Description
Ifeanyi Festus Ezeli-Ndulue (born October 21, 1989) is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. He previously played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ezeli played college basketball for Vanderbilt before being selected with the 30th overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. He won an NBA Championship with the Warriors in 2015. Ezeli last appeared in the 2016 NBA Finals and did not play basketball due to his knee surgery in the 2017 season, then coming back in 2021.
Currently, Festus is a media personality and sports analyst for NBC Sports Bay Area, a public speaker, and a community ambassador for both the Golden State Warriors and NBA Africa. In 2021, Ezeli created Rebuilding the Beast a podcast that gives a platform to people to share their stories of overcoming in hopes it inspires others.
Festus works with low income communities and children to help them be the best that they can be. Back in 1999, his family created a school in Nigeria that currently holds 1,500 students. Then in 2019, the Ezeli’s opened a school in the Sacramento region that caters to kids with special needs. His work with NBA Africa allows him to teach basketball to kids ranging from 8 to 18 years old.
