Mohamed Bamba is 18 years old and 7 foot tall. He has a wingspan of nearly 7’9″ and a standing reach of 9’6″. Keep in mind that the basket stands at 10′ 0″. He is ranked as the third best overall prospect in the ESPN class of 2017. The recent University of Texas commit appears to have a solid academic background as the Harlem native, via family from Ivory Coast, has been enrolled at private schools for the past five years, with the last three at The private boarding Westtown School in Pennsylvania.
Barring injury or the unlikelihood that he will be one of the all time busts, Mohamed is likely a NBA draft lottery pick and with the increased salary cap, reasonably stands to make well over $100 million in a 10 plus year NBA career. Of course none of this is yet guaranteed, but that is the likely projections for an athletic 7 footer with an incredible wingspan.
Well evidently Mohamed has a brother who couldn’t wait a year before showing his ass and he launched one of the all time premature and dumbest snitching campaigns of all time. Ibrahim Johnson made a nearly 23 minute video live on Facebook in which he attempted to air out dirty laundry concerning his brother with the explicit intent to end his opportunity to play basketball for the University of Texas. READ MORE