Adam Mokoka | |
Position: | Shooting guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 190 |
League: | Liga Națională / Eurocup |
Team: | U BT Cluj-Napoca |
Number: | 95 |
Birth Date: | 1998 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Nationality: | French |
Draft Year: | 2019 |
Career Start: | 2015 |
Years1: | 2015–2018 |
Team1: | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque |
Years2: | 2018–2019 |
Team2: | Mega Bemax |
Years3: | – |
Team3: | Chicago Bulls |
Years4: | 2019–2020 |
Team4: | → Windy City Bulls |
Years5: | 2021 |
Team5: | → Austin Spurs |
Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Team6: | Nanterre 92 |
Years7: | 2022–2023 |
Team7: | Oklahoma City Blue |
Years8: | 2023 |
Team8: | Umana Reyer Venezia |
Years9: | 2023–present |
Team9: | U-BT Cluj-Napoca |
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Bbr: | mokokad01 |
Adam Mokoka (born 18 July 1998) is a French professional basketball player. He is currently competing for U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională and the EuroCup. He primarily plays at the shooting guard position.
Mokoka came through the youth academy of BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque.[1] He won the national U21 championship with the BCM in 2014 and 2015.
Mokoka made his debut for BCM's men's squad in the French top-flight Pro A during the 2015–16 season. In April 2018, he declared for the 2018 NBA draft.[2] In May 2018, we was named the LNB Pro A Best Young Player, after averaging 3.2 points and 1.7 rebounds over the 2017–18 season.[3]
On 10 July 2018, Mokoka signed with Serbian club Mega Bemax.[4]
On 12 June 2018, Mokoka withdrew from the 2018 NBA draft on the deadline,[5] rather focusing on the 2019 NBA draft where he (at that time) was considered a second-round draft prospect.[6] In April 2019, he declared for the 2019 draft,[7] but went undrafted.[8]
On 2 July 2019, Mokoka signed with the Chicago Bulls to a two-way contract.[9] He moved to the Austin Spurs as a two-way flex-transfer on 27 February 2021.[10]
On 25 November 2021, Mokoka was signed by Nanterre 92, thus returning to the French league.[11]
On 12 October 2022, Mokoka was signed by the Oklahoma City Thunder[12] and waived three days later.[13]
On 3 November 2022, Mokoka was named to the opening night roster for the Oklahoma City Blue.[14]
On 31 March 2023 Mokoka signed with Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[15]
On 21 September 2023 he inked a deal with U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională and the EuroCup.[16]
Mokoka was a member of gold-winning French teams at the 2014 U16[17] and 2016 U18[18] European Championships. He competed for France in the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, averaging 6.4 points a contest.[19]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago| 11 || 0 || 10.2 || .429 || .400 || .500 || .9 || .4 || .4 || .0 || 2.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Chicago| 14 || 0 || 4.0 || .368 || .100 || .000 || .4 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 1.1|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 25 || 0 || 6.7 || .404 || .280 || .400 || .6 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 1.9
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2015–16| style="text-align:left;"|BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;"|2016–17| style="text-align:left;"|BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque| 12 || 0 || 6.8 || .368 || .125 || .667 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.4|-| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18| style="text-align:left;"|BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque| 34 || 22 || 14.0 || .345 || .222 || .553 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 47 || 22 || 7.3 || .357 || .174 || .610 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.3