Serge Ibaka has grown into a pretty good basketball. His game has really evolved since his rookie year and he now has a more complete game. He has been a big piece in the Oklahoma City Thunder late playoff push but his road to the NBA was not a easy one. Serge is now ready to share to the world his journey in a documentary about his life produced by Grandland and ESPN Films entitled “Son of the Congo”. Serge had a red carpet premiere sharing the film to a auditorium of 3,000 and took the time to thank each of his teammates after the 55-minute film ended.
“Everything was difficult, showing where I came from. Right now, my life is good. I don’t need to try to show people where I came from. I could say, Yeah I grew up good, like most people say. We forget where we come from because the actual life, I’m good. You see me wearing a nice suit now. But it was hard, it was really hard, showing where I come from. You see my room, you saw my bed, my daughter, my story, my everything. But I think it can help people. It can help people to appreciate all the little things we have in life.”
The documentary went was released online on Monday and will air on April 17 on ESPN. It was filmed late last July and give closer more inside look at Ibaka’s personal life.
HT: ESPN