12 Facts About Yinka Dare

Yinka Dare was a Nigerian professional basketball player.

When he asked him how tall he was, Yinka Dare said he didn't know.

Yinka Dare had previously spent most of his free time playing tennis, but soon picked up basketball for the first time.

Already in the United States, Yinka Dare played one season at Milford Academy High, a prep school in New Berlin, New York.

The next year, Yinka Dare led the team to the second round of the tournament.

Yinka Dare finished his college career averaging 13.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game; additionally, after just two seasons, he had become the Colonials' all-time leader in blocked shots, averaging more than two per game.

Yinka Dare was selected in the first round of the 1994 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets, agreeing to a six-year, US$9 million guaranteed contract.

The Nets left him unprotected during the 1995 expansion draft, but Yinka Dare was not selected by either the Toronto Raptors or the Vancouver Grizzlies.

In early 1998, Yinka Dare was traded, along with David Benoit and Kevin Edwards, to the Orlando Magic, for Brian Evans and Rony Seikaly, and was immediately waived.

Yinka Dare died in 2004, after collapsing in his home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Yinka Dare was nice to my family, as respectful as anybody I've come into contact with.

Yinka Dare was survived by parents Gabriel and Joan, two sisters and a brother.