Akono Zibi Daniel, 33, team-mate of Joel Embiid at the Kossengue basketball club in 2011, poses in front of his home in Nlongkak, Yaounde, on June 20, 2024. At this club in Yaounde, the young basketball player Joel Embiid quickly stood out thanks to his potential. And just a few months after starting to play, the teenager flew to South Africa for a summer camp for the "NBA Without Borders" North American championship (NBA Sans Frontière). This is the first step in the young Cameroonian's rise abroad. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL BELOUMOU OLOMO/AFP via Getty Images)