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{{Short description|German basketball player (born 1999)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Isaac Bonga
| image = Isaac Bonga 17 KK Partizan EuroLeague =20241101 Isaac(5) Bonga(cropped).jpg
| caption = Bonga with Partizan in 2024
| image_size = 140px
| position = [[Small forward]]
| number = 17
| height_ft = 6
| position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[Small forward]]
| height_ft height_in = 68
| height_in weight_lb = 8180
| league = [[Basketball League of Serbia|KLS]]<br>[[ABA League]]<br>[[EuroLeague]]
| weight_lb = 175
| team = Partizan Mozzart Bet
| league = [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| number = 17
| team = Fraport Skyliners
| birth_date = {{Birthbirth date and age|1999|11|8}}
| birth_place = [[Neuwied]], Germany
| nationality draft_year = German2018
| high_school draft_round = 2
| college draft_pick = 39
| draft_team = [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
| draft_year =
| draft_round =
| draft_pick =
| draft_team =
| career_start = 2016
| years1 = 2016–present2016–2018
| team1 = [[Skyliners Frankfurt]]
| years2 = 2016–2018
| highlights =
| team2 = → [[Skyliners Juniors]]
| years3 = {{nbay|2018|full=y}}
| team3 = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| years4 = 2018–2019
| team4 = → [[South Bay Lakers]]
| years5 = {{nbay|2019|start}}–{{nbay|2020|end}}
| team5 = [[Washington Wizards]]
| years6 = {{nbay|2021|start}}–{{nbay|2021|end}}
| team6 = [[Toronto Raptors]]
| years7 = [[2021–22 NBA G League season|2021–2022]]
| team7 = → [[Raptors 905]]
| 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]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]}}
{{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 for [[KK Partizan|Partizan Belgrade]] of the [[Basketball 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> Bonga represents the [[Germany national basketball team|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]].
'''Isaac Evolue Etue B.''' '''Bonga''' (born November 8, 1999 in [[Neuwied]]) is a German [[basketball]] player. He is currently under contract with the [[Skyliners Frankfurt|Frankfurt Skyliners]] of the German top-tier [[Basketball Bundesliga|Basketball-Bundesliga]]. Bonga stands 6’8’’ (203&nbsp;cm) tall, he plays guard and forward. He has been tagged as a potential future [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] draft pick. His parents come from the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] and emigrated to Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heinnews.com/basketball/nba/if-people-think-im-good-or-not-im-not-interested-in-that-german-talent-bonga/|title="If people think I’m good or not, I’m not interested in that" – German talent Bonga|date=2016-01-13|website=heinnews|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref>
 
==Early life==
== Professional career ==
Bonga was born in [[Neuwied]], Germany to parents originally from [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref name="bwb">{{cite web|last1=Givony|first1=Jonathan|title=NBA Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp Top Prospects|url=http://www.draftexpress.com/article/NBA-Basketball-Without-Borders-Europe-Camp-Top-Prospects-5662/|publisher=DraftExpress|access-date=April 10, 2018|date=September 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name="leadership">{{cite web|last1=Hein|first1=David|title=Leadership, taking responsibility atop Bonga's development list|url=http://www.adidasngt.com/u18/news/latest/i/7jfmc66n5fsgwb4i/leadership-taking-responsibility-atop-bonga-s-development-list|publisher=[[Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament|Adidas Next Generation Tournament]]|access-date=April 10, 2018|date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> His father emigrated to Germany in the early 1990s with plans to move to Canada, but he instead stayed in the country and began living in [[Frankfurt]] and then [[Koblenz]].<ref name="hein">{{cite web|last1=Hein|first1=David|title="If people think I'm good or not, I'm not interested in that" – German talent Bonga|url=http://www.heinnews.com/basketball/nba/if-people-think-im-good-or-not-im-not-interested-in-that-german-talent-bonga/|publisher=HeinNews|access-date=April 10, 2018|date=January 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name=bwb/> Bonga's older brother [[Tarsis Bonga|Tarsis]] plays [[association football]] for [[1860 München]], while his younger brother [[Joshua Bonga|Joshua]] also plays basketball.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Joshua Bonga signs multi year deal with Zalgiris Kaunas|language=en-US|work=Sportando|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/joshua-bonga-signs-multi-year-deal-with-zalgiris-kaunas/|access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref> At age seven, Bonga began playing [[streetball]] in Neuwied, and two years later, he joined the local club.<ref name=leadership/>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de/nbbl-jbbl/statistik/spieler/index.php?team=1017&saison=2015&spieler_id=26805|title=NBBL / JBBL - Spieler-Statistik - - Eintracht Frankfurt / FRAPORT SKYLINERS|website=statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de|access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref>
 
