At one time he was the best defender of the NCAA League, later he played for the NBA teams Utah and Phoenix, and he will have the opportunity to present himself to Europe in the Buducnost Volija jersey.
Judoka Azubuike is one of the sound reinforcements of the Montenegrin basketball champion, he recently arrived in Podgorica, and announces an exciting season in the blue jersey.
"What can the fans expect from me? A player with great energy, someone who will play with a lot of enthusiasm... It will be fun," said the guy who was born in Nigeria and who moved to the United States as a boy.
Azubuike graduated from Peter House High School in Jacksonville, after which he transferred to the University of Kansas, where he developed into a great defensive player.
"That college has great support for the players, those are the images I remember best from Kansas," added the new center of the Future.
As the best player of the NCAA league and as the 27th pick, he arrived in the NBA league - in the Utah Jazz, where he could work next to one of the best defenders on the planet, Rudy Gober.
"He's really defensively very good, he goes for every shot. I watched him every day and tried to learn from him - it was a good experience, for sure," emphasized Azubuike.
A move to Phoenix followed, where he trained with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and other Sans masters...
"These are guys who like to play basketball, who compete not only in games, but also in training," he pointed out.
At the beginning of his career, from his time in Jacksonville, he had the opportunity to play against Joel Embiid, the guy who won the MVP title in the NBA two seasons ago.
"Yes, I played against him, he was very talented, you could see right away that he had great potential," concluded Azubuike.
The new season of Azubuika and Budućnost will open in about twenty days when the AdmiralBet ABA league starts.
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