PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Played in 54 games (32 starts) with Charlotte, averaging 4.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 14.5 minutes per game, while shooting .571 (89-156) from the floor… As a starter, averaged 5.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.8 blocks in 18.5 minutes per game…Tied for fourth on the team with three double-doubles… Led (or tied) the team in rebounding eight times…Scored double figures in five games and collected double-digit rebounds five times… Recorded a season high in points and rebounds, logging his first double-double at Denver on (1/5) – his first start of the season…Collected a double-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds, five blocks and three assists vs. PHX on (1/19)… Combined for 11 points, four rebounds and one block at WAS on (3/15)… Collected a double-double with 11 rebounds, ten points, one steal and one block on (1/20) and IND… Added ten rebounds, nine points, one assist and one steal at MEM on (1/23)… Tallied ten points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block vs. DAL on (1/2)

BEFORE NBA

Acquired by Charlotte as part of a three-team trade with the Orlando Magic on July 8, 2018, along with two future second round picks, in exchange for Timofey Mozgov and Julyan Stone (Chicago Bulls)… Signed as a free agent by Orlando (Jul. 7, 2016)… Signed as a free agent by Toronto (Jul. 18, 2015)… Selected by Sacramento in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2011 NBA Draft… Draft rights traded from Sacramento to Charlotte as part of a three-team trade… Appeared in 583 career NBA regular season games (212 starts) with Charlotte, Toronto and Orlando, averaging 4.9 ppg., 6.3 rpg. and 1.4 blkpg. in 20.3 mpg., while shooting .517 (1,081-2,089) from the floor…Had 10+ rebounds in 109 career games and 48 career double-doubles…Also played in 23 career playoff outings (11 starts), averaging 5.7 ppg., 8.6 rpg. and 1.26 blkpg. in 24.1 mpg.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Bismack Biyombo Sumba…Name is pronounced bis-MOCK bee-OM-bo…Born in Lubumbashi, Congo…Son of Ngoie and Biyombo Francois…Has three brothers (Billy, Biska and Bikim) and three sisters (Bimeline, Bikelene and Bimela)…Speaks five languages: English, Spanish and French, along with Swahili and Lingala, two of the recognized national languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo…Participated in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders Africa tour in September 2016 in Angola and played in NBA Africa Game in Johannesburg in 2015 and 2017.…Goes back to Africa and the DRC every summer…In September 2017, will open the Kivu International School in Goma that he has heavily funded…The expansive facility features a variety of classroom buildings, a library with more than 8,000 books, a 135-seat auditorium and an artificial turf soccer pitch…Also funded the Bismack Biyombo Basketball Stadium, the first covered basketball stadium in the DRC and one that will seat 1,000 fans…Has brought 20 DRC students to the U.S. on scholarships so that they can attend college…Was honored in 2018 at the BET Awards with the International Global Good Award, which recognizes global celebrities and public figures who use their platform for social good and exemplify integrity, courage, goodness and commitment to the global community…Enjoys reading in his spare time...