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Line 3: {{Infobox basketball biography \| name = Isaac Bonga \| image = ~~2022-11-10~~Isaac ~~ALBA~~Bonga ~~Berlin~~17 ~~gegen~~KK FCPartizan ~~Bayern~~EuroLeague ~~München~~20241101 (~~EuroLeague~~5) ~~2022-23~~(cropped) ~~by Sandro Halank–042~~.jpg \| caption = Bonga with ~~Munich~~Partizan in ~~2022~~2024 \| position = [[Small forward]] \| height_ft = 6 \| height_in = 8 \| weight_lb = 180 \| league = [[Basketball League of Serbia\|KLS]]<br>[[ABA League]]<br>[[EuroLeague]] ~~\| league =~~ \| team = Partizan Mozzart Bet \| number = 17 \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1999\|11\|8}} \| birth_place = [[Neuwied]], Germany Line 35: \| years8 = 2022–2024 \| team8 = [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)\|Bayern Munich]] \| years9 = 2024–present \| team9 = [[KK Partizan\|Partizan]] \| highlights = * [[Basketball Bundesliga\|Bundesliga]] winner ([[2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga\|2024]]) * [[BBL-Pokal\|German Cup]] winner ([[2022–23 BBL-Pokal\|2023]], [[2023–24 BBL-Pokal\|2024]]) \| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport\|Men's [[basketball]]}} Line 44 ⟶ 45: {{MedalGold\|[[2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup\|2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia]]\|}} }} '''Isaac Evolue Etue Bofenda Bonga''' (born November 8, 1999) is a German professional [[basketball]] player ~~who last played~~ for [[FCKK ~~Bayern Munich (basketball)~~Partizan\|FCPartizan ~~Bayern Munich~~Belgrade]] of the [[Basketball ~~Bundesliga~~League of Serbia]] (KLS), the [[ABA League\|Adriatic League]] and the [[EuroLeague]]. Standing {{height\|ft=6\|in=8}}, he began his professional career with [[Skyliners Frankfurt]] of the Basketball Bundesliga.<ref name="fullname">{{cite web\|last1=Timur Tinç\|first1=Von\|title=Basketball statt Schule\|url=http://www.fr.de/sport/rhein-main/skyliners/isaac-bonga-basketball-statt-schule-a-1327429\|website=[[Frankfurter Rundschau]]\|access-date=April 10, 2018\|language=de-DE\|date=August 7, 2017}}</ref> ~~Born in [[Neuwied]],~~ Bonga represents the ~~senior~~ [[~~German~~Germany national basketball team\|~~German~~Germany national team]] in international competitions. He was selected by the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] (second round, 39th overall) and immediately traded to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] in the [[2018 NBA draft]]. ==Early life== Line 59 ⟶ 60: ===Los Angeles Lakers (2018–2019)=== On May 1, 2017, Bonga signed with agents Jason Ranne and Thad Foucher to enter the [[2018 NBA draft]],<ref>{{cite tweet\|user=DraftExpress\|author=Jonathan Givony\|number=859078911950331904\|date=May 1, 2017\|title=Jason Ranne and Thad Foucher of @Wasserman have signed elite 1999 German prospect Isaac Bonga for the 2018 NBA draft, the agency announces.}}</ref> and entered the 2018 NBA draft as one of 54 international players to enter the draft that year.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Boone\|first1=Kyle\|title=NBA Draft 2018: Who's staying in and who's going back to college after testing the waters\|url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/nba-draft-2018-whos-staying-in-and-whos-going-back-to-college-after-testing-the-waters/\|website=CBSSports.com\|date=May 31, 2018 \|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On June 21, 2018, Bonga was selected with the 39th overall pick in the [[2018 NBA draft]] by the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] on behalf of the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. On July 6, the Lakers officially acquired Bonga in a trade involving the 76ers trading him to the Lakers in exchange for a 2019 second round pick and cash considerations.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Lakers Acquire Isaac Bonga in Trade with Philadelphia \|url=https://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/180706bonga-trade-philadelphia \|website=Lakers.com \|date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> After the acquisition, he signed a rookie scale contract with the Lakers.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/180706-lakers-sign-isaac-bonga\|title=Lakers Sign Isaac Bonga\|publisher=National Basketball Association\|date=July 6, 2018\|access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> He was assigned to their [[NBA G League]] team [[South Bay Lakers]] on October 22, after having appeared in preseason contests for the Los Angeles Lakers.