​U-Banca Transilvania Cluj, the Romanian men’s basketball champion, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Adam Mococa, a French basketball player who previously played for the Chicago Bulls.

Adam MokokaPhoto: Simone Boi/LiveMedia/ipa-agenc/IPA/Profimedia

Adam Mokoka also played for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA

Mokoka was born in Paris and turned 25 in July. He is 1.93 meters tall and can be used as a defender.

Adam trained among juniors at BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque and also played for the French national team. Thus, he became the European champion in the U16 and U18 categories.

At the same time, he participated in the U19 World Championship in 2017, which was held in Egypt. At that time, Mokoka scored an average of 6.4 points for the Halytskyi Pivnya representative.

At club level, the defender played for BCM Gravelines from 2015 to 2018 and was named ProA Young Player of the Year. He later moved to Serbia, to Mega Bemax, to make the move to the NBA in 2019.

The Frenchman spent two seasons with the Chicago Bulls, playing a total of 25 games in the biggest league on the planet.

On February 7, 2020, Adam impressed on the floor of the famous United Center when he scored 15 points late in the game against the New Orleans Pelicans. At that time, Mokoka had only evolved for 6 minutes.

Mokoka also played in the G-League with the Windy City Bulls and Austin Spurs before returning to Europe with Nanterre. In the previous season, Mokoka wore the shirt of our former rival in the European Cup, Reyer Venezia.