German-Senegalese professional basketball player Maodo Lô plays for Olimpia Milano in the Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague in Italy.
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In the past, he represented Columbia University in New York City. Lô is regarded as one of the best basketball players in Germany and is affectionately called by Columbia fans as “The Chairman.”
Lô became a summer league player for the Philadelphia 76ers after going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft. He participated in the Las Vegas Summer League for the Sixers squad.
He agreed to a two-year, one million euro contract with Olimpia Milano on July 15, 2023. Lô is the child of a Senegalese father and the renowned German artist Elvira Bach.
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Raised in Berlin, Lo was named in honor of a celebrated West African religious figure, Malick Sy, by his father, Alioune, a couscous farmer who lives in Kaffrine, a southern region of Senegal.
Lo said that people referred to Sy as Maodo, which he translated as the Great One, although he hesitated to mention this.
Maodo Lô personal life including wife, partner, and kids is unknown to the public.
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