Mo Bamba (basketball player)

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Mo Bamba is an American professional basketball center known for his exceptional length, shot-blocking ability, and for being the subject of rapper Sheck Wes’s hit song “Mo Bamba.”

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Mo Bamba (basketball player) canonical 3
"Mo Bamba" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf center (basketball)
human
professional basketball player
birthName Mohamed Fakaba Bamba
collegeAttended University of Texas at Austin
countryOfCitizenship Côte d’Ivoire
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

United States of America
dateOfBirth 1998-05-12
declaredForDraftAfterSeason 2017–18 NCAA season
draftedBy Orlando Magic
draftLeague NBA
draftPickNumber 6
draftRound 1
draftYear 2018
ethnicOrigin Ivorian-American
familyName Bamba
fullName Mohamed Fakaba Bamba
givenName Mohamed
height 213 cm
7 ft 0 in
highSchoolAttended Cardinal Hayes High School
Westtown School
inspiredWorkBy Sheck Wes
jerseyNumber 11
5
knownFor exceptional length and wingspan
shot-blocking ability
languageSpoken English
leaguePlayedIn NCAA Division I
memberOfSportsTeam Los Angeles Lakers
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Texas Longhorns men's basketball
linked to: Texas Longhorns

Toronto Raptors
NBADebutLeague NBA
notableAttribute elite rim protection
three-point shooting for a center
placeOfBirth Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
playsSport basketball
positionPlayed center
recognizedAs McDonald’s All-American
recruitedAs five-star recruit
religion Islam
songSubjectOf Mo Bamba (song)
sportNumberOfSeasonsAtCollege 1
sportsDiscipline shot blocking
wingspan 239 cm
7 ft 10 in

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sheck Wes associatedWith Mo Bamba (basketball player)
subject linked to: Fall
Mo Bamba namedAfter Mo Bamba (basketball player)
Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall associatedAct Mo Bamba (basketball player)
subject linked to: Khadimou
Mohamed Bamba inspiredWork "Mo Bamba"
linked to: Mo Bamba (basketball player)