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://southbay.gleague.nba.com/news/los-angeles-lakers-assign-isaac-bonga-to-south-bay/\|title=Los Angeles Lakers assign Isaac Bonga to South Bay \|work=South Bay Lakers\|access-date=October 29, 2018\|archive-date=April 18, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418011807/https://southbay.gleague.nba.com/news/los-angeles-lakers-assign-isaac-bonga-to-south-bay/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his G League debut on November 3, Bonga scored 27 points in a 108–106 loss to the [[Stockton Kings]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://gleague.nba.com/games/20181103/STOSBL/\|title=11/03/18: Stockton Kings @ South Bay Lakers \|work=NBA G League\|access-date=November 4, 2018}}</ref> He made his NBA debut on December 7, 2018, playing one minute and seven seconds against the [[San Antonio Spurs]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.nba.com/leaguepass/\|title=Features {{!}} National Basketball Association\|publisher=National Basketball Association\|access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref> On December 20, 2018, Bonga was sent back to the G League.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Lakers' Isaac Bonga: Shipped back to G League\|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/lakers-isaac-bonga-shipped-back-to-g-league/\|website=CBS Sports\|access-date=February 1, 2019\|date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> Bonga saw the hardwood in 22 games in his NBA rookie season to average 0.9 points and 1.1 rebounds.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://stats.nba.com/player/1629067/\|title=Isaac Bonga\|website=NBA Stats\|language=en\|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> In G League play, he tallied 11.9 points per game in 31 contests as a rookie.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/isaac-bonga/\|title=Isaac Bonga\|website=NBA G League\|language=en-US\|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> ===Washington Wizards (2019–2021)=== [[File:Isaac Bonga drive (cropped).jpg\|thumb\|right\|Bonga drives for a layup during a 2020 game]] On July 5, 2019, Bonga was traded to the [[Washington Wizards]] in a three-team trade.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nba.com/wizards/wizards-acquire-wagner-bonga-jones-lakers-trade\|title=Wizards acquire Wagner, Jones and Bonga from Lakers\|publisher=National Basketball Association\|date=July 5, 2019}}</ref> With the Wizards, he averaged 5 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists per game in his first year (2019–20). In the 2020–21 season, he averaged 2 points, 1.7 rebounds and .6 assists per contest.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Isaac Bonga Stats\|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bongais01.html\|access-date=May 31, 2021\|website=Basketball-Reference.com\|language=en}}</ref> Line 71 ⟶ 73: ===Bayern Munich (2022–2024)=== On August 19, 2022, Bonga signed a two-year deal with German powerhouse [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)\|Bayern Munich]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=August 19, 2022 \|title=Die Bayern holen Nationalspieler Isaac Bonga aus der NBA zurück \|url=https://fcbayern.com/basketball/de/news/2022-23/08/bonga2024 \|access-date=August 19, 2022 \|website=FC Bayern München}}</ref> With the Munich team, Bonga won the 2024 German championship as well as the 2023 and 2024 German Cup championship.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-06-14 \|title=Sieg in Berlin: Bayerns Basketballer sind Deutscher Meister \|url=https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/sport/basketball-bbl-playoff-alba-bayern-100.html \|access-date=2024-06-23 \|website=ZDF \|language=de}}</ref> On July 10, 2024, Bonga parted ways with the German club. ===Partizan (2024–present)=== On August 20, 2024, Bonga signed with [[KK Partizan\|Partizan]] of the [[ABA League]], [[Basketball League of Serbia]] (KLS) and the [[EuroLeague]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Crno-bela simfonija: Nova energija i duh tradicije Partizana na ulasku u sezonu 2024-25\|url=https://partizan.basketball/vesti/aktuelno/3738\|website=Partizan.basketball\|date=August 20, 2024\|access-date=August 20, 2024\|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|first=Igor\|last=Petrinovic\|title=Partizan reels Isaac Bonga to Belgrade\|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/news/kk-partizan-reels-in-isaac-bonga-to-belgrade/\|website=EuroLeagueBasketball.net\|date=August 19, 2024\|access-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Isaac Bonga on joining Partizan: 'It wasn't an easy decision' \|url=https://basketnews.com/news-210930-isaac-bonga-on-joining-partizan-it-wasnt-an-easy-decision.html \|access-date=2024-08-26 \|website=basketnews.com \|language=en}}</ref> ==Career statistics== Line 106 ⟶ 111: \| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 5.3 \|\| .500 \|\| 1.000 \|\| {{sort\|-\|–}} \|\| 1.0 \|\| 1.0 \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| 3.0 \|- class="sortbottom" \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\| Career \| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 5.3 \|\| .500 \|\| 1.000 \|\| {{sort\|-\|–}} \|\| 1.0 \|\| 1.0 \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| 3.0 {{s-end}} Line 128 ⟶ 133: {{Euroleague player statistics start}} \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2022–23 EuroLeague\|~~2022-23~~2022–23]] \| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"\| [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)\|Bayern Munich]] \| 30 \|\| '''22''' \|\| '''20.3''' \|\| .391 \|\| '''.333''' \|\| '''.804''' \|\| 3.9 \|\| 1.1 \|\| '''.8''' \|\| .1 \|\| '''6.4''' \|\| 6.8 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2023–24 EuroLeague\|~~2023-24~~2023–24]] \| '''31''' \|\| 21 \|\| 1019.29 \|\| '''.439''' \|\| .299 \|\| .795 \|\| '''4.2''' \|\| '''1.2''' \|\| .7 \|\| '''.3''' \|\| 5.8 \|\| '''7.2''' \|- class="sortbottom" \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\| Career Line 142 ⟶ 147: {{NBA player statistics start}} \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2016–17 Basketball Champions League\|~~2016-17~~2016–17]] \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[Skyliners Frankfurt]] \| 4 \|\| 0 \|\| 3.2 \|\| .000 \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| .5 \|\| .7 \|\| {{sort\|-\|—}} \|\| 0.0 Line 166 ⟶ 171: ! {{Tooltip\|PPG\|Points per game}} \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2016–17 ProB\|~~2016-17~~2016–17]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|Germany\|size=20px}} [[Skyliners Juniors]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[ProB]] \|\| 21 \|\| 27.7 \|\| .385 \|\| .230 \|\| .695 \|\| 6.2 \|\| 3.9 \|\| 1.2 \|\| .7 \|\| 10.5 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga\|~~2016-17~~2016–17]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|Germany\|size=20px}} [[Skyliners Frankfurt]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[Basketball Bundesliga\|BBL]] \|\| 15 \|\| 9.0 \|\| .370 \|\| .000 \|\| .333 \|\| 1.2 \|\| .5 \|\| .5 \|\| .1 \|\| 1.4 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[ProB\|~~2017-18~~2017–18]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|Germany\|size=20px}} [[Skyliners Juniors]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[ProB]] \|\| 7 \|\| 26.5 \|\| .458 \|\| .259 \|\| .900 \|\| 5.0 \|\| 3.0 \|\| 2.4 \|\| .7 \|\| 14.3 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga\|~~2017-18~~2017–18]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|Germany\|size=20px}} [[Skyliners Frankfurt]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[Basketball Bundesliga\|BBL]] \|\| 33 \|\| 21.3 \|\| .420 \|\| .343 \|\| .921 \|\| 3.1 \|\| 2.3 \|\| 1.0 \|\| .4 \|\| 6.0 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2018–19 NBA G League season\|~~2018-19~~2018–19]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|USA\|size=20px}} [[South Bay Lakers]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[NBA G League\|G League]] \|\| 31 \|\| 28.1 \|\| .432 \|\| .344 \|\| .816 \|\| 6.2 \|\| 2.7 \|\| 1.2 \|\| 1.1 \|\| 11.9 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2021–22 NBA G League season\|~~2021-22~~2021–22]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|USA\|size=20px}} [[Raptors 905]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[NBA G League\|G League]] \|\| 24 \|\| 28.0 \|\| .447 \|\| .297 \|\| .784 \|\| 9.5 \|\| 3.6 \|\| 1.2 \|\| .8 \|\| 13.2 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga\|~~2022-23~~2022–23]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|Germany\|size=20px}} [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)\|Bayern Munich]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[Basketball Bundesliga\|BBL]] \|\| 35 \|\| 22.0 \|\| .475 \|\| .407 \|\| .750 \|\| 5.1 \|\| 1.7 \|\| .6 \|\| .3 \|\| 8.8 \|- \| style="text-align:left;"\| [[2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga\|~~2023-24~~2023–24]] \|\| style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|Germany\|size=20px}} [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)\|Bayern Munich]] \|\| style="text-align:center;"\|[[Basketball Bundesliga\|BBL]] \|\| 41 \|\| 19.6 \|\| .508 \|\| .447 \|\| .786 \|\| 4.6 \|\| 1.7 \|\| .7 \|\| .7 \|\| 8.3 {{S-end}} ==National team career== [[File:2023-08-09 Deutschland gegen Kanada (Basketball-Länderspiel) by Sandro Halank–072 (cropped).jpg\|thumb\|right\|Bonga swipes the ball away from Canada's [[Kyle Alexander]] during a 2023 game]] Bonga played at both the [[2014 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]] and the [[2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]] for the [[Germany national under-17 basketball team\|German under-16 national team]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/115726/sid/11538/tid/288/_/2015_U16_European_Championship_Men/index.html\|title=Isaac Evolue Etue B. Bonga profile, U16 European Championship Men 2015\|website=FIBA.COM\|access-date=June 18, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, he participated in the [[2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup]] with the [[Germany national under-19 basketball team\|German under-19 national team]], averaging 6.6 points in seven contests<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/fr/world/u19/2017/Germany#tab=overview,average_statistics\|title=Allemagne at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 – FIBA.basketball\|website=FIBA.basketball\|language=fr-FR\|access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> en route to a fifth-place finish. In November 2017, he was named to the senior [[Germany national basketball team\|German men's national team]] roster for the first time in his career, to take part in [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe)\|the qualifiers]] for the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/dbb-herren-roedl-nominiert-kader-179685\|title=DBB-Herren: Rödl nominiert Kader – Deutscher Basketball Bund\|website=basketball-bund.de\|date=November 3, 2017 \|access-date=November 4, 2017}}</ref> Aged 18 and three months, he made his German senior national team debut on February 23, 2018, in a World Cup qualifier against [[Serbian national basketball team\|Serbia]], becoming the youngest German player to play for the senior team in 40 years.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/basketball/startseite/718089/artikel_quali-ueberraschung_deutschland-schlaegt-serbien.html\|title=Quali-Überraschung: Deutschland schlägt Serbien\|last=Germany\|first=kicker online, Nürnberg\|work=kicker online\|access-date=February 23, 2018\|language=de-DE}}</ref> Bonga played for Germany at the [[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament\|2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo. In four appearances (four starts) at the Olympics, he averaged 8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per contest.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Allemagne at the Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020\|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/fr/olympics/men/2020/team/Germany\|access-date=August 12, 2021\|website=FIBA.basketball\|language=fr}}</ref> ==References== Line 197 ⟶ 203: * [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Isaac_Bonga/Germany/Fraport-Skyliners-Frankfurt/323908 Issac Bonga] at eurobasket.com {{KK Partizan current roster}} {{Navboxes\|list= {{2018 NBA draft}} {{Germany Squad 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonga, Isaac}} Line 205 ⟶ 215: [[Category:2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players]] [[Category:Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:FC Bayern Munich basketball players]] [[Category:~~FIBA~~KK ~~Basketball World Cup-winning~~Partizan players]] [[Category:FIBA Basketball World Cup–winning players]] [[Category:German expatriate basketball people in the United States]] [[Category:German men's basketball players]] [[Category:German sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent]] Line 212 ⟶ 225: [[Category:NBA players from Germany]] [[Category:Olympic basketball players for Germany]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Neuwied]]▼ [[Category:Philadelphia 76ers draft picks]] [[Category:Raptors 905 players]] Line 218 ⟶ 230: [[Category:Small forwards]] [[Category:South Bay Lakers players]] ▲[[Category:Sportspeople from Neuwied]] [[Category:Toronto Raptors players]] [[Category:Washington Wizards players]] [[Category:~~Basketball~~21st-century ~~players~~German ~~at the 2024 Summer Olympics~~sportsmen]]