Christian Eyenga Moenge (born June 22, 1989) is a Congolese professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player for
Montakit Fuenlabrada of the
Liga ACB. Eyenga was drafted by the
Cleveland Cavaliers with the 30th pick in that year's
2009 NBA draft
The 2009 NBA draft was held on June 25, 2009, at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, the National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other e ...
. When drafted, he played for the
Spanish Third Division club
Prat
Prat may refer to:
People
*Arturo Prat, a Chilean naval officer
* Jean Prat, a French rugby union footballer
Places
* Villa Prat a small city in the O'Higgins Region in Chile
* Capitán Prat Province, the eighth-largest province of Chile
* Capit ...
, an affiliate of the
ACB club
DKV Joventut.
Professional career
NBA career
Eyenga played the 2010
NBA Summer League for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After that, he officially signed a two-year contract with the Cavaliers on July 23, 2010. He signed for $2 million over two years, with years three and four being options. On November 18, Eyenga was sent to the Cavaliers'
NBA Development League affiliate, the
Erie BayHawks. On January 2, he was recalled by the Cavs and made his debut on the same day, against the
Dallas Mavericks. He scored 4 points and grabbed 3 rebounds.
On March 15, 2012, Eyenga was traded along with
Ramon Sessions
Ramon Sessions (born April 11, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player and a licensed Sports Agent for an independently owned firm, On Time Agency (OTA). He played three years of college basketball for Nevada, earning WAC All-N ...
to the
Los Angeles Lakers for a protected first round pick in the
2012 NBA draft
The 2012 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2012, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (2300 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Asso ...
,
Jason Kapono
Jason Alan Kapono (born February 4, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the first National Basketball Association (NBA) player to lead the league in three-point field goal percentage in two consecutive seasons, and ...
and
Luke Walton
Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 10 seasons in the NBA as a f ...
.
On August 10, 2012, Eyenga was traded to the
Orlando Magic.
On October 23, 2012, Eyenga was waived by the
Orlando Magic. He was then drafted by the
Texas Legends
The Texas Legends are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Frisco, Texas, and are affiliated with the Dallas Mavericks. The Legends play their home games at the Comerica Center. The team began as the Colorado ...
of the
NBA D-League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Dev ...
. On January 4, 2013, Eyenga was released by the Legends so he could sign in China. In February 2013, he re-joined the Legends after a month in China.
Overseas career
In October 2011 he signed to play for
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...
in Spain during the
2011 NBA lockout.
In January 2013, he signed with Shanxi Zhongyu of China. He left the same month and returned to America.
On July 25, 2013, Eyenga moved to Poland and signed with
Stelmet Zielona Góra. On August 4, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with another Polish team
Turów Zgorzelec
PGE Turów Zgorzelec is a Polish a basketball team based in Zgorzelec.
The club played in the Polish League (PLK) and won the Polish championship once, in the 2013–14 season. The club was sponsored by the PGE Group, and they are also the clu ...
. In September 2014, Eyenga has been waived by the club. On November 12, 2014, he signed a one-season contract with the Italian
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...
team
Pallacanestro Varese.
On July 10, 2015, he signed with champions of Italy,
Dinamo Sassari
Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the current European Cu ...
for the 2015–16 season. On February 5, 2016, he left Dinamo Sassari, and signed with
Auxilium CUS Torino for the rest of the season.
On August 16, 2016, Eyenga signed with Pallacanestro Varese for the 2016–17 season. On May 14, 2017, he signed with Spanish club
Unicaja
Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the n ...
for the rest of the
2016–17 ACB season
The 2016–17 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB F ...
.
On July 23, 2017, Eyenga signed with
Fuenlabrada
Fuenlabrada () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,586, making it the region's fourth most populated municipality.
Placename
The etymology of ''Fuenlabrada'' comes from the contra ...
for the
2017–18 ACB season
The 2017–18 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 19 June 2018 with the final ...
. At the end of the season Eyenga won the league award for
ACB Most Spectacular Player
The ACB Most Spectacular Player, also known as the KIA ACB Most Spectacular Player for sponsorship reasons, is the annual award that is given to the "most spectacular player" of each regular season phase of the Liga ACB, which is the top-tier le ...
.
He averaged 9.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game during the 2019-20 season. On August 4, 2020, Eyenga re-signed with the team. He signed a two-year deal with the team on July 3, 3021.
Career statistics
NBA
Regular season
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Cleveland
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Cleveland
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L.A. Lakers
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Playoffs
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2012
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L.A. Lakers
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Euroleague
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DKV Joventut
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Zielona Góra
Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021). Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being close to the Polish-German border and on several international road ...
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DR Congo national team
Eyenga often represents the
DR Congo national basketball team
The DR Congo national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale de basketball de Congo DR) represents DR Congo in men's international basketball competitions, it is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Democratic Republic of Congo. (fren ...
at international tournaments. At the
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, he averaged 14.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
References
External links
Christian Eyengaat acb.com
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Christian Eyengaat euroleague.net
at fiba.com
Christian Eyengaat legabasket.it
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1989 births
Living people
Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino players
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
Baloncesto Málaga players
Basket Zielona Góra players
Canton Charge players
CB Prat players
Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks
Cleveland Cavaliers players
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in Spain
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in the United States
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's basketball players
Dinamo Sassari players
Erie BayHawks (2008–2017) players
Joventut Badalona players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Liga ACB players
Los Angeles D-Fenders players
Los Angeles Lakers players
National Basketball Association players from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pallacanestro Varese players
Power forwards (basketball)
Basketball players from Kinshasa
Shanxi Loongs players
Small forwards
Texas Legends players
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people