Paul Eboua

Paul Herman Eboua (born 15 February 2000) is a Cameroonian-Italian professional basketball player for Stella Azzurra Roma of the Serie B Basket.

Paul Eboua
Eboua in November 2019
No. 12 – Stella Azzurra Roma
PositionSmall forward
LeagueSerie B Basket
Personal information
Born (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000
Yaoundé, Cameroon
NationalityCameroonian / Italian
Listed height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight97 kg (214 lb)
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2017–presentStella Azzurra Roma
2018–2019→Roseto Sharks
2019–2020→VL Pesaro

Early life and career

Eboua was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon but grew up in Douala.[1] He started playing basketball at age 14 while attending Lycée de Makepe in Douala.[2] In 2015, while playing at the University of Douala, he was noticed by Italian club Stella Azzurra Roma.[3] That summer, Eboua moved to Rome, his family staying in Cameroon, to join Stella Azzurra, despite not speaking Italian or English and having only one year of basketball experience.[4][5] His teammate Jordan Philippe Bayehe, who was also from Cameroon, helped him acclimate.[6]

On 15 April 2016, Eboua played in the Jordan Brand Classic International Game in Brooklyn, New York.[7] In January 2018, he averaged 14.8 points and 11 rebounds per game at the Kaunas tournament of the Adidas Next Generation Tournament (ANGT), an international junior competition, leading Stella Azzurra to the ANGT finals in Belgrade.[4] In the following month, Eboua participated in a Basketball Without Borders camp in Los Angeles.[8]

Professional career

In the 2017–18 season, Eboua played for Stella Azzurra Roma in the Serie B Basket, averaging 3.3 points and 4.1 rebounds in 20 games.[9] On 7 October 2018, he was loaned to Roseto Sharks in the Serie A2 Basket, the second-tier Italian league.[10] On 13 January 2019, he recorded season-highs of 18 points and nine rebounds a win over Pallacanestro Mantovana. In 35 games, Eboua averaged 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 14.9 minutes per game.[11] On 20 April 2019, he declared for the 2019 NBA draft. However, he withdrew from the draft in June.[12]

On 9 July 2019, Eboua was loaned to VL Pesaro of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the top Italian league, for one season.[13] On 9 September, he was sidelined for about one month after suffering a knee sprain in a car accident in Trieste.[14] On 5 January 2020, Eboua scored a career-high 20 points in a loss to Pallacanestro Trieste.[15] On 19 January, he recorded 15 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to Dinamo Sassari.[16] Eboua finished the season averaging 7.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game.[17] On 18 April, he parted ways with VL Pesaro to return to Stella Azzurra.[18] One week later, Eboua declared for the 2020 NBA draft "with the full intent to stay in."[19]

References
  1. Hein, David (19 February 2017). "Basketball a series of firsts for Stellazzurra star talent Eboua". heinnews. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. "Eurohopes interviews Paul Eboua". Eurohopes. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. "Le jeune camerounais Paul Eboua 16 ans, aux portes de la NBA" (in French). Bonaberi.com. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. Hein, David (22 April 2018). "From Cameroon to Belgrade, Stellazzurra's Eboua emerges as top talent". Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. "Paul Eboua – Interview : « A chaque fois que j'ai failli baisser les bras j'ai pensé à ma famille »" (in French). rue2ponpon. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. Tuzzi, Giovanni Matteo (10 May 2018). "Le interviste di Dailybasket: Paul Eboua" (in Italian). DailyBasket.it. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. "Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics" (PDF). Jordan Brand Classic. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  8. Woo, Jeremy (19 February 2018). "Evaluating the Top International Prospects at Basketball Without Borders". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. "Paul herman Eboua". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. "Oct 7, 2018 - Roseto Sharks 78 at Pallacanestro Generale Mantovana 85". RealGM. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  11. "Serie A2 Est – Roseto Sharks Roseto-Mantova: Le Pagelle Del Professor Lorenzo Settepanella". Roseto (in Italian). 13 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  12. Givony, Jonathan (20 April 2019). "2000-born Cameroonian forward Paul Eboua has entered the 2019 NBA draft according to his agents Maurizio Balducci and Doug Neustadt. 6'8 PF with a 7'3 wingspan has huge potential defensively and will get plenty of NBA interest". Twitter. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  13. "VL Pesaro signs Paul Eboua". Sportando. July 9, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  14. "Vuelle Pesaro, Eboua fuori per un mese per un incidente". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  15. "Basket, Serie A 2020: 17ma giornata. Trieste condanna Pesaro, Varese espugna Treviso". OA Sport (in Italian). 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  16. Perugini, Davide (20 January 2020). "Sassari troppo forte, ma non è stata la miglior Vuelle. L'analisi di Pu24" (in Italian). pu24.it. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  17. "Paul Eboua lascia Pesaro e torna alla Stella Azzurra, ma il suo obiettivo rimane l'NBA" (in Italian). SuperBasket. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  18. Borghesan, Ennio Terrasi (18 April 2020). "VL Pesaro, Paul Eboua part ways as young forward returns to Stella Azzurra Rome". Sportando. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  19. Givony, Jonathan (25 April 2020). "Cameroon's Paul Eboua declares for NBA draft". ESPN. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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