Ruben Bertrand Boumtje-Boumtje was born on 20 May 1978 and is a Cameroonian professional basketball executive and former player who last served as the assistant general manager of the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League.
11 Facts About Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
1.
2.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje played college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas and professionally in the National Basketball Association for the Portland Trail Blazers.
3.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, DC for one year.
4.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje played college basketball at Georgetown University and holds career averages of 9.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
5.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was selected in the 2001 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 50th overall pick and participated in 44 games over three seasons from 2001 to 2004.
6.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was waived soon afterwards, having never played a game for them.
7.
In July 2005, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was drafted in the 2005 AAPBL Draft but the league folded before a game was even played.
8.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje had played five games with them during the 2005 Reebok Vegas Summer League while averaging 4.8 points, shooting 56.3 percent of his field goals, and 3.6 rebounds in 16.8 minutes per game.
9.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje speaks three languages - a native Cameroonian language, French and English.
10.
Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje was named Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2001, an honor often reserved for athletes in non-televised sports, and used the occasion to restate his intention to attend medical school if he were not drafted by the NBA.
11.
In 2014, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje earned a master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Georgetown University.