Meet Africa’s basketball stars playing in major leagues in the world

Precious Ezinna Achiuwa (Nigeria)

Position: Power Forward

Height: 2.03m

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Precious Achiuwa is a Nigerian player born on September 19, 1999, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. In May 2019, he began playing college football for Memphis Tigers, declared for the 2020 NBA draft, was selected 20th overall by the Miami Heat, and played for the team from 2020 – 2021.

He is currently playing for the Toronto Raptors (2021 – present). Precious has played about 3,190.9 minutes in 134 games, starting in 32 games from 2021/22 to 2022/23 seasons. He will earn a basic salary of around $2,840,160 in the 2022/23 season.