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Mudiay transferred to Prime Prep Academy in Dallas, Texas with head coach Ray Forsett for his final seasons in high school. Mudiay scored 16 points in the 2011 TAPPS Class 4A Final, helping the team defeat two-time champions Westbury Christian School with the score of 42-37. In his freshman season, Mudiay attended Grace Preparatory Academy in Arlington, Texas where he played alongside Isaiah Austin, who became an elite college center before being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. He primarily spoke French upon arriving in the United States, but his older brother said, 'We felt like Americans.' High school career In 2001, Kabeya and her sons sought asylum in the United States and eventually escaped. He lived under the constant threat of the instability in the region, while his mother grew only enough coffee and vegetables to support their needs. His father died when he was a toddler, and the family was tremendously troubled by the Second Congo War. Mudiay was born on Main Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to Jean-Paul Mudiay and Therese Kabeya. After an injury-riddled season in China, he was selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. He committed to play for the SMU Mustangs men's basketball team on Augbut later made the decision to forgo college and joined the Guangdong Southern Tigers in China. He played high school basketball for Grace Preparatory Academy and Prime Prep Academy in Texas, where he gained much of the media's attention.

#Emmanuel quaqua jr instagram professional#

Emmanuel Kabeya Mudiay (born March 5, 1996) is an Congolese-American professional basketball player who last played for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).