Aminu Mohammed

PHILADELPHIA–Greenwood Blue Jay product Aminu Mohammed will start his NBA journey with the Philadelphia 76ers. Philly did not draft the forward, but signed him to a free-agent deal that will give Mohammed his shot at an NBA dream. The NBA Draft has the pomp and pageantry of the NFL...

Former Greenwood star Aminu Mohammed has signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Philadelphia 76ers according to Chris Haynes will Yahoo! Sports. An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year, minimum salary NBA contract. These contracts give the team the ability to convert to a two-way contract or waive the player since they are ususally non-guaranteed. A two-way contract puts the player with the team’s G-League affiliate with the ability to move up to the active NBA roster. A player on a two-way contract cannot play in more than 50 of a team’s 82 games.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo–The NBA will conduct it’s annual draft Thursday night in Brooklyn, NY. And a former Greenwood Blue Jay is hoping to hear his name called. For Aminu Mohammed, it’s a journey that’s gone from Africa, to Springfield, and hopefully to the NBA. Aminu Mohammed’s world will change in the next 24 hours. But he’s […]

Aminu Mohammed, one of the great high school basketball players to come through southwest Missouri, has signed with the Philadelphia 76ers after going undrafted in Thursday night's NBA Draft. Yahoo! NBA insider Chris Haynes reported Mohammed signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Sixers while citing league sources. An Exhibit 10 contract gives Mohammed a...

The Washington Wizards announced that six players will be in for pre-draft workouts on Wednesday. Here are the players:. Kenny Baptiste, F, Le Mans (France) Of the players on the list, Amina Mohammed is ranked No. 50 on NBADraft.net’s Big Board and is the most highly rated prospect of the bunch. He averaged 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for his freshman season at Georgetown.

Former Greenwood star basketball player Aminu Mohammed announced that he is staying in the NBA Draft via his Twitter account. Mohammed was a McDonald’s All-American at Greenwood. In his first and only season at Georgetown, Mohammed averaged a team-high 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

Former Greenwood standout Aminu Mohammed announced on Wednesday that he will remain in the NBA Draft and won't return to Georgetown after one season of college basketball. Mohammed made the announcement on Twitter saying that he made the decision based on the feedback he received after participating in the NBA Combine.  Mohammed had a...

Former Greenwood star Aminu Mohammed has been invited to the NBA draft combine. Mohammed was a unanimous Big East All-Freshman team selection for Georgetown this past season after averaging 13.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. He was twice named Big East Freshman of the Week. It was...

After a standout freshman year at Georgetown, one of the best players in southwest Missouri basketball history is declaring for the NBA Draft. Former Greenwood star Aminu Mohammed will declare for the 2022 NBA Draft, according to a report by Stockrisers' Jake Weingarten. Mohammed's guardian re-shared the news on his personal social media account.

Aminu Mohammed came to Georgetown University with a great resume. Mohammed won the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year, twice! The Freshman showed his credentials in a big way in a 79-75 win over arch-rival Syracuse. "If you look at the first half, I was a little bit down," Aminu...

Up until this past weekend, the beginning of Georgetown’s season had mostly been a disappointment as the Hoyas struggled out of the gate following last season’s surprising run through the Big East Tournament. But star freshman guard Aminu Mohammed delivered a memorable moment for Georgetown on Saturday with a big-time performance in the Hoyas’ 79-75 win over Syracuse.

The Georgetown Hoyas’ freshman guard and double-double machine Aminu Mohammed is gaining some more national attention earning Freshman of the Week for Dec. 7-13 from CBS Sports and the United States Basketball Writers Association. Mohammed is also ranked 4th in a top-10 freshman performers in college basketball for this...

Every week in 2021-22, I will hand out awards for the week that just unfolded in college basketball and unveil a new top 25:. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers. He scored 30 points (10-15 FG), grabbed 10 rebounds and hit the winning half-court shot in the upset of No. 1 Purdue.