multiple injuries and difficult recoveries. He was immediately assigned the number 20 jersey. He appeared in two games. On April 17, 2021, Ezeli signed with Rivers Hoopers to play in the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). However, before playing a single game with the Hoopers, Ezeli got injured and was replaced by Robinson Opong. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 78 || 41 || 14.4 || .438 || .000 || .531 || 4.0 || .3 || .3 || .9 || 2.4 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| † | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 46 || 7 || 11.0 || .547 || .000 || .628 || 3.4 || .2 || .2 || .9 || 4.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 46 || 13 || 16.7 || .548 || .000 || .530 || 5.6 || .7 || .4 || 1.1 || 7.0 |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan=2| Career | 170 || 61 || 14.1 || .513 || .000 || .557 || 4.3 || .4 || .3 || 1.0 || 4.2 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 12 || 3 || 11.2 || .462 || .000 || .571 || 2.5 || .2 || .3 || .6 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2015† | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 20 || 0 || 9.2 || .540 || .000 || .552 || 3.1 || .3 || .1 || .5 || 3.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 23 || 1 || 8.8 || .536 || .000 || .432 || 2.7 || .3 || .1 || .3 || 4.0 |- |- class="sortbottom" | align="center" colspan=2| Career | 55 || 4 || 9.5 || .530 || .000 || .500 || 2.8 || .3 || .1 || .4 || 3.4 Personal life Ezeli has a half-sister named Marie Nkechi Ndulue. Although Ezeli began his Vanderbilt studies as a biology major, he changed his major to economics because of the time demands of basketball. Vanderbilt chancellor Nicholas Zeppos said of Ezeli: "You can imagine what it's like to hear his perspective on world trade, globalization and the economics of American sports." Ezeli's parents live in Sacramento. See also References External links Vanderbilt Commodores bio 1989 births Living people Centers (basketball) Golden State Warriors draft picks Golden State Warriors players National Basketball Association players from Nigeria Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States