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Chinanu Onuaku is an American professional basketball player. Chinanu Onuaku plays for the ‘Goyang Sono Skygunners’ of the Korea Basketball League and used to play college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. He is popular for using free kicks under him.
Early life
Chinanu Onuaku was born in Lanham, Maryland, USA, on November 1, 1996. He is 27 years old and is under the astrological sign of Scorpio. She holds American nationality and her ethnicity is African American. His full name is Chinanu Michael Onuaku.
His mother’s name is Nwaneka and his father’s name is Christopher Onuaku. He also has three older brothers and his names are Ify, Arinze and Chuk. His brother, Arinze, is also a professional basketball player.
Chinanu Onuaku – Education
Regarding Onuaku’s educational background and qualifications, he attended Riverdale Baptist School and then attended the University of Louisville.
Career and professional life
Chinanu Onuaku during his high school years was able to average 12.4 points, 12.7 rebounds and 5.5 blocks per game. This helped lead his team to a 30-9 record and the Capital Beltway Conference title. Then, after graduating, he was considered a highly regarded prospect, ranking in the top 75 by Rivals.com and ESPN, and Scout.com recognized him as the seventh-best center in the country.
And, after his time in high school, he went on to play college basketball for two seasons, from 2014 to 2016. During his sophomore year, he had an impressive stat line, averaging 9.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2 .0 blocks per game. His performance earned him recognition, including being on the All-ACC defensive team and receiving All-ACC honorable mentions. He also recorded 11 double-doubles throughout the season. It was in May 2016 that he decided to enter the NBA draft.
Likewise, on June 23, 2016, the Houston Rockets selected Onuaku with the 37th overall pick in the NBA draft. He then joined them for the NBA Summer League. On July 20, 2016 he signed with the Rockets. He was then able to make his NBA debut on December 26, 2016 and had a solid performance with six points and three rebounds in the win against the Phoenix Suns. Additionally, during his rookie season, he was able to play for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Rockets’ D-League affiliate. However, he faced a suspension for shoving a game official during the 2017 NBA D-League Finals.
Subtitle: Chinanu Onuaku playing (Source: littorina)
More about career
The Houston Rockets traded Chinanu Onuaku to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Maarty Leunen on August 2, 2018. However, he was waived just four days later. He then signed with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 4, 2018. Unfortunately, his time with the Trail Blazers was short-lived as he was released on October 13, 2018.
Then, on October 20, he was selected as the second overall pick in the 2018 NBA G League draft by the Greensboro Swarm. After that, he was able to play for Wonju DB Promy in South Korea during the 2019-2020 season. He had impressive statistics, averaging 14.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. He then signed with Zadar in the Croatian League on October 14, 2020.
Additionally, he joined Bnei Herzliya in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2021. And, in 2022, Bnei Herzliya won the Israel Basketball State Cup with Onuaku as the game’s MVP. He even led the league in rebounds for the 2021-22 season, averaging 9.9 per game.
Furthermore, Onuaku joined Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) on July 20, 2022. But then on November 13, 2022, he changed teams and signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Basketball Premier League Israeli. And most recently, on July 27, 2023, he signed for Joventut Badalona of Spain’s Liga ACB.
Subtitle: Chinanu Onuaku showing her trophies (Source: Instagram)
Chinanu Onuaku – Marital Status
Chinanu Onuaku is in a relationship but we do not know the name of her partner. The couple also has a daughter together. Onuaku shares many photos of her daughter on her social accounts and is very happy and loves her daughter very much.
Subtitle: Chinanu Onuaku together with her daughter (Source: Instagram)
Body measurements
Chinanu Onuaku has a height of 6 feet 10 inches and weight is 111 kg but her other body measurements are still under review. Additionally, she Onuaku has black hair and dark brown eyes.
Social media
Chinanu Onuaku is quite active on all his social accounts. He owns his Instagram account with the name “lifeofnanu_32” and has gained 33.5k followers. Likewise, he is also active on Twitter and Facebook and has gained 5.6k and 3.1k followers respectively.
Chinanu Onuaku – Net worth 2024
according to player biography, Chinanu Onuaku has a net worth of $1 million and his main source of income appears to be his career as a basketball player.
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