N'Dong had previously planned to enter the NCAA with an American college in hopes to gain major exposure.

Instead, as a 21-year-old, N'Dong had to look into an alternative plan for increasing his talents due to Senegal's professional leagues performing less-than-par of expectations for him.

During that time, Dallas Mavericks agent Amadou Fall recommended that he trained in Dirk Nowitzki's former club and improve his skills there.

In 2009, he signed a two-year contract worth €3.2 million net income with the Spanish league club FC Barcelona.

[7] N'dong helped the Senegal national team get the silver medal at the FIBA Africa Championship 2005 in Algeria, a competition he won the MVP award.