Yinka Dare

Yinka Dare was a Nigerian professional basketball center, born on October 10, 1972, in Kano, Nigeria, who died on January 9, 2004. He stood seven feet tall and weighed 265 pounds, shot right-handed, and played his college basketball at George Washington after attending Milford Academy in Connecticut. The New Jersey Nets chose him in the first round of the 1994 NBA draft, fourteenth overall, and he made his NBA debut on November 11, 1994. His whole career was spent with the Nets across four seasons from 1994-95 to 1997-98, a span the page puts at 110 games, 25 of them as a starter, with averages of 2.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. His best 1995-96 season brought 58 games and 23 starts. The page also records a nickname, Stinka, and career highs of 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks.