Herkenhoff bei Basketball without Borders « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ "easyCredit - 2016-09-23 BAM-FRA". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- ↑ "Isaac Evolue Etue B. Bonga profile, U16 European Championship Men 2015 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2016-06-18.