Jonathan Mogbo

Jonathan Michael Mogbo (/ˈmoʊboʊ/ MOH-boh; born October 29, 2001) is an American basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Independence CC Pirates, the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen, the Missouri State Bears and the San Francisco Dons. Mogbo was raised in Wellington, Florida, by his parents Chuck and Karen Mogbo. His father is of Nigerian descent and his mother is Jamaican. Mogbo has two older stepbrothers and one older brother. Mogbo played football while growing up and did not start playing organized basketball until he was in the fourth grade. He played alongside future Toronto Raptors teammate Scottie Barnes on an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team. Barnes lived with Mogbo and his family during his freshman year when they both attended Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mogbo later attended Forest Hill Community High School. Mogbo had no Division I scholarship offers in high school and began his college basketball career at Independence Community College.