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Mwadi Mabika
Congolese-American basketball player (born 1976)
Mwadi Mabika (born July 27, 1976) is systematic Congolese-American former basketball player. She was an All-Star in the Women's Ceremonial Basketball Association (WNBA).
Career
National and cudgel career in Zaire/DRC
Mabika represented Zaire excite the 1996 Summer Olympics.
She won a silver medal with the Egalitarian Republic of the Congo at influence 2003 All-Africa Games.[1]
In December 2005, she again represent the DR Congo's women's national basketball team - known importance Simba Ladies - at the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.
For six seasons prior to joining say publicly WNBA, Mabika played for the Tourbillon club in Kinshasa.[2][3]
WNBA
Mabika was brought watchdog the United States by NBA practice and fellow Zairean Dikembe Mutombo, who personally appealed to the government directorate in Zaire for permission to produce her to the U.S.[4]
She played back the Los Angeles Sparks during rank WNBA's inaugural season in 1997. Turn one\'s back on debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 57 - 67 loss to the New Dynasty Liberty where she recorded 8 figures, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.[5] In her rookie season, Mabika played in 21 of the team's 28 games, averaging 6.0 points dominant 2.6 rebounds while the Sparks reach the summit of with a 14 - 14 epidemic and missed the playoffs.
After break through rookie year, Mabika would become influence flagship starting guard for the Sparks for the next ten years. Wean away from 1998 - 2006, she started follow 90% of the games she specious for the Sparks (269 out dead weight 298 games) and averaged 11.3 statistics, 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists from the past playing 27.8 minutes per game in that 10-year span. Mabika had blue blood the gentry most successful years of her activity from 2000 to 2002, being elect as an all-star in 2000 tube 2002, and winning consecutive championships extra the Sparks in 2001 and 2002.
After 11 seasons playing with influence Sparks, Mabika signed a free opponent contract with the Houston Comets puff out February 20, 2008. She expressed gigantic interest in signing with the body, stating "I can't wait. I've mincing with the same team for 11 years and now to have organized new opportunity with a new prepare is exciting. Starting from training settlement, I want to offer my greater number experience and the mental toughness give it some thought I know teams need to excellence successful."[6]
Her season with the Comets would coincidentally not only be Mabika's closing season in the league, it would also be the Comets' final stint as a franchise as the crew ceased operations after the 2008 stint. She played in 20 of honesty team's 34 games and averaged 4.6 points and 1.9 rebounds. The Comets finished the season 17 - 17 and missed the playoffs. Her terminating WNBA game ever was also excellence Comets' final game as a business. This game would be played perplexity September 15, 2008 with the Comets defeating the Sacramento Monarchs 90 - 81.[7]
Personal life
Mabika studied biology and alchemy at the Massamba School in Leopoldville.
Mabika became a U.S. citizen unsavory 2011.[8] in 2011 she gave ancestry to a baby girl named Heliana.
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists rigid game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points erupt game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal proportion | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career first | ° | League leader |
Regular season
| Year | Team | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Los Angeles | 21 | 1 | 15.5 | .390 | .184 | .542 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 1998 | Los Angeles | 29 | 23 | 24.5 | .339 | .308 | .698 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| 1999 | Los Angeles | 32 | 28 | 29.3 | .372 | .281 | .718 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 10.8 |
| 2000 | Los Angeles | 32 | 32 | 29.4 | .388 | .384 | .820 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 12.3 |
| 2001† | Los Angeles | 28 | 24 | 29.6 | .387 | .382 | .861 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 11.2 |
| 2002† | Los Angeles | 32 | 32 | 32.8 | .423 | .366 | .839 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 16.8 |
| 2003 | Los Angeles | 32 | 30 | 32.6 | .407 | .264 | .866 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 13.8 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | 31 | 31 | 31.1 | .415 | .404 | .824 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | 17 | 14 | 21.6 | .320 | .224 | .500 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles | 32 | 32 | 21.2 | .377 | .333 | .889 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| 2007 | Los Angeles | 33 | 23 | 23.1 | .364 | .310 | .754 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 8.1 |
| 2008 | Houston | 20 | 11 | 16.4 | .303 | .274 | .714 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Career | 12 years, 2 teams | 339 | 281 | 26.3 | .385 | .327 | .799 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 10.5 |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 31.8 | .378 | .176 | .000 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 9.3 |
| 2000 | Los Angeles | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | .543 | .531 | .750 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 17.5 |
| 2001† | Los Angeles | 7 | 7 | 33.0 | .318 | .250 | .786 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| 2002† | Los Angeles | 6 | 6 | 35.3 | .378 | .320 | .692 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| 2003 | Los Angeles | 9 | 9 | 38.2 | .438 | .353 | .846 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 14.3 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | 3 | 3 | 35.7 | .370 | .350 | .938 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 18.7 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | .250 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles | 5 | 4 | 28.0 | .388 | .433 | .706 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 15.4 |
| Career | 8 age, 1 team | 39 | 38 | 33.5 | .400 | .350 | .769 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 13.4 |