Jonathan Kuminga Shaking his head, he leaned forward in his seat and buried his face in his hands.
Two days earlier, the Golden State Warriors striker had returned to the United States from a week-long visit to his native Congo, where President Felix Tshilombo treated him like a national hero. Currently, in his only summer league game in Las Vegas, Kuminga faced a harsh reality: Winning an NBA title at age 19 didn't make it any less raw.
In the six years since Kuminga moved to the United States for his NBA,
Ntambwe basketball player in his own right, has been Kuminga's biggest supporter. When he's not playing in the G League, Ntambwe lives with Kuminga in San Francisco, where he helps manage his younger brother's daily plans.
Ntambwe, whose presence on the Warriors' summer league roster was due to his connection to the organization's most prized prospect as his athletic abilities. “We're best friends, too.
Theirs is a shared goal: to show the children of Congo a world beyond hunger, violence, poverty and Ebola outbreaks.
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