Christopher Ike Anigbogu (born October 17, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G League.
[1] He attended Temescal Canyon High in Lake Elsinore as a freshman and played on their junior varsity team.
[4] Ranked nationally as a consensus top-50 recruit, Anigbogu attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was part of a Bruins freshmen class that included more heralded five-star players like Ball and T. J.
[6] Anigbogu and Leaf had played on the same Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team, the Compton Magic, who had also been coached by UCLA assistant David Grace.
[7] Anigbogu missed the first five games of the 2016–17 season when he underwent knee surgery after tearing his right meniscus in practice.
[14][15] After spraining his left foot during practice, Anigbogu missed UCLA's opener in the NCAA tournament against Kent State, but returned in the second round to score six points and block a shot in just seven minutes in a win over Cincinnati.
[15][19] Working out for the Indiana Pacers in his fourth pre-draft tryout, Anigbogu twisted his right knee, which precluded him from participating in any further workouts leading up to the draft.
[25] In his first season, he played 11 games with the Pacers,[26] and had multiple assignments to their NBA G League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
[35] He rejoined the BayHawks for the 2020–21 G League season, scheduled to be played in a bubble in Orlando, Florida, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.