==Amateur career==
In June 2016, Bonga signed a four-year deal with the [[Skyliners Frankfurt|Frankfurt Skyliners]] of the German top-flight [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news/artikel/datum/2016/06/03/fraport-skyliners-verpflichten-nachwuchs-nationalspieler-isaac-bonga/|title=FRAPORT SKYLINERS verpflichten Nachwuchs-Nationalspieler Isaac Bonga {{!}} FRAPORT SKYLINERS|website=www.fraport-skyliners.de|access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref> He was invited to the NBA Top 100 camp in Charlottesville, Virginia, the same month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoopseen.com/news/event/201606/2016-nba-top-100-camp-player-roster|title=2016 NBA Top 100 camp player roster {{!}} HoopSeen|website=www.hoopseen.com|access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/jugend/u18-herren/bonga-herkenhoff-basketball-without-borders-164198|title=Bonga und Herkenhoff bei Basketball without Borders « Deutscher Basketball Bund|website=www.basketball-bund.de|access-date=2016-07-29}}</ref>
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 level 2 Regionalliga with SG Lützel-Post Koblenz. After winning the championship with the team, and earning a league [[promotion and relegation|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de/nbbl-jbbl/statistik/spieler/index.php?team=1017&saison=2015&spieler_id=26805|title=NBBL / JBBL – Spieler-Statistik – Eintracht Frankfurt / FRAPORT SKYLINERS|website=statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-date=June 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618112619/http://statistik.basketball-bundesliga.de/nbbl-jbbl/statistik/spieler/index.php?team=1017&saison=2015&spieler_id=26805|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==Professional career==
Bonga made his Bundesliga debut for Frankfurt at age 16 on September 23, 2016 in a 84–55 loss against [[Brose Bamberg]], as he played 28 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2016-17/live/2016-09-23-bam-fra/#specialnavi=32|title=easyCredit - 2016-09-23 BAM-FRA|website=www.easycredit-bbl.de|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> 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=1 May 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>
===Skyliners Frankfurt (2016–2018)===
In June 2016, Bonga signed a four-year deal with [[Skyliners Frankfurt]] of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news/artikel/datum/2016/06/03/fraport-skyliners-verpflichten-nachwuchs-nationalspieler-isaac-bonga/|title=FRAPORT SKYLINERS verpflichten Nachwuchs-Nationalspieler Isaac Bonga|website=fraport-skyliners.de|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618112620/http://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news/artikel/datum/2016/06/03/fraport-skyliners-verpflichten-nachwuchs-nationalspieler-isaac-bonga/|archive-date=June 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was invited to the NBA Top 100 camp in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], the same month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoopseen.com/news/event/201606/2016-nba-top-100-camp-player-roster|title=2016 NBA Top 100 camp player roster|website=hoopseen.com|access-date=June 18, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/jugend/u18-herren/bonga-herkenhoff-basketball-without-borders-164198|title=Bonga und Herkenhoff bei Basketball without Borders |website=Deutscher Basketball-Bund|access-date=July 29, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729214647/http://www.basketball-bund.de/news/teams/jugend/u18-herren/bonga-herkenhoff-basketball-without-borders-164198|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Bonga made his Bundesliga debut for the Skyliners at age 16 on September 23, 2016, in an 84–55 loss to [[Brose Bamberg]], as he played 28 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2016-17/live/2016-09-23-bam-fra/#specialnavi=32|title=2016-09-23 BAM-FRA|website=Basketball-Bundesliga|access-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>
== International career ==
Bonga played the 2014 and 2015 under-16 European Championships with the German national team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.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 {{!}} FIBA.COM|website=FIBA.COM|access-date=2016-06-18}}</ref> In 2017, he participated in the [[2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup|FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup]], 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|access-date=2017-07-09}}</ref> en route to a fifth-place finish.
 
