Nigerian professional basketball player Festuz Ezeli plays for the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors. In the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association selected him with the thirty-first overall choice. He played center for the Warriors before becoming well-known during his time at Vanderbilt from 2008 to 2012.
He moved to Golden State in 2012 to play alongside All-Star point guard Stephen Curry. In his four years of collegiate basketball at Vanderbilt, he set a school record most blocked shots in a season and was named to the second team of the Southeastern Conference in 2010–2011. The Warriors picked him with the 30th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.
Festus Ezeli Siblings: Meet Kenny Ezeli, Oby Ezeli, Chucky Ezeli
Kenny, Oby, and Chucky Ezeli are Festus Ezeli’s siblings. He was born and raised in Nigeria and at a young age, he dreamed of becoming a doctor. At the age of 14, his parents sent him to Yuba City, California, where he lived with his uncle, a pediatrician by profession. While in America, he also joined a second AAU team and enrolled part-time in Yuba Community College.