Ademola Okulaja has died at the age of 46, as reported by BIG. The reason for death is unknown, althoughand the former player had been fighting cancer for yearswhich forced him to retire early more than ten years ago.
Born in Lagos (Nigeria), he arrived in Germany at the age of four and played 172 games for the country’s national team. In 2002 he won the bronze medal at the World Cup in Indianapolis together with Dirk Nowitzki. Okulaja had a fruitful career in the ACB which he reached after failing to gain a foothold in the NBA. signed for him Casademont Girona in December 2000 and in the 23 games he played that season he averaged 20 points and 8.3 rebounds, numbers that opened the doors of the Barca where, yes, he spent only one season. He also played in Unicaja de Málaga, Pamesa Valencia and Etosa Alicante.
In 2008 he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor, but he returned to play a year later with Alba Berlin, with whom he had lifted the Korac Cup in 1995. yesu return to the courts only lasted a year. In 2010 he definitely ‘hung up his boots’, but He continued to be linked to the world of basketball: he became a player agent. Among his representatives were Dennis Schroeder and Daniel Theis.
