I can just imagine someone reading briefly reading info about this kid... “I see he’s a local Ouagadougou county product, must have transferred in from OCC right?!”I hadn't noticed that we picked up a Grad Transfer from Ouagadougou. 6'6" Athlete of the year for the entire country of Burkina Faso. I'm stoked.
A small country in West Africa.From where?! Sounds like a guinea to me
That's too funny. Maybe someone should suggest to the mayor that we need a new sister city.I can just imagine someone reading briefly reading info about this kid... “I see he’s a local Ouagadougou county product, must have transferred in from OCC right?!”
I think he started looking for colleges in the states and saw Syracuse was in Onondaga and figured that was pretty much the same as Ouagadougou.Well, playing in Ouagadougou qualifies as a home game for us so this makes sense
A more coordinated Carlton? I think not.View attachment 142359View attachment 142360
A much larger and more coordinated Carlton? Gotta be a new fan favorite. Just need a Carlton Dance after every dunk.
Really? Not Rapture?Balandi? Okay. First guy who tries to make a Heart of Glass reference is banned for a year.
From where?! Sounds like a guinea to me
It used to be called Upper Volta, if that's helps. You probably never heard that name, either, unless you've done a jigsaw puzzle of African nations. I recall my brother, who was in the Peace Corps, made one once.
Burkina Faso - Wikipedia
it was once ruled by a Colonel Laminzana!!! (Herve was born in the Ivory Coast. No idea if he's related but he could be a cousin of some sort.)
Really good story. Sounds like a neat kid who has had a lot of life experiences already.
"I'll always be Myanmar to me..."It used to be called Upper Volta, if that's helps.