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Do you think this guy is selling out on his country?

Even the great Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo of DRC didn't do that his country

Serge Ibaka Naturalized As Citizen In Spain, Clearing The Way For EuroBasket 2011 Play
Jul
17
8:53a
by Tom Ziller

READ MORE: Serge Ibaka (F - OKC), Oklahoma City Thunder

Serge Ibaka has been granted Spanish nationality, clearing the way for the Oklahoma City Thunder forward to play for Spain in the upcoming EuroBasket 2011. Ibaka was born in the Republic of the Congo, but moved to Spain to pursue basketball as a teenager and played there professionally before joining the Thunder.

He joins an already formidable team who won gold at EuroBasket 2009 in Poland and features -- assuming health and insurance -- Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Ricky Rubio and Rudy Fernandez. Spain is ranked second in the world behind the United States and is looking to bounce back from a very disappointing sixth-place finish at the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Turkey. In that tournament, surprising losses in group play to France and Lithuania led to a tough seed in the knockouts; Spain survived a test against Greece but fell to rising power Serbia. Argentina later beat out Spain for fifth place.

Ibaka is under contract with the Thunder, so it's unclear who will pay for his insurance. Due to the ongoing NBA lockout, teams cannot communicate with their players. If Ibaka were to get injured in FIBA play, his NBA contract could be subject to voiding without an agreement. As such, most NBA players participating in Olympic qualifying tournaments are expected to grab insurance if possible.

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Do you think this guy is selling out on his country?

Even the great Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo of DRC didn't do that his country

:lol::lol: glad you know the name well. Anyhow as the constitution states Congolese citizenship is exclusive. Double citizenship is therefore impossible in theory. Anyone belonging to the ethnic groups whose persons and territory constituted what became Congo (currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo), at independence is a Congolese national.

So even if he changed nationality no one can question his roots as long it's attached to a origin and territory from his forefathers. I think Congo Brazza is the same but then it's a francophone country something Congo-Kin isn't. I doubt his selling out his country if the money made returns to his roots.

:lol::lol: glad you know the name well. Anyhow as the constitution states

So even if he changed nationality no one can question his roots as long it's attached to a origin and territory from his forefathers. I think Congo Brazza is the same but then it's a francophone country something Congo-Kin isn't. I doubt his selling out his country if the money made returns to his roots.

He should be building congo's basketball by launching academies....as if the spanish are not talented enough...they have to steal an african player to toughen up their soft ragged ass with pau and marc gasol in the middle

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He should be building congo's basketball by launching academies....as if the spanish are not talented enough...they have to steal an african player to toughen up their soft ragged ass with pau and marc gasol in the middle

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The boy is only 21. He doesn't know anything yet.

DJ Mbenga (not a good player anyways :laugh), is already working on how to promote Congolese players to enter the NBA. He also whats to build an academy in Kinshasa.

The boy is only 21. He doesn't know anything yet.

DJ Mbenga (not a good player anyways :laugh), is already working on how to promote Congolese players to enter the NBA. He also whats to build an academy in Kinshasa.

Age has nothing to do with it...u should never forget where u come from....

Age has nothing to do with it...u should never forget where u come from....

He knows where he is from (They call him Air Congo,because he tells people he is from Congo). but i have no clues why he has done that .