Nigerian professional basketball player (born 1993)
Chris Obekpa
Obekpa playing for Trabzonspor in 2018
No. 7 – AS Douanes
Position
Center
League
BAL
Personal information
Born
(1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 (age 30) Makurdi, Nigeria
Nationality
Nigerian
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school
Our Savior New American School (Centereach, New York)
College
St. John's (2012–2015)
NBA draft
2016: undrafted
Playing career
2016–present
Career history
2016–2017
Santa Cruz Warriors
2017–2018
Trabzonspor
2018–2019
Al Riyadi
2019–2020
New Zealand Breakers
2021-2022
SLAC
2022
Al-Ahli Benghazi
2022
Rivers Hoopers
2023
ABC Fighters
2023
Dynamo
2023–2024
Sichuan Blue Whales
2024–present
AS Douanes
Career highlights and awards
CBA blocks leader (2024)
BAL blocks leader (2022)
BSL blocks leader (2018)
NCAA season blocks leader (2013)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Christopher Ewaoche Obekpa (born 14 November 1993)[1] is a Nigerian professional basketball player for the AS Douanes of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
He played college basketball for St. John's University in Jamaica, New York from 2012 to 2015. As a freshman in 2012–13 he led NCAA Division I in blocks per game with a 4.03 average. After three years at St. John's, Obekpa transferred to UNLV, redshirted 2015–16, but then declared for the 2016 NBA draft.
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