Aidan Igiehon is part of an exclusive group of elite Irish athletes currently playing college basketball in America.
“I want to blaze a path so that nobody can overlook Irish basketball again,” he told BBC News NI.
The 20-year-old from Dublin has been widely tipped as one of the most promising Irish prospects to break into the National Basketball Association (NBA) – the pinnacle of the sport in America.
It’s not hard to see why.
Standing at 6ft 10in tall, he’s been dubbed “The Irish Hulk” by his new American fans.
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