The basketball world is mourning the death of the former American player Jerrod Mustafa. The former athlete was at Barcelona between 1996 and 1998 and died this past Monday at the age of 55. He played in Spain, Poland, France and Greece and, after his retirement, founded the Street Basketball Association and managed the Lake Charge. It is a program founded by his father to help keep teens in the Washington, DC area out of the criminal justice system.
He added a great background of four seasons in the NBAthe 2.08 meter power forward born in WhitewilleNorth Carolina, reached the ACB League, where it was very controversial. He came to the competition in the 95-96 season, signing for Andorra. The University of Maryland, with which he played as a young man, has announced this without revealing the details of his death.
Although he only played seven games, in which he performed very well, he decided to flee after not receiving permission from the club to attend a Muslim rally in Washington.
The following year he signed for Barça of Aíto García Reneses. In the Blaugrana club he had 14 points and 7 rebounds on average, although the truth is that he did not have much prominence. Of course, they won the ACB League in their first season. His next campaign was not good. Added to his personal problems was a great drop in performance and at the end of the campaign, without revalidating the ACBleft the team.
