NBA Today: Top 5 African Origin Players in the League Right Now

#2 Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers, Cameroon)

JoJo is already one of the top centers in the league

Joel Embiid was born in 1994 to Thomas Embiid and his wife, Christine in Yaounde, Cameroon. The two-time All-Star is yet another valuable find by one of the basketball camps put together by Luc Mbah a Moute, fellow native of Yaounde.

Mentored by Mbah a Moute, Embiid moved to the USA at age 16 and in time, was a five-star recruit who had committed to University of Kansas by November 2012. Plagued by injuries that downsized his intitial years, Embiid finally got drafted to the NBA as the third overall pick by the Sixers - only to sit out another season due to a broken navicular bone in his foot.

Nevertheless, he has been catching up brisky on the lost time ever since he began caught hold of regular NBA action three years ago.

Just this past season, Embiid recorded mind-boggling career-high averages of 27.5 points and 13.6 boards per game. Growing rapidly with every passing season, there is no limit to how high he can stretch his ceiling in the coming years.