Somalis in D1 Basketball

[Tukraq]

former D1 player for Washington state, Faisal Aden

current d1 player for Washington state in Ahmed Ali

and next years incoming d1 player for eastern Washington in Abdul Mohamed

we need more making D1 tbh

 

[SOMALIKNIGHT]

Who is that man in the second picture? His adopted father?

 

[Tukraq]

Who is that man in the second picture? His adopted father?

his coach lol

 

[SOMALIKNIGHT]

his coach lol

That's not his coach. It looks like a family picture

 

[kickz]

I think we are more likely to go pro in MLS than the NBA

 

[Tukraq]

That's not his coach. It looks like a family picture

its literally the Washington state coach lol, the player is ahmeddude top 5s brother who scored 103 points

 

[Tukraq]

I think we are more likely to go pro in MLS than the NBA

were already pro in the mls lol

theres a geeljire who plays for Seattle, I seems all our talent is in Washington state

 

[Tukraq]

Who is that man in the second picture? His adopted father?

hes also @Suldaanka s cousin I think and is a warsangeli

 

[Jiron]

former D1 player for Washington state, Faisal Aden

Faisal was outscoring and better than his teammate Klay Thompson who is now NBA superstar
unfortunately he suffered a horrific injury, I hope to god his doing ok because it can really mess you up mentally to get so close to ur dreams and then losing everything.

 

[babooshke]

its literally the Washington state coach lol, the player is ahmeddude top 5s brother who scored 103 points

Ahmed Ali was doing so well at Eastern Florida cause he was playing trash teams. Now on Washington State, he's terrible now when he's actually playing d1 level teams

 

[World]

Ahmed Ali was doing so well at Eastern Florida cause he was playing trash teams. Now on Washington State, he's terrible now when he's actually playing d1 level teams

How tall is he? He seems rather short to be playing D1.

 

[babooshke]

How tall is he? He seems rather short to be playing D1.

5'11 with shoes. so like 5'10, 5'9.5

 

[World]

5'11 with shoes. so like 5'10, 5'9.5

WTF. How can he be playing D1 basketball at that height?

Even 6’1-2 is kinda short.

 

[World]

Somalis don’t have the genes to make it in pro basketball I think

In a country of 327 million, Somalis only make up 135k.

So don’t be surprised that hardly any Somalis make it to D1, I’m surprised there are a few actually. Genetics and population size is working against us.

 

[Tukraq]

Somalis don’t have the genes to make it in pro basketball I think

In a country of 327 million, Somalis only make up 135k.

So don’t be surprised that hardly any Somalis make it to D1, I’m surprised there are a few actually. Genetics and population size is working against us.

that last guy I posted thats coming in is the same height as Dwight Howard lol so we defiantly got the genes

 

[World]

that last guy I posted thats coming in is the same height as Dwight Howard lol so we defiantly got the genes

He’s 6’11?

 

[Tukraq]

He’s 6’11?

6'11 with shoes like Howard

 

[World]

6'11 with shoes like Howard

When you’re at that height, it’s different. He’s one inch off 7 ft tall, and at that height, you have a 17 % playing in the nba.

 

[Tukraq]

When you’re at that height, it’s different. He’s one inch off 7 ft tall, and at that height, you have a 17 % playing in the nba.

his older brother in the picture with the beard is 7 foot but isn't any good lol, the moms like 6'2

 

[World]

his older brother in the picture with the beard is 7 foot but isn't any good lol, the moms like 6'2

The fact that there are Somalis at that height who don’t play for the nba let alone D1, is an argument against our genetics when it comes to basketball and not for lol.