Honolulu, HI- Chaminade's Mohamed Tangara is headed towards the professional ranks. Tangara joins an ever growing list of former Silverswords taking their game to the pro level.
The center from Bamako, Mali averaged 14.4 points per contest, to go along with 8.7 rebounds per game in his senior season at Chaminade and garnered First Team All Pac West honors.
Tangara is set to join the Milwaukee Bucks summer league team in Las Vegas for the ten day event. The teams in the summer league consist of rookies from that particular team, undrafted free agents, undrafted rookies, young signed players looking for more experience and other veterans searching for employment.
Receiving a spot on the team is quite an honor, one that Tangara hopes to take advantage of. "It's a very big opportunity for me. I will have a chance to compete against some very good players and be considered myself for a lot of different opportunities."
The NBA Summer League runs from July 10-19th in Las Vegas, Nevada with games being played at the Thomas & Mack Center and the COX Pavilion. The Bucks are scheduled to play July 10th at 7PM vs Dallas, July 12th at 7PM vs Cleveland, July 13th at 7:30 PM vs Sacramento, July 15th at 3PM vs Chicago and July 16th at 1 PM vs Toronto. All times are local time.
Chaminade University can boast a number of professional players, many have played under current Chaminade Head Men's Basketball Coach, Matt Mahar. Zack Whiting (Germany), Marko Kolaric (Turkey), Chris Powell (Switzerland/France), Chris Reaves (Romania) are a few of the most recent Swords plying their trade overseas.
