About Isaac Bonga
Isaac Evolue Etue Bofenda Bonga (born November 8, 1999) is a German professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he began his professional career with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga. Bonga represents the 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 == Bonga was born in Neuwied, Germany to parents originally from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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. Bonga's older brother Tarsis plays association football for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, while his younger brother Joshua also plays basketball. At age seven, Bonga began playing streetball in Neuwied, and two years later, he joined the local club. == Amateur career == 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 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.
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