===Los Angeles Lakers (2018–2019)===
In November 2017, he was named to the German Men’s National Team roster for the first time in his career to take part in the qualifiers for the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup|2019 FIBA 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=www.basketball-bund.de|access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref> Aged 18 and three months, he made his Germany senior team debut on February 23, 2018, in a World Cup qualifier against Serbia, becoming the youngest German player to do so 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=2018-02-23|language=de-DE}}</ref>
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>
== External links ==
* [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Isaac_Bonga/Germany/Fraport-Skyliners-Frankfurt/323908 Profile at eurobasket.com]
* [http://www.nbadraft.net/players/isaac-bonga Profile at nbadraft.net]
 
===Washington Wizards (2019–2021)===
== References ==
[[File:Isaac Bonga drive (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Bonga drives for a layup during a 2020 game]]
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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>
 
===Toronto Raptors (2021–2022)===
{{Skyliners Frankfurt current roster}}
Bonga signed with the [[Toronto Raptors]] as a free agent on August 12, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 11, 2021|title=Raptors sign F Bonga to contract|url=https://www.tsn.ca/toronto-raptors-isaac-bonga-1.1680728|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=TSN|language=en}}</ref> He saw action in 15 regular season games and had one playoff appearance, but never broke through.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2022 |title=2021–22 Seasons in Review: Khem Birch, Malachi Flynn, Isaac Bonga, and David Johnson |url=https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2022/08/04/2021-22-season-in-review-khem-birch-malachi-flynn-isaac-bonga-and-david-johnson/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=Raptors Republic |language=en}}</ref>
 
===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==
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===NBA===
====Regular season====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2018}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2018–19 Los Angeles Lakers season|L.A. Lakers]]
| 22 || 0 || 5.5 || .152 || .000 || .600 || 1.1 || .7 || .4 || .2 || .9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2019}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2019–20 Washington Wizards season|Washington]]
| '''66''' || '''49''' || '''18.9''' || '''.504''' || '''.352''' || '''.812''' || '''3.4''' || '''1.2''' || '''.7''' || '''.3''' || '''5.0'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2020}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2020–21 Washington Wizards season|Washington]]
| 40 || 8 || 10.8 || .370 || .277 || .625 || 1.7 || .6 || .3 || .2 || 2.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2021}}
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2021–22 Toronto Raptors season|Toronto]]
| 15 || 0 || 4.6 || .231 || .250 || .625 || .5 || .3 || .5 || .1 || .8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 143 || 57 || 13.1 || .432 || .300 || .759 || 2.2 || .8 || .5 || .3 || 3.1
{{S-end}}
 
====Play-in====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2021 NBA playoffs|2021]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2020–21 Washington Wizards season|Washington]]
| 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}}
 
====Playoffs====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2021 NBA playoffs|2021]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2020–21 Washington Wizards season|Washington]]
| '''4''' || 0 || 2.5 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || '''.2''' || 0.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2022 NBA playoffs|2022]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2021–22 Toronto Raptors season|Toronto]]
| 1 || 0 || '''3.0''' || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || '''1.000''' || '''1.0''' || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || '''2.0'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 5 || 0 || 2.6 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || .2 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .2 || 0.4
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===EuroLeague===
{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2022–23 EuroLeague|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]]
| '''31''' || 21 || 19.9 || '''.439''' || .299 || .795 || '''4.2''' || '''1.2''' || .7 || '''.3''' || 5.8 || '''7.2'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 61 || 43 || 20.1 || .414 || .315 || .800 || 4.0 || 1.1 || .8 || .2 || 6.1 || 7.0
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===Basketball Champions League===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2016–17 Basketball Champions League|2016–17]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Skyliners Frankfurt]]
| 4 || 0 || 3.2 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .5 || .7 || {{sort|-|—}} || 0.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 4 || 0 || 3.2 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .5 || .7 || {{sort|-|—}} || 0.0
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===Domestic leagues===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"
! Year
! Team
! League
! {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! {{Tooltip|MPG|Minutes per game}}
! {{Tooltip|FG%|Field goal percentage}}
! {{Tooltip|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}}
! {{Tooltip|FT%|Free-throw percentage}}
! {{Tooltip|RPG|Rebounds per game}}
! {{Tooltip|APG|Assists per game}}
! {{Tooltip|SPG|Steals per game}}
! {{Tooltip|BPG|Blocks per game}}
! {{Tooltip|PPG|Points per game}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2016–17 ProB|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]] || 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]] || 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]] || 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]] || 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]] || 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]] || 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]] || 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==
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==External links==
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* [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/isaac%20bonga/pid//_//players.html Isaac Bonga] at fiba.com
* [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Isaac_Bonga/Germany/Fraport-Skyliners-Frankfurt/323908 Issac Bonga] at eurobasket.com
